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Janet McAllister: Strange case of the missing smile
Beauty queens have large fake ones; Kate Moss' rarely show. Victoria Beckham seems to have misplaced hers completely. They're…
New Zealand Festival: History lessons
Whales and waka drifting over 19th-century Parisian streets, a Spanish whaler with 16,000 part-Maori descendants, and a…
State house sculpture exceeds budget
A $1 million-plus sculpture of a state house is expected to adorn the Auckland Viaduct - and ratepayers may have to contribute…
Dropout's tale told on stage
Otara teenager Sipa Deidoe had never been inside a theatre until he came into the Aotea Centre for a first meeting about…
Arts
'Irreplaceable' art collection lost
An "irreplaceable" private collection of work by some of New Zealand's finest contemporary artists has…
Strangers who look like twins
Photographer Francois Brunelle has travelled the world photographing people who look alike.
Exploring the underbelly of taste and privilege
As the British royals don't appear to be planning to celebrate the 300th centenary of the arrival of their German ancestors…
T.J. McNamara: Echoes of courage
Echoes from the past are resonating around two public galleries at the moment. The Gus Fisher Gallery is showing the work…
Theatre review: 360 - A Theatre of Recollections
Auckland's 2014 theatre season kicks off with a revival of a startlingly original show that premiered…
Our Lorde on the wall for $30,000
Lorde has been immortalised by one of the country's top artists. A photo of the unframed oval painting by Peter Stichbury…
Festival fun for families
Life with kids can be so structured. It's good to show children that sometimes people do things "just for fun" and there's…
$800 painting proves to be Old Master
A painting that hung on the wall of a priest's home for more than a decade after he bought it for £400 ($808) at an…
Absolute realism
Their skin stretches and folds gently, hair protrudes from their pores and light reflects off the tangible sheens of sweat…
Record year for high-end art
Arts Archives
First it was fast cars, now there's another sign that the economy is on the up: the booming art market…
NZ International Arts Festival
New Zealand Festival: War, what is it good for?
He's most famous for playing 3000-year-old vampire Russell Edgington on television's True Blood ; now American actor Denis…
Theatre
New play a moving feast
The audience is in the middle of the stage action, finds Barney McDonald.
NZ International Arts Festival
Concert review: Death Cab For Cutie, Wellington Town Hall (+photos)
Girls, if you're looking for a rock star to take home to meet your mum, you could do a lot worse than Ben Gibbard. With…
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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