LifestyleWriters Festival: Festival full of praise for women writersThree important writers, all women over 65, were given separate standing ovations yesterday at the Auckland Writers Festival.18 May 05:00 PM
New ZealandArt of shock draws a crowdLorne St doesn't really come alive until after midday. There are some coffee joints and a nail bar or two, and an art gallery.17 May 05:00 PM
EntertainmentTwelve Questions: Michael LeunigI'm told I was in a world of my own, happily self-occupied, dreamy and contented in my own company.14 May 05:00 PM
EntertainmentGang photos pull in crowdsA controversial photographic exhibition of gang members - including one accused of murder - has proved popular with the public.05 May 05:00 PM
OpinionJanet McAllisterJanet McAllister: A neo liberal businessman, and philanthropist"Kiwi philanthropist to get honorary doctorate." Was it Sir Stephen Tindall or Sir Owen Glenn? Or the arts' very own Sir James Wallace? No, all wrong, writes Janet McAllister.02 May 09:11 PM
New ZealandKiwi Dambuster's new portrait in LondonLes Munro earned a place in history when he flew the famous Dambusters raid during World War 2. Now he will have his own place in London's Imperial War Museum.01 May 10:00 PM
New ZealandGallery won't remove Mob man's imageAn Auckland art gallery owner will not back down on plans to display the photo of a Mongrel Mob member accused of murder, despite a strong reaction online.29 Apr 05:00 PM
OpinionPaul Moon: Portraits fall back on shock valueNZ's art history is strewn with images of the indigenous barbaric, which were frequently used to accentuate the counterpoint to the civilised European, writes Paul Moon.29 Apr 05:00 PM
KahuMaori portraits go on tourAuckland Art Gallery plans to tour portraits of Maori painted 100 years ago by Gottfried Lindauer to exhibitions in Germany and the Czech Republic.28 Apr 05:00 PM
EntertainmentOcean scene? Look againA group of imaginative artists has shown magic can be made from a few simple lines in the sand.27 Apr 04:15 PM
EntertainmentAuditions for von Trapps openAlmost 600 children were at The Civic in Auckland to vie for the roles of the von Trapp kids in the Lloyd Webber production.26 Apr 05:05 AM
EntertainmentMongrel Mob framed in new exhibitionA month-long exhibition of portraits of Mongrel Mob members will start at an upmarket art gallery next week - and the photographer is expecting some negative reaction.25 Apr 04:15 PM
New ZealandMystery of Gallipoli paintingThe rugged, scrub-covered hills are unmistakably those of Gallipoli's Anzac Cove. But who depicted them in an extremely rare, nearly century-old painting is a tantalising mystery that an Auckland art gallery director is battling to solve.23 Apr 04:15 PM
WorldShakespeare to be celebrated globallyThe life and work of William Shakespeare will be celebrated in a series of events taking place in 110 countries next year on the 400th anniversary of the writer's death.23 Apr 05:10 AM
New Zealand Laurence Aberhart's Anzac photographs"Memorials became increasingly ignored and forgotten objects, presences in the landscapes that were taken for granted and just passed by. It is this period of slow loss of community consciousness that Aberhart's photographs capture so superbly." - Jock Phillips, <i>Anzac: Photographs</i> by Laurence Aberhart18 Apr 10:53 PM
