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Explosive technique lays colours bare

Mad, bad and dangerous

<i>Michele Hewitson Interview</i>: Greer Twiss

Allure of the Pacific Mona Lisa

Mystery clouds Larsson's fourth manuscript

Theatre Review: Heat <i>at the Herald Theatre</i>

For once, a play's tagline is accurate: this drama-on-ice is pitched as "a woman, a man and a penguin" - and they're not kidding.

Concert Review: Musica Sacra <i>at St Michael's Church</i>

Spencer nets $19m but is it a Rubens?

Theatre Review: Young & Hungry Festival of New Theatre <i>at the Basement</i>

Sony cuts e-reader price to stay on same page as iPad

E-reader competition is hotting up.

Children caught up in magical hi-jinks

Paris: Dead famous

Paris' Pere Lachaise Cemetery is a surprisingly charming part of the City of Love, writes Liz Light.

Concert Review: Viva Voce <i>at St Patrick's Cathedral</i>

If able soloists did not always lift Charpentier's characters from the page, Rosser's dramatic conception did not err.

Buried treasure, magic and a fat ginger cat

School holiday theatre shows are all over town, writes Dionne Christian.

Preview: Young and Hungry Festival of New Theatre at the Basement

Two favourites and one new work are on show in the Young and Hungry line-up, writes Dionne Christian.

Concert Review: Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra <i>at Auckland Town Hall</i>

Colourful chaos, cool minimalism

Offerings to suit a range of tastes are on show at Auckland's galleries this week.

$6m for Hawke's Bay Museum, gallery