New ZealandBoutique hotel too cool for a dameA new premiere boutique hotel may have been cool enough for Welsh crooner Tom Jones to stay at, but New Zealand's own Dame Kiri Te Kanawa has deemed it a little too "cool" for her vocal chords.16 Oct 06:30 PM
TechnologyWhen art, smell and technology collideI can't help being fascinated by the kind of work being done where art and tech collide.11 Oct 09:36 PM
World$300m painting 'hidden behind the sofa'In a story that has rocked the art world, an original Michelangelo may have been discovered in the most unlikely of locations. Photo / AP11 Oct 08:49 PM
Opinion<i>Editorial:</i> Art definitely in the eye of the beholderContemporary art is a puzzle to many people. It is, therefore, unsurprising that the winner of the Walters Prize has created controversy. 11 Oct 04:29 PM
EntertainmentAuckland artist wins $50,000 Walters prizeA jumbled collection of posters, a bashed old barbecue table and chairs, YouTube clips, lamps and a paranoid handwritten note has won the Walters Prize, the richest contemporary art prize in the country.08 Oct 08:00 AM
EntertainmentOff the computer and on the wallArtists@Work, a new book by writer Richard Wolfe and photographer Stephen Robinson, offers an insight into the creative processes of 24 painters and sculptors. In this edited extract, Auckland artist Richard Killeen talks about disliking p02 Oct 01:12 AM
EntertainmentDeath becomes herBy day, Morag McDowell investigates death. And by night, well, she sings about it. The full-time Auckland coroner and part-time opera singer talks to Rebecca Barry.30 Sep 04:30 PM
OpinionBrian Rudman<i>Brian Rudman:</i> Restore St James and make Auckland NZ's arts capital26 Sep 08:30 PM
LifestyleWearable Arts awards winners announcedCreative fashion and bizarre bras at last night's World of Wearable Arts awards.24 Sep 08:10 PM
EntertainmentCelebrating masculinity in danceThe Tempo Festival focuses its spotlight on males, writes Bernadette Rae.24 Sep 04:00 PM
EntertainmentAlex Monteith knows the best kind of speed cameraAlex Monteith's latest exhibition documents the passion fuelling those who live life in the fast lane Adam Gifford reports.24 Sep 04:00 PM
EntertainmentTheatre Review: Biography of my Skin, <i>Auckland Concert Chamber Town Hall</i>For those who haven't seen this play, it would be easy to think: actors, eh, gawd what a narcissistic bunch, touring a performance autobiography. 22 Sep 05:30 PM
