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Eden Hore: High Fashion/High Country - The Dowse Art Museum
Location: The Dowse Art Museum, 5 Laings Rd, Lower Hutt
Region: North Island
Dates: Sat, 4 December 2021 - Sat, 19 March 2022 @ Tues - Sun, 10am - 5pm
Escape into the unexpectedly glamourous world of Eden Hore, a visionary farmer who collected over two hundred couture gowns in 1970s Aotearoa.
Eden Hore was a high country farmer from Naseby, Central Otago. Nationally admired for his farming prowess, he was also a daring impresario ahead of his time who didn’t shy away from embracing his passions.
Captivated by all things exotic, Eden amassed a collection of avant-garde high fashion garments during the 1970s by designers who too sought escape from the everyday drabness of 1970s New Zealand.
This exhibition brings together some of his most glamorous gowns with new imagery, shot in stunning Central Otago landscapes, by celebrated fashion photographer Derek Henderson.
Presented in partnership with the Central Otago District Council and Te Papa.
Part of the New Zealand Festival of the Arts 2022.
Location
The Dowse Art Museum, 5 Laings Rd, Lower Hutt
November 2025
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Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery - "Gone for a Walk" by Denis Kent.Sat, 1 November 2025 - Sun, 30 November 2025 @ 10am - 4pm Daily | ||||||
2 | Central Cinema - "Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere".Thu, 23 October 2025 - Mon, 3 November 2025 @ See www.centralcinema.co.nz for times and dates. | 4 | 5 | 6 | Central Otago Regional Choir and the Central Otago Regional Orchestra -Fri, 7 November 2025 - Sun, 9 November 2025 @ [email protected], [email protected] and [email protected]. Gallery 33 - "Line of Sight" John Oxborough & "Death by a Thousand Cuts" Jane Mitchell.Fri, 7 November 2025 - Sun, 30 November 2025 @ Daily. | Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery - "Hono: Bound to the Land" by Jan Fraser.Sat, 8 November 2025 - Fri, 28 November 2025 @ 10am - 4pm daily. |
Central Otago Regional Choir and the Central Otago Regional Orchestra -Fri, 7 November 2025 - Sun, 9 November 2025 @ [email protected], [email protected] and [email protected]. | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
16 | 17 | 18 | Huddl Workshops - Community Committee Essentials, Roxburgh & Essential Policies Every Non-Profit Board Should Have, Alexandra.Thu, 6 November 2025 - Wed, 19 November 2025 | Artbay Gallery - Fiona Kerr Gedson, 2025.Thu, 6 November 2025 - Thu, 20 November 2025 @ 11am - 5pm Daily | 21 | Central Stories Museum and Art Galley - "Mining is the Pits", Poetry Reading.Sat, 22 November 2025 @ 6.30 - 8.30pm. |
23 | 24 | 25 | Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery - "What the World Needs Now" Cantabile Choir.Wed, 26 November 2025 @ 7.30pm. | 27 | Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery - "Hono: Bound to the Land" by Jan Fraser.Sat, 8 November 2025 - Fri, 28 November 2025 @ 10am - 4pm daily. | 29 |
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