Always looking
Always looking

Photographer Peter Peryer's method of working is like mining. 'Dig dig dig and then you hit a seam'. Peter Peryer, one…

Perkins' surprise festival upgrade
Perkins' surprise festival upgrade

Rolling Stone journalist Michael Hastings did Emily Perkins a favour by pulling out of his commitments at the Auckland…

Melissa Coote's impressive show of hands
Melissa Coote's impressive show of hands

Some weeks are exceptionally rich in works that impress because of their size. At the Jensen Gallery Melissa Coote is having…

NZSO: Beautiful sound of loss
NZSO: Beautiful sound of loss

In 2003, when Lynn Harrell last played Elgar's Cello Concerto with the NZ Symphony Orchestra, he did not realise that his…

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Janet McAllister: Taking a bite of the Big Apple
Janet McAllister: Taking a bite of the Big Apple

Sharks and Nazis - according to Ricky Gervais, these are the staples of non-fiction subscription TV… More

China's art lovers open up to public

Over the past two years Wang Wei and her husband Liu Yiqian spent a reported US$317 million ($403 million) on their hobby… More

Art gallery listings: May 10

Auckland Art Gallery, Wellesley St Degas to Dali, to Jun 10 Fifty Years of Modern Masters in Auckland, to Jun 10 Speed… More

Festival spat: Speaker blames lack of airfare payment

The Rolling Stone journalist who pulled out of the Auckland Writers and Readers festival less than a week before its opening… More

Ian McKellen on NZ theatre mission
Ian McKellen on NZ theatre mission

It's a long way from Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London but last night actor Sir Ian McKellen appeared… More

Janet McAllister: Shaking up the box

Walking into the re-launched Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, an Aucklander's sense of deja vu will be strong. The… More

TJ McNamara: Going to extremes

The Chartwell Collection is a large collection of radical art assembled over many years by Rob Gardiner, gifted in a trust… More

'The Scream' makes auction history

One of the art world's most recognisable images Edvard Munch's The Scream sold for a record US$119,922,500 at auction… More

Munch's 'The Scream' may fetch $98m at NY auction

One of the art world's most recognizable images - Edvard Munch's The Scream - could sell for US $80 million ($98 million… More

Cezanne for $24m
Cezanne for $24m

A rare watercolour study by Paul Cezanne believed lost for nearly 60 years fetched over $24 million… More

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