792 artists · 1,000 positions · 90 remain
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THE LINE GALLERY
318 HERETAUNGA STREET W · HASTINGS · NEW ZEALAND
Artist Retreats
The Line Gallery sits in Napier, New Zealand — one of the world's most architecturally distinctive small cities. Coming here isn't a holiday. It's a deliberate step away from the feed, the screen, the constant noise of the market. Time and space to develop your practice without distraction: to think about what you're making, why, and where it's going next.
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The Line Gallery runs a programme of screen takeovers — dedicated periods where a single artist's work fills every screen in the space, 24 hours a day. For a digital artist, this is genuine exhibition. Artists who participate can add The Line Gallery, Napier, New Zealand to their exhibition record. These aren't honorary listings — your work is in a physical gallery, being seen.
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Sept 2026
The Loss of History and New Digital Archival Techniques
A 30-minute chat at The Line during Fotofest, on the fragility of digital archives and what the blockchain offers photographers and historians. Saturday 3 October, 2pm.
Sept 2026
The Collectors of The Line
Every artist on The Line has a board. Put all 686 side by side and a different question becomes answerable: not who collects an artist, but who collects The Line. 129,937 wallets, ranked widest, deepest and heaviest.
Sept 2026
TAO — Total Art Owned
TAO measures time, not money. A metric for artist–collector relationships that accrues daily across every collection on The Line.
"One of my favourite places to display art is The Line."
Tylers Journey · The Line 15
"The Line metaverse gallery is pretty dope when you've got six years of work."
Robness · The Line 193
"It really is the Matrix, but with art."
Slowhed · The Line 247