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    Impressive and vibrant experience

    Knox Church. Photo by Peter McIntosh.

    Impressive and vibrant experience

    City Choir DunedinZimbe!Knox Church, Saturday, July 12

    Truly outstanding recital

    Abhinath Berry. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

    Truly outstanding recital

    Abhinath Berry, Hanover Hall, Friday July 11.

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    Photo in exhibition a source of pride

    Callum Flett lines up another exhibition-quality photograph after one of his images was selected...

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    Photo in exhibition a source of pride

    Living with cerebral palsy and profound deafness means Callum Flett does not have the luxury of easy communication.

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    Bulldog mural to replace kissing kids

    A design for a proposed mural depicting a British bulldog on the Mansfield Apartments building,...

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    Bulldog mural to replace kissing kids

    A British bulldog will replace a pair of lovestruck children as the new face of a central Dunedin building.

    Detailed approach

    Photo: Peter McIntosh

    Detailed approach

    An intricate sand mandala has been created by Tibetan monks at the Dunedin Community Gallery.

    Art seen: July 10

    "Flux" featuring Portraits of Geoff Dixon (2021–2025), acrylic on paper [installation view], by...

    Art seen: July 10

    By Joanna Osborne

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    Images that say more

    Marti Friedlander, Eglinton Valley, 1970 (2025). Photos: supplied

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    Images that say more

    A selection of late photographer Marti Friedlander’s rural South Island photographs which have never been seen in the South are on exhibit at Starkwhite in Queenstown.

    In full bloom

    Photo: Peter McIntosh

    In full bloom

    Mural artist Koryu Aoshima with his new artwork on the side of South Dunedin's Aurora Health Centre.

    Inspiration home-grown for award-winning artist

    Rod Eales shows off her award-winning work at the Dunedin Railway Station on Saturday. Her work...

    Inspiration home-grown for award-winning artist

    Flowers from her garden provided the inspiration for Otago Arts Society winner Rod Eales.

    Obituary: John Simpson, artist

    John Simpson, after his investiture as ONZM, for services to art education, by the governor...

    Obituary: John Simpson, artist

    Fine arts academic and silversmith Harold John Simpson was the first professor of fine arts at the University of Canterbury, and headed its School of Fine Arts from 1961-90.

    Variety of artworks amazes

    Otago Art Society 149th anniversary show judges Michele Beevors and Manu Berry take another look...

    Variety of artworks amazes

    The judges for the Otago Arts Society’s annual exhibition awards say this year has made them look a lot closer at things.

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    Body of work

    Rain Over the Blue Planet (2015-2025). Photo: courtesy of Milford Galleries

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    Body of work

    Vincent Ward is an award-winning, internationally recognised New Zealand film-maker, but he is also a practising artist who is showing his "Palimpsest/Landscapes" work in the South Island for...

    Art seen: July 3

    "The Daughters", by Marko Hrubyj-Piper.

    Art seen: July 3

    By James Dignan

    Halves make a whole

    Gretchen Albrecht (b.1943), Cardinal, 1981, acrylic on canvas. Bought in 1981 with funds from the...

    Halves make a whole

    A simple semicircle encompasses some big ideas, Anya Samarasinghe writes.

    Obituary: Fred Graham, artist

    Fred Graham's service to Māori art dates back to the 1950s. Photo: RNZ/supplied

    Obituary: Fred Graham, artist

    Respected artist Fred Graham remained relevant right up until the end: a major new sculpture, Te Manu Rangimaarie, was unveiled at Taupiri just before his death.

    The whare that travelled the globe

    Mataatua Wharenui today in Whakatane. PHOTO: NGATI AWA

    The whare that travelled the globe

    The little-known story of the Mataatua Whare will be brought to life by the music of Dame Gillian Whitehead, the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra and soloists Tomairangi Henare, Paul Whelan and Rebecca Ryan this weekend.

    Art seen . . .

    Mataura River (2023), by Anne Noble.

    Art seen . . .

    The term "takata whenua" is not mere words. It expresses the connection Māori have with the land.

    Storytelling gets technical

    Author Karen Wrigglesworth visits the grave of James Balfour, a marine engineer who designed the...

    Storytelling gets technical

    A residency in Dunedin provided the breakthrough for writer and technical storyteller Karen Wrigglesworth, so she is hoping that another visit to write will prove to be equally successful.

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    Firing things up

    Potter Chris Weaver is on a residency at the Dunedin School of Art. Photo: Gerard O'Brien

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    Firing things up

    One of New Zealand’s top ceramicists, Chris Weaver, has been working on his latest collection at the Dunedin School of Art.

    Art seen: June 19

    Late Spring, by Angela Burns.

    Art seen: June 19

    By James Dignan
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