LifestyleCoco Chanel stars in new exhibitCoco Chanel is the star of a new exhibition in the UK.06 Aug 01:35 AM
LifestyleA beginner's guide to buying artKnowledge is power when it comes to buying art, finds Joanna Mathers.03 Aug 07:30 PM
New ZealandMichele Hewitson interview: Rhana DevenportIf a public art gallery comes to reflect something of the style of its director, what might the Auckland Art Gallery look like after a few years of its new director, Rhana Devenport, running the place?03 Aug 03:24 AM
New ZealandAuthor's NZ writing dream soursA celebrated children's author-turned-publisher has left the country, with a trail of unpaid debts and angry authors in her wake.02 Aug 05:30 PM
OpinionJanet McAllisterJanet McAllister: North Shore as you've never seen it beforeArtist Gabriel White got stopped by the police while filming <i>Oracle Drive</i>, his leisurely one-hour ode to the poetic meanings of Albany (yes, Albany).19 Jul 07:30 PM
LifestyleCelebrity mums set bar too high - authorHollywood mothers who seem to juggle stellar careers with kids, husbands and travel - all while looking fabulous - pose a threat to women's mental health.17 Jul 05:30 PM
World'Theft of the century' art burned"I placed the suitcase containing the paintings in the stove." The mum of an art heist suspect says she "destroyed any evidence" - quite permanently.16 Jul 11:13 PM
World400 Picasso artworks stolenMore than 400 artworks by Pablo Picasso have been stolen from the home of his stepdaughter, she has claimed.15 Jul 05:30 PM
OpinionJanet McAllisterJanet McAllister: Coronation Hall lends itself to the cutting edgeThere's a tantalising connection between Jazz Age performance legend Josephine Baker and the Old Folks Ass.12 Jul 10:00 PM
EntertainmentHairy, Jelly and PippiForget about Australians appropriating our cultural icons; the Scots are getting in on the act.12 Jul 05:30 PM
EntertainmentIs it good? Yes Prime MinisterSir Humphrey Appleby, the consummate civil servant with a patrician disdain for the delusions of democratic government, is an almost perfect comic creation.10 Jul 05:30 PM
EntertainmentThe complexity of collage'I liberate photographic fragments from their original snap-and-capture setting and reposition them in the space of art," is Peter Madden's description of how he arrives at his fascinating collages at the Ivan Anthony Gallery.05 Jul 08:30 PM
New ZealandMichele Hewitson interview: Ted DaweHaving never before met a polluter of the moral innocence of youth, I have no idea whether the author Ted Dawe is an unusually engaging example of one.05 Jul 05:30 PM
