The Art & Design Fair, powered by Squarespace, will take place on Thursday 9th and Friday 10th November 2023 at St James Theatre, Pōneke Wellington. Curated by Semi Permanent as part of its flagship Festival of Creativity & Design taking place across the same dates, the fair is a celebration of visual design practice and provides a platform for a broad range of creators to showcase their wares to the Aotearoa creative community. Trading Hours: Thursday 9 November 9:00am—7:30pm Friday 10 November 9:00am—4:00pm

Vendors from across Aotearoa New Zealand include independent publishers, large-scale publishing houses, art galleries, as well as independent artists, photographers, ceramicists, poster designers and digital creators. Participants include The Dowse Art Museum, The Art Paper, Art News Aotearoa, The Govett Brewster Art Gallery, Enjoy Contemporary Art Space, ArtZone & Capital Magazine, 5ever Books, Massey University Press and Black Wax Press, among others. The fair will also feature several launches, such as “Pocket Sun”, a new book of short stories by Aotearoa New Zealand writers, published by Island Magazine, who will also launch their latest quarterly issue; a series of architecture photo books by festival keynote speaker, Simon Devitt; and the Aotearoa New Zealand launch of "20 Years Forward & Back," a major new published work by Semi Permanent that celebrates two decades of the festival by reflecting on excellence across multiple disciplines.

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