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All the way back around
Dunedin artist Nick Austin’s work, rarely seen in the city, is being showcased as part of Dunedin Public Art Gallery’s “Suite” series, which focuses on local artists.
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More space, more shows
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More space, more shows
A new era at Blue Oyster Art Project Space has seen the gallery divided in two distinct galleries.
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Students give oats a 21st-century makeover
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Students give oats a 21st-century makeover
As NZ food production is threatened, Dunedin culinary students are looking at ways to support and change perceptions of locally produced products like oats, Rebecca Fox finds.
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Memories bring violinist back
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Memories bring violinist back
2009 Michael Hill International Violin Competition winner Josef Spacek will help judge the 25th competition. He talks to Rebecca Fox about how it very nearly did not happen.
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Feline discovery cements new focus
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Feline discovery cements new focus
Nothing is off the table for Dunedin-based artist Nicole Page-Smith, Rebecca Fox discovers.
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Fair Verona goes country
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Fair Verona goes country
Celebrating 65 years with its inaugural play, Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet being re-staged, Dunedin’s Globe Theatre is paying tribute to its roots and its future, finds Rebecca Fox.
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Portraits bring joy and meaning
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Portraits bring joy and meaning
Four Otago artists have made the finals of the prestigious Adam Portraiture Prize. Rebecca Fox discovers what is behind the face.
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Knife sharpener lives up to promises
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Knife sharpener lives up to promises
Lifestyle Editor Rebecca Fox tests out a new to New Zealand knife sharpener.
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Joint force of ‘sheer emotion’
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Joint force of ‘sheer emotion’
Mahler’s Resurrection is one of the most significant works any orchestra can perform, also requiring a choir and soloists but add in another orchestra, it becomes a...
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Army never far from artwork
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Army never far from artwork
Former army artist Matt Gauldie may be out of the army but he is still testing himself — this time with an exhibition of bronze bird sculptures, he tells Rebecca Fox.
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Connection to city appreciated anew
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Connection to city appreciated anew
Coming back to Dunedin after six years has a been a profound experience for artist Imogen Taylor.
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Home for a Kiwi childhood
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Home for a Kiwi childhood
Returning home to New Zealand after 15 years performing in Europe has been a big step for violinist Manu Berkeljon.
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Passionate about people and stone
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Passionate about people and stone
Seeing his ‘‘wild Southland’’ stone with yacht masts and the ocean behind it on Auckland’s Viaduct Harbour for the Aotearoa Art Fair Sculpture Trail is a nice ‘...
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Back where it all began
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Back where it all began
Peter Hayden has unfinished business with Roger Hall’s plays. So the Dunedin actor is staging End of Summertime in Dunedin, he tells Rebecca Fox.
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Unexpected, uncanny ceramics
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Unexpected, uncanny ceramics
Highlighting four emerging Dunedin ceramicists pushing the limit of what ceramics can do is the aim of exhibition ‘‘Holding Space’’ at one of Dunedin’s newest...
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Mentoring jewellers of the future
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Mentoring jewellers of the future
Three jewellers at different stages of their art practice have come together in a tiny Dunedin studio to learn from each other and create together. Rebecca Fox talks to John Z Robinson,...
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Local food products get praise at national level
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Local food products get praise at national level
Otago and Southland food producers are in the medals at the Outstanding Food Producer Awards, finds Rebecca Fox.
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Taking flamenco’s flair to the world
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Taking flamenco’s flair to the world
Internationally acclaimed as the greatest living exponent of flamenco guitar, Paco Pena will perform in Dunedin this weekend. He tells Rebecca Fox about the Spanish tradition that has shaped his life.
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Old friends celebrate 60th anniversary
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Old friends celebrate 60th anniversary
Celebrating its 60th anniversary, the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra is bringing back two old friends, former principal guest conductor Nicholas Braithwaite and New Zealand Symphony Orchestra...
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Homecoming for Ngāi Tahu artworks
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Homecoming for Ngāi Tahu artworks
The first exhibition in the newly extended Forrester Gallery in Oamaru will be "Paemanu: Kārakaraka Toi", a collaborative collection of works by Ngāi Tahu artists which is arriving home for the first time.