Lux Lucis Ut Sanus - spotlight on sound
Lux Lucis Ut Sanus at the Auckland Film Archive in September seeks to underline the acoustic perspective in a predominately visual culture. The Audio Foundation asked five artists to explore the…
NZ Book Month at Te Papa
Priming itself as one of the literary hubs for the upcoming 2008 instalment of New Zealand Book Month, Wellington's Te Papa launches the season on August 31st at 10am and throws open its doors with…
Six Pack Three collection for blind community
When The Six Pack Three hits bookstores to mark the beginning of New Zealand Book Month, copies will also be available in braille, audio, large print and electronic text to members of the Royal New…
Auckland public art panel nominations open
Auckland City Council is establishing an Advisory Panel for Public Art to provide expert advice on developing council's public art programme and public art projects. The formation of the panel…
The Next Stage festival of NZ plays
Auckland Theatre Company Literary Unit has announced the new plays for this year's annual Next Stage festival of new works in development. The 2008 line-up includes Yvette Parson's intimate solo…
Glasgow wins place in UN Cultural Network
Glasgow has been declared a City of Music by the United Nations culture agency, joining its neighbour Edinburgh on its Creative Cities Network, established to promote social, economic and cultural…
Countdown to NZMuseums website launch
The redeveloped website NZMuseums will be launched on Wednesday 17 September 2008 by National Services Te Paerangi a team at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. The new website will be a…
Myah Flynn wins NZ's biggest student art award
Myah Flynn, a 23-year-old Master of Design student at UNITEC Institute of Technology, has been awarded first prize at the sixth national Mazda Emerging Artist Award, winning $10,000 cash. The…
Jeff Koons
Almost A Bird Theatre Collective (Antigone, Angels in America, A Streetcar Named Desire) performs the New Zealand premiere of Jeff Koons at BATS theatre from August 26-30 and at Mighty Mighty…
Oleanna storms back onto Auckland's stage
Since its premiere in 1992, David Mamet's most controversial and celebrated work OLEANNA has polarised audiences on Broadway, in the West End and around the world. Now in the hands of director…
Like David to Michelangelo, I am her creation!'
On The Conditions And Possibilities Of Helen Clark Taking Me As Her Young Lover is an anarchic and incisive PowerPoint-driven satire on contemporary politics and the hopes and dreams of the…
SJ.Ramir, Bill Viola, VALI EXPORT at IKFU 2008
New Zealand video artist SJ.Ramir is among eleven other artists whose work have been invited to screen at the biennale of art film Internationell Konstfilm Festival at Jonkoping this year.