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Auckland Writers Festival: Suburban subjects

It might more commonly be called the City of Sails, but to sociologist and historian Scott Hamilton Auckland is "a city of text", with multiple stories waiting to be told.

Nick Atkinson: Man of words sharing poetry and all the jazz

Auckland pianist Ben Fernandez and drummer Stephen Thomas have been roped in for the one-off performance.

T. J. McNamara: Strange encounters on the mat

The works, for the most part small statues and ceramics, are displayed on carpet mats on the floor.

Watch: Ohope Beach wood carving artist

Harlem Shine from Ohope Beach carves logs washed ashore during storms. He can spend weeks/months carving a huge log only to have a storm wash it out to sea.

A tale of two Block Parties

There are two Block Parties happening in Auckland: which is the one for you?

Art reaches out across the ocean

It is astounding to think no art gallery in Australasia has ever generated a comprehensive exhibition of work from South America until now.

An alternative assessment of real life

Fifteen seconds: according to a number of surveys, that's the amount of time the "average" viewer spends looking at a painting and accompanying text.

Islands of colour mixed media and visual invention

Much exciting contemporary art aims not to promote meaning or message but rather to engage the eye with new visual experience.

T.J. McNamara: Take your pick: Vision and colour

Works of two established artists and a newcomer grace Auckland venues this month.

Rare Goldie painting sells for $1.175m

The buyer of a treasured Goldie painting, sold tonight to man from China, will have to ask permission from the Government if he wants to take it out of the country.

Sydney comes alive with art at its heart

Artists take centre stage in Sydney's 20th Biennale, finds Eli Orzessek.

Kiwi artists create stunning short-lived art in nature

Two Kiwi artists have spent 10 years travelling the world creating stunning, short-lived art, writes Corazon Miller.

Galleries: A parade of identity

There are three strikingly inter-cultural exhibitions in Auckland; two of them at Te Uru Waitakere Art Gallery.

Small Auckland theatre inspires Kowloon

One of the largest cultural hubs to be developed in the world could be influenced by one of Auckland's smallest theatres, The Basement.

Atkinson: A mischievous pop-up

COMMENT: Andrew J. Steel has painted the wall of 4 Gundry St in Auckland three times during the past few years.

Kanye wants kissing mural removed

Kanye West had reportedly offered an Australian artist "a pretty decent chunk of money" to remove a street mural of the rapper passionately kissing himself.