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On the shelf
Open a cupboard at the new Artstation show, Cupboards, and you'll find shelves loaded with nostalgia.

A comic trip down memory lane
Janet McAllister reviews Coronation Street On Stage and finds it a thin and airy skit show with the production values of a smash hit musical.

10 Favourite Things: Designs of life
Ali McIntosh is surrounded by beautiful objects at home and at work.

Watson immortalised in wax
Emma Watson has become the "English rose" Madame Tussauds after her wax figure was unveiled.

Rare NZ paintings auction expected to top $2m
The take from an auction of rare New Zealand paintings is expected to top $2 million.

Moonrise Kingdom star sleeps in a glass box
Tilda Swinton is sleeping in a glass box in the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City.

City hosts an open house
In the months ahead Aucklanders can sample the city's vibrant cultures, writes Alexia Santamaria.

Second brazen art theft in one week
A second brazen thief has struck at a New Zealand museum this week, with police now looking for a man who stole a sword from an art installation.

Headliner mixes wit with superb comedy
The Auckland Arts Festival's centrepiece demonstrates what happens when the sophisticated elegance of commedia dell'arte collides with the eccentric weirdness of classic British comedy.

Wielkanoc traditions delight
There's no place like Poland when it comes to celebrating Easter, discovers Danielle Wright

TJ McNamara: A journey through history
Exhibitions that run during the Auckland Arts Festival should have some special factor that lifts them above the run of the mill.

Review: Ferdinand Ries: Piano Concertos Vol 5
To some, Ferdinand Ries is best known as a minor planet spinning around the sun that was Beethoven.

It's all white on the night
Dozens of events all over Auckland will be shining brightly and busily tonight for Auckland Arts Festival's White Night, which stretches from the CBD to all corners of the city.

Theatre comes to Dominion Rd
One of Auckland's best-known streets, Dominion Rd, will be sharing some of its history in a unique way this weekend.

Songs from the source of Scots' theatre
The Scottish National Theatre makes an exuberant return to ale-house culture with a riotously funny and at times tenderly lyrical tribute to Scottish narrative ballads.