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Gang photos pull in crowds
A controversial photographic exhibition of gang members - including one accused of murder - has proved popular with the public.
Janet 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.
Kiwi Dambuster's new portrait in London
Les 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.
Gallery won't remove Mob man's image
An 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.
Paul Moon: Portraits fall back on shock value
NZ'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.
Maori portraits go on tour
Auckland Art Gallery plans to tour portraits of Maori painted 100 years ago by Gottfried Lindauer to exhibitions in Germany and the Czech Republic.
Ocean scene? Look again
A group of imaginative artists has shown magic can be made from a few simple lines in the sand.
Auditions for von Trapps open
Almost 600 children were at The Civic in Auckland to vie for the roles of the von Trapp kids in the Lloyd Webber production.
Mongrel Mob framed in new exhibition
A 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.
Mystery of Gallipoli painting
The 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.
Shakespeare to be celebrated globally
The 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.
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, Anzac: Photographs by Laurence Aberhart
Warhol's famous phrase: A fabrication?
Andy Warhol's famous quote may have predicted fame's fleeting nature in our celebrity-saturated culture - but fittingly for a pop artist who built a fortune by mass-producing other people's creations, he may never have actually said those words.
Bush's portraits 'copied off Google'?
As a former leader of the free world George W Bush had significantly greater access to world leaders than other budding artists. Which is why his art is so, er, surprising.
India: Drama is everywhere
Indian Ink Theatre's Jacob Rajan returns to Southern India and is thrilled by his company's historic first.