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Record year for high-end art
First it was fast cars, now there's another sign that the economy is on the up: the booming art market. Leading NZ auction…
Oneroa: Drawing them in
Visitors to Waiheke are invited to experience Oneroa's new sculpture project, writes Donna McIntyre.
Famous mural defaced
It may not look like much to the uneducated but this piece of street art is important to the people of Austin, Texas. So…
Auckland's walk of art
Liz Light takes a splendid summer walk.
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Rockstars: If they were still alive today
Portraits of legendary musicians as they would look if they were still alive today.
Adventures of a sad clown
Two shows this week are in adjacent galleries in the new art precinct that has developed in Arch Hill. Orexart Gallery has…
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…
Frizzells raise $19k for kids
A Dick Frizzell portrait of Sir Edmund Hillary - one of five paintings of inspiring New Zealanders commissioned for the…
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
Arts Archives
A never-before-seen painting by Rolling Stones rocker Keith Richards has been stashed in a drawer in…
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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