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No shortage of mega-rich as art auction records fall
Norman Rockwell's Saying Grace became the most expensive American painting ever sold at auction last week, fetching US$46…
Revamp mystifies arts commentator
The radical restructuring of Unitec's design and visual arts department has mystified many who took part in a quality assurance…
Education death by design
A radical new teaching model has sparked fears of creative decline at one of our most successful visual art schools.
Keef, the artful lodger
A never-before-seen painting by Rolling Stones rocker Keith Richards has been stashed in a drawer in a swanky Auckland bed…
Arts
Doors open to diversity
One door in Newmarket leads to two galleries but the paintings on show could hardly be more different…
Janet McAllister: Bull in quake city china shop
Christchurch can be proud of its bull. 'I always wanted to see snow on the back of the bulls, and I got my wish," said…
This is not a photo
It may look like a photograph of actor Morgan Freeman, but this picture is a painting of the actor done using an iPad.
Leading NZ artist in High Court scrap
Leading New Zealand artist Stephen Bambury is in a High Court fight with a gallery director who allegedly failed to pay…
Ryan O'Neal testifies about disputed Warhol art
Actor Ryan O'Neal has told a jury that he owns an Andy Warhol portrait of actress Farrah Fawcett and…
Back to the future
Tate Britain carries the marks of its 116-year history, of architectural development, floods, World War II bombings and…
Excess and exploitation
In her prolific career Seraphine Pick's art has developed through a number of styles, although all of them in some measure…
Comedy review: Michael McIntyre, Vector Arena
The words stand-up comedian and sold-out stadium hardly ever appear in that same sentence in this country, but comedy mega-star…
Monty Python reunion show sells out in 43.5 seconds
Monty Python have added another four dates to their "one-off" reunion show after 14,500 tickets to their first London live…
Theatre review: An Evening with Mandy Patinkin and Nathan Gunn
Arts Archives
Some in the very respectably filled Aotea Centre would have known Mandy Patinkin as Homeland's Saul…
NZ International Arts Festival
NZ Festival 2014 line-up
A big bang, dancing Daleks, a soul singer beloved by rappers, a True Blood star in a one-man play, an Australian circus…
Theatre
Theatre review: Knock Knock
Surely once you've seen one rope trick you've seen them all? Not so; the Dust Palace keep their impressive acrobatics fresh…
NZ International Arts Festival
Theatre review: Michael James Manaia, Downstage Theatre
For most of us, trying to remember your lines for the occasional wedding speech or work announcement is nerve-wracking stuff. In…
Sundae Sessions
Sundae Sessions: The Phoenix Foundation
The Phoenix Foundation accepted our invitation a few weeks before heading over to tour the UK and Europe to come to York…
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