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Carin Wilson: Striking a delicate balance
Artist Carin Wilson draws on ancient Maori wisdom to take stock of the state of our world.
World's best press photos on display (+photos)
Alan Perrott takes a look at an exhibition of the world’s best press photography, currently in Auckland.
Auckland's inside-out theatre
Eleven years and $121 million in the making, the new Auckland Art Gallery is a grand design. But it hasn't been without its problems, writes Chris Barton - budget blowouts and court action.
Michele Hewitson Interview: Sir James Wallace
Our interviewer finds the canny but philanthropic arts patron hard to prod out of his shell.
Julian Robertson: A Kiwi knight to remember with affection
Profile of a philanthropist who loves NZ.
State of the art on show in prime venue
The Auckland Art Fair could not have found a better venue than the Viaduct Events Centre
Framed: A city frozen in time
Alan Perrott looks at the top entries in New Zealand's largest photo competition.
Giant Kiwi icons may soon adorn NY
Kiwi icons such as Billy T James and Sir Edmund Hillary could soon grace the facades of Manhattan high-rises....
Franco learns from unwise photo post
Movie star James Franco upset his big business links when he posted a shot of his hand down the front of his crotch as part of a Twitter-based art project.
TJ McNamara: Dream-like visions that glow in the dark
Glimpses of surrealism and the dark side of Romanticism.
Bathed in ancestral light
A new book and exhibition by photographer Fiona Pardington examines the historic - and now derided - practice of taking casts of people's heads to study their brains. Some were her ancestors.