The Vault opens in Palmerston North
A new exhibition space has opened in Palmerston North. Based in the Square Edge Arts Centre, The Vault will showcase work by emerging artists as well as new work by established artists.
Six Pack Two winners announced
The winners of the second Six Pack competition were yesterday announced at the launch of NZ Book Month 2007. As well as receiving $5,000, the six winners' writing has been published in The Six Pack…
TBI New Zealand Book Month Quiz
September is New Zealand Book Month, a time to celebrate (and appreciate) our country's authors and illustrators, publishing houses and bookshops. Think you know your Johnsons from your Joneses?…
Pukekohe-based lyric writer makes semi-finals of UK awards
Lyric writer Billy Ross was a semi-finalist in the recent UK Songwriting Contest, with the song "Is There Anybody There?".
Outside In: Sculpture by Elaine Conway at Northart
An exhibition of work by sculptor Elaine Conway is on at Northart's Gallery 4 until 12 September. Outside In explores ideas about how we perceive images, forms and dimensions, and how our eyes and…
Globalisation Film Festival coming to Auckland, Wellington and Dunedin
Auckland Museum, Te Papa and Otago Museum are preparing to present a documentary film festival on globalisation, featuring wide-ranging commentaries on the global economy, health, social concerns,…
Wellington artist plays with conventions of contemporary art
Playful and irreverent, g.bridle's multi-disciplinary work teases out the links between the process of art making, the location and the tools of the trade. An exhibition of his work, Segregated…
The ConArtists celebrate 20th birthday with Colin Mochrie
International comedy star Colin Mochrie reunites with a former teammate as Canada takes on New Zealand at The ConArtists' birthday weekend 16-17 November at the Bruce Mason Centre.
The MsBehaviour Files: Information Aesthetics
The new chic in geek speak is to talk about The Cloud. It's the noughties name for a place once known as Cyberspace. Until recently the Internet has been hard to conceptualise, which is why I find…
Remember You Are Mortal: Dunedin painter Ewan McDougall's riffs on death
By Mark Amery Courtesy of The Dominion Post 29/8/07 A number of painters used to be able to be relied upon to remind us of our own mortality. Through their behaviour and art there was the…
Woodcuts by Sam Broad at Solander
Local printmaker, painter and automatist Sam Broad presents Depleted Cranium, an exhibition of new and recent woodcuts opening at Solander on Saturday 8 September.
John Goudge Band comes to Devonport
West Auckland singer/songwriter and actor John Goudge brings his band to the Masonic Tavern in Devonport this Friday to play as part of the Indie Club.