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City council - and taggers - give thumbs-up to murals
Jeremy Shirley is spray-painting a three-storey building in downtown Hamilton - and the city council couldn't be more pleased…
T.J. McNamara: A variety of rich, evocative visions
The work of four senior artists dominates the scene this week. At Two Rooms Gretchen Albrecht is showing groups of works…
Tate told to return stolen painting
Britain's Tate gallery has been ordered to return a valuable Constable painting and criticised for failing to adequately…
Janet McAllister: Hot topics to watch out for
Cult American cartoonist Alison Bechdel recently popped by the Freeman's Bay Community Hall for an Auckland Women's Centre…
Arts
Aboriginal 'songline' show hits sour note
It was supposed to showcase ancient Aboriginal stories and promote cross-cultural understanding. Instead…
Classical review: Pianist sends exotic birds soaring
Feathered creatures of all musical persuasions seemed to flutter around the Town Hall on Thursday night during Auckland…
Kiwi achievers honoured
Kiwis who have excelled in the fashion, business and singing fields were the latest achievers to be made companions of the…
'Baristart' puts a celebrity in your cappuccino
His 'medium' is coffee, his palette is espresso and steamed milk and his only tool is a cocktail skewer.
'Mindless' egg art vandalism
An artist whose work has been vandalised said he can't understand why someone would trash public art…
T.J. McNamara: Working from the shoulder
Energy is a great thing in painting. It can be expressed in the subject and the way the artist paints. This week we have…
Walters shortlist announced
The four artworks shortlisted for the biannual Walters Prize 2014 have been announced. The $50,000 Walters Prize, named…
Janet McAllister: Mystified by design battle
By the end of Characterized - a "live design battle" - I did what the MC had been desperate for us to do all night: whooped…
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Portraits of a generation
For the MIT Creative Arts Project, Portrait of a Generation, a cross section of performers and crowd members at Polyfest…
Not waving, drowning
Arts Archives
When Soren Dahlgaard was planning his work for the 2013 Venice Biennale on the effect of climate change…
NZ International Arts Festival
Classical review: Tale of actress and poet short but sweet
The New Zealand Festival's 2014 opera was shortish in length, running not too far past an hour, but Osvaldo Golijov's Ainadamar…
Theatre
Theatre review: Angels in America Part 2: Perestroika, Q Theatre
"The great question before us is are we doomed? ... Can we change in time?"
NZ International Arts Festival
Wellington comes alive for Arts Festival (+videos)
Reporter Chris Schulz heads to Wellington as the New Zealand International Arts Festival kicks into top gear.
Sundae Sessions
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[LIVE] Sheep, Dog & Wolf: Nothing, Probably
Sheep, Dog & Wolf perform Nothing, Probably live at Barkers' The Chambers in Wellington, for nzherald.co.nz's Sundae Sessions…
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