Latest from Culture

It's okay to laugh at your kids

So, you think your child's funny? Danielle Wright talks to the kids comedy industry to find out how you can encourage your children to make people, other than their mum and dad, laugh.

Mickey to Tiki still causing stir

Dick Frizzell's famous <i>Mickey to Tiki Tu Meke</i> had him labelled a 'spiritual assassin'. Now it's up for auction and Frizzell revisits the Kiwi icon.

Art gallery listings: April 26

Contemporary art: see it, touch it, talk about it

Gallery curator Danae Mossman shares her love for contemporary art.

Art in the park

Danielle Wright finds public art in children's playgrounds the perfect combination.

Janet McAllister: Revelations a mix of delight, shame and pain

T.J. McNamara: Colour heightens vivid drama

Beyond the surface of Warhol

Eye of the beholder

Isabella Rossellini once declared imperfections to be where life’s interesting bits are. Photographer Emma Bass thinks along similar lines, writes Rebecca Barry Hill.

Fashion: Flash guy

In one room, the whirr of the tattoo needle, in another the calm and conversation of an old-school barbershop, and lining the walls, framed pieces of tattoo flash.

Heir gives Cubist-era collection to the Met

Art gallery listings: April 11

Aotea Square to descend into zombie hell

Martino Gamper: The inventive situationist

Martino Gamper does extraordinary things with chairs - and awkward corners.

Andy Warhol works to be shown for first time in Scotland

Sydney: Grab a bite and soak up views

Beachside is best in Sydney, finds Jo Bates.

Laga'aia hitting the stage

Aussie-based showbiz star Jay Laga'aia is returning to New Zealand for his first major home-turf role in a decade.

Philanthropic public art

Arts supporters are getting used to having to fund new public works themselves, so far over $600,000 of donated money has been put into public artwork in Hamilton.