$260k mirror artwork

A $260,000 mirror sculpture has been hung between two buildings in central Auckland to reflect the area’s architectural heritage. The circular 2.4 metre-diameter artwork was unveiled between “two notable 1925 heritage buildings” in O’Connell St, the Royal Exchange Assurance Building and Administrator House. Karekare artist Catherine Griffiths said she originally conceived the work in 2012 as part of a sequence along the full length of O’Connell St, in response to an Auckland Council call for artistic proposals for the newly renovated street.