Wilhemeena Gordon unveils a new dance theatre work with music by Norm Skipp
Illusion Palace - Chapter 1 A new dancetheatre work by Wilhemeena Gordon With original sound-score by Norm Skipp Cream buns, red high-heels, glass slippers, cascading bodies and a pick-a-path…
The most exciting companies in the Creative Industries
The National Business Review Search for Exciting Companies in the Creative Industries has released findings of its new survey conducted by New River . The research methodology drew on 'the psychology…
The real forgotten silver - Brake, Baxter, Drawbridge and Lilburn
Four true New Zealand great artists, Brian Brake, James K Baxter, John Drawbridge and Douglas Lilburn will feature in a TVNZ documentary Aspiring that is truly a tale of 'forgotten silver' - a lost…
New Zealand writers to be showcased to the world
Some of New Zealand's best writers will be showcased to the world in 2006, thanks to the New Zealand Book Council's International Writers' Programme. Book Council Chief Executive, Karen Ross, is…
Websites for the other worldly
Check out the other wordly side of cyber space on these new websites Want to get closer to a steaming volcano in action then check out the website of the Alaska Volcano Observatory as it monitors…
Jambalaya Festival 2006! Rotorua, Easter Weekend
Jambalaya Festival of Music, Dance and Carnival! When: Easter Weekend - April 13th - 16th (4 nights, 3 days) Where: Rotorua Convention Centre, SportsDrome & Civic Centre What is…
Kenneth Angers 'Icons'
The New Zealand Film Archive and Alice L Hutchison present Kenneth Angers 'Icons' - a collection of still images from American underground film legend Kenneth Anger. For the past 40 years Kenneth…
Carl Shuker scoops top literary prize
A new guitar and an amplifier are on the wish-list for Carl Shuker, who has just been announced as the winner of New Zealand's largest literary prize, the $65,000 Prize in Modern Letters. Mr…
Francesca Horsley reviews The Wedding and Aarero Stone
Courtesy of NZ Listener Francesca Horsley reviews The Wedding the large scale production by the Royal NZ Ballet based on a story by Witi Ihimaera. That production has finished it's Auckland season…
New Zealand Contemporary Art Dealers Association (NZCADA)
New Zealand Contemporary Art Dealers Association (NZCADA) A new association of senior galleries has been established. The Association seeks to contribute to the visual arts in a way that enhances…
Stefan Dunlop exhibition
Stefan Dunlop will exhibit, for the first time in New Zealand, this month at Fishers Fine Arts Auckland gallery. The exhibition will feature the sophisticated, graphic-pop inspired paintings and…
Slamming Picasso - indigenous forms in western art
Courtesy of bFM A South African government official has slammed Picasso saying that he stole from African art to boost his flagging talent. That's kicked up a debate about the use of indigenous art…