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Janet McAllister: Of cabbages and kings
More writing, less tweeting! pleaded Metro editor Simon Wilson this year. If his orders were followed, here's what the…
A sound in the sky
Shane Cotton: The Hanging Sky by Justin Paton, with Eliot Weinberger, Geraldine Kirrihi Barlow and Robert Leonard (Christchurch…
Hannah O'Neill - pirouetting to Paris
Most Kiwis have probably not heard of Hannah O'Neill. The 20-year-old is one of the brightest young stars in the ballet…
Frizzells raise $19k for kids
A Dick Frizzell portrait of Sir Edmund Hillary - one of five paintings of inspiring New Zealanders commissioned for the…
Arts
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…
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…
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 it was not a secret…
Back to the future
Arts Archives
Tate Britain carries the marks of its 116-year history, of architectural development, floods, World…
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
Olivia Tennet: To be of not to be... an actress
She's the pop phenomenon of 2013, scoring four Grammy nominations, the top spot on record charts around the world and hanging…
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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