Emphasising normality
Talking to Auckland artist Marie Shannon is like reminiscing with an old friend about the good times, the bad and the random, finds Rebecca Fox
Rebecca Fox
Project celebrates independent artists
Project celebrates independent artists
A series of projects are being held to celebrate the dedicated community of independent artists working in Dunedin, Rebecca Fox discovers.
Cuisine uniquely Dunedin
Cuisine uniquely Dunedin
Food designers seek the unexpected to highlight Dunedin’s underground literary ‘‘cool’’, discovers Rebecca Fox.
The art of storytelling
The art of storytelling
The story of an Otago farm boy who became famous for his conscientious objection to war has been made into an opera.
A new life and a new step forward
A new life and a new step forward
An unexpected event may have made life complicated for the 2016 Frances Hodgkins Fellowship artist but Miranda Parkes’ art is all the better for it, she tells Rebecca Fox
Transit from Venice
Transit from Venice
Lisa Reihana has wowed audiences at the Venice Biennale with her Emissaries project and its centrepiece video 'In Pursuit of Venus'. Rebecca Fox discovers she has also been working on a exhibition for Dunedin.
The art of pleasing the public
The art of pleasing the public
While public art has sometimes been controversial in Dunedin, people are being urged to have their say on a new framework, finds Rebecca Fox.A ''hunger'' for a renewed public art programme is...
Otago restaurants finalists in national awards
Otago restaurants named as finalists in national awards
More Otago restaurants than ever before have been named in the Cuisine top 100 restaurants for 2017, Rebecca Fox finds.
First love yields to passion
First love yields to passion
Just settling into a new life in Melbourne, British conductor Richard Davis is about to visit New Zealand for the first time, he tells Rebecca Fox.
Gift of music received and returned in full
Gift of music received and returned in full
Watching your children come of age musically is extra special if you are a musician yourself, as Belgians Marleen Thiers and Sigiswald Kuijken discovered. Rebecca Fox talks to the family that...
Seeking hidden Hodgkins
Seeking hidden Hodgkins
A search is on to find as many unknown Frances Hodgkins works as possible for an exhibition at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery later this year, Rebecca Fox discovers.
The science of art
The science of art
Art and science might be two different areas but a group of Dunedin artists and scientists have proved there can be a meeting of minds even on complicated concepts such as genetics. Rebecca...
Southern star shines
Southern star shines
Otago Farmers Market won people’s choice in a recent national competition so Rebecca Fox and photographer Craig Baxter went along to find out why people are so enthusiastic about the market.
Sharing the love
Sharing the love
He is braving a Dunedin winter to bring a modern taken on Shakespeare to the city’s audiences. Benjamin Henson tells Rebecca Fox about putting on a raucous party.
Collection's lure too great
Collection's lure too great
Long-serving Dunedin Public Art Gallery staffer Robyn Notman has moved to the Hocken Library. She and her team tell Rebecca Fox about their collections.
Colouring our social fabric
Colouring our social fabric
Justin Lewis and Jacob Rajan’s common love of mask, determination and creativity has seen their Indian Ink theatre company thrive for 20 years. Lewis talks to Rebecca Fox about celebrating the milestone with a national tour of "The Pickle King''.
Stepping up
Stepping up
Great memories of past Tutus on Tour productions mean Abigail Boyle is perfect in the role of ballet mistress for this year’s tour, she tells Rebecca Fox.
Dunedin singer first Kiwi to make US Cabaret
Dunedin singer first Kiwi to make US Cabaret
Dunedin-based singer Jason Henderson is the first New Zealander to be accepted to attend the St Louis Cabaret Conference.
The magic of theatre
The magic of theatre
Alexander Ekman, the self-effacing choreographer of the three works being performed by the Royal New Zealand Ballet this season, hates mediocrity. He tells Rebecca Fox about his ‘‘crazy’’...
'Three by Ekman' more than dance
'Three by Ekman' more than dance
Looking down at her thighs, Laura Saxton Jones is not surprised to see bruises emerging.