Arts
World Press Photo of the Year chosen
Spanish photographer Samuel Aranda has won the World Press Photo of the Year award.
Puppet Fiction pays homage to classic film
"It's a little different," says John Travolta's character Vincent in one of many memorable scenes in the hit 1994 movie Pulp Fiction.
Seven guitars to commemorate loss
Seven handcrafted guitars commemorating the loss of life and buildings in the Canterbury earthquakes will go on display at Wellington's Te Papa Museum on Sunday.
Dancers get Short + Sweet
Auckland's very first Short + Sweet dance festival is set to kick off - and we've got the inside scoop from the festival's director.
Dancers' lives laid bare once more
The second series of The Secret Lives of Dancers follows rock-star artisitc director Ethan Stiefel's debut season with the Royal New Zealand Ballet.
Karl Maughan's language of flowers
For an artist who is renowned for painting splendid rhododendrons and gardens exploding with colour, Karl Maughan knows surprisingly little about flowers and plants.
New York cover story
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An art magazine launched in Wellington eight years ago on a shoestring budget will feature in a new exhibition at New York's Museum of Modern Art next month.An artful pick and mix
This is light, quick-witted work, which also at its best crackles with deeper ideas about the world.
Madcap machine work goes viral
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Kiwi artist Joseph Herscher's convoluted machine work is a hit with millions of YouTube viewers.Dance festival short and sweet
The biggest, shortest dance festival in the world is coming to Auckland in February.
Tahitian beauty rejuvinated
Time had tarnished this Tahitian princess but now she is almost clean – though more than 200 years old.
Hotere's seductive artworks 'feed the soul'
Artist Ralph Hotere, 80, has been made a Member of the Order of New Zealand in the New Year honours.
Arts awards founder wears accolade well
Suzie Moncrieff has taken the World of WearableArt Awards from a leaky tent in rural Nelson to a 10-day extravaganza at Wellington's TSB Bank Arena.
Pop artist James Rizzi dies at 61
James Rizzi applied his playful, cartoon-like art style to unusual projects worldwide, from Volkswagen Beetles and Japanese train ads to cow sculptures in New York and the front page of a German newspaper.
Steve Jobs awarded Grammy
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs is receiving a posthumous Grammy for his technological innovations in the arts.
Vincent Ward takes art outside the studio
Renowned film-maker Vincent Ward has swapped the cinema for a gallery for his latest creation. He talks to Tom Cardy about carving out a new space for himself.
Street festival takes over Auckland
An Auckland festival is all about showcasing life-sized Barbie dolls, a giant light show and seagulls that are bigger than people.
Arts funds knockback 'anti-Auckland'
Critics have labelled Creative New Zealand "anti-Auckland" after it failed to award funding to a project highlighting the work of some of the city's most important artists.
Art gallery goes global with Google
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Auckland Art Gallery will open its doors to distant audiences as part of the Google Art Project.
Sleeping Beauty's bad girl
Dancer lands 'gutsy' role in RNZ ballet
Ballet dancer Clytie Campbell has performed around the world and is back home in Auckland to play Carabosse, the wicked fairy in The Sleeping Beauty.
'Country boy' helps art revival in Christchurch
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Grant Close is an intensely practical man who describes himself as a "country boy" who once knew nothing about art or artists.
Iconic art heads to Auckland Art Gallery
Van Gogh, Dali works set for exclusive show
An art exhibition surveying one of the most revolutionary periods in recent art history will open to the public next year.
Jersey Boys writer hits a home run
"Jersey Boys' was former ad man Rick Elice's first proper writing job for the theatre and turned out a smash success. But first he had to get the Mafia on side.
Peter Jackson may expand Bats theatre
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Tiny Bats Theatre could more than double in size now that it has been bought by Sir Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh.Artist to draw city from memory
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A British artist who can draw a city after seeing it only once will recreate Brisbane on a massive easel this weekend.Star Wars gets burlesque makeover
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Star Wars-themed burlesque show's creator says it combines best of child and adulthoods.Art shock 'kills' PM in alley
Artist Sam Mahon has painted a picture of a dead John Key as part of an interactive online game.
Street artist now hot property
Street artist Mikaere Gardiner is making a name for himself, picking up several awards.
Performance artist gives birth in art gallery
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A performance artist who said giving birth is the "highest form of art" has delivered a baby boy — inside a New York City art galleryAward seeks stars of the web art world
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A new global art-prize competition for pictures created using a mobile device is now open.Renowned artist Austen Deans farewelled
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When one of renowned New Zealand artist Austen Deans' grandsons visited him and his wife in Christchurch two days after the February 22 earthquake, he found the committed outdoorsman "in his element" despite their house being without power.Lifeguard tower wins architecture award
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A Christchurch architect has won an award for designing a lifeguard tower for a beach he patrolled as a teenager.Thriller to probe good and evil
What if you knew there was a cure for cancer, but you couldn't tell anyone? That's the question behind a new film to be shot in Wellington.
Lighting the way with art
The announcement that Bill Culbert will represent New Zealand at the 2013 Venice Biennale officially recognises the work of an outstanding artist. Christopher Moore reviews the light and times of a man with a singular passion.
Renowned artist painted to end
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Renowned New Zealand artist Austen Deans never stopped painting the mountains he loved to climb.Artists lament art awards axing
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Previous winners of the Yellow Pages group art awards are lamenting the demise of the well-known national telephone books' art awards competition.Van Gogh was 'shot dead by teenagers'
Two American authors believe Vincent van Gogh was fatally shot by two teenagers and did not die from self-inflicted wounds.
Back in circulation
The public are being asked to pay to see art that, as taxpayers, they have already paid for, and should feel proud to call their own.
Audience to watch artist in labour
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An American artist intends to give birth before a live audience at her new installation The Birth of Baby X.Degas sculpture could sell for $45m
A bronze sculpture of a young ballerina by French impressionist Edgar Degas could sell at auction for as much as $45 million.
Players made life-changing visit
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Paralysed Bunmei Okabe had given up hope - until four rugby players paid him a visit.Kapa haka - the musical
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A dynamic new stage show opening in Wellington tonight brings together more than 30 kapa haka performers from across the country in an all-star cast.'Offensive' art stoush
War of words breaks out over artist's "frightening" work, including an image of an All Black passing a Maori head.
Renowned potter Len Castle dies
Gifted Auckland potter Len Castle, awarded a CBE for services to the arts, has died.
Shortland St actor's other passion
What does a Shortland Street star do in her spare time? Basement theatre.
McCartney's ballet stumbles
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Paul McCartney's ballet writing debut has received poor, early reviews calling his music agreeable but the story and staging bland.Artists learn to say 'yes' more often
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What if "yes" was the only answer? That's the question two Wellington artists are posing with their latest project.All Black Jesus painting sold to Aussie
The controversial painting of Jesus owned by Wellington's Cathedral of St Paul has sold to an Australian rugby fan.
Rugby 'for art's sake'
Rugby drama is flourishing but it's a deceptively easy subject when there is so much unscripted theatre on the paddock, writes Emma Page.
Jamie Oliver uncovers treasure
Jolie hopes film draws notice to Syria
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Gareth Morgan: I hope Norwegian sinks
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Dad plays porn instead of Smurfs at kid's party
From the annoying to the dangerous
Gareth Morgan: I hope Norwegian sinks
Reconsider Crafar farms deal, Government told
Cyclist: Don't fine us, fix road
Cash for jaunts but not to help deaf MP
Guinness' all time greatest game ending