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Collaboration driver in taking conducting route

Ben Bayl is on his first visit to Dunedin to conduct the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra. PHOTOS:...

Collaboration driver in taking conducting route

Ben Bayl has gone from pianist to organist to conductor as he discovered the joys of working in a team. He talks to Rebecca Fox from his home in Budapest&nbsp...

Art seen, July 17th

Art seen, July 17th

Art Seen by James Dignan.

Show brings connection

Theatre-maker and actress Lizzie Tollemache at rehearsal for The Neurospice Girls in Dunedin this...

Show brings connection

Lizzie Tollemache's dream of an all inclusive space is coming true in Dunedin this month.

Review: Enthralling recital leaves audience breathless

Review: Enthralling recital leaves audience breathless

Virtuosic flourishes executed throughout a programme of complex works kept a capacity Hanover Hall audience enthralled during Friday’s recital by pianist Abhinath Berry.

Review: Globe takes energetic approach to ‘Shrew’

Review: Globe takes energetic approach to ‘Shrew’

The Globe Theatre’s bonkers take on one of Shakespeare’s more difficult plays keeps the energy high and brings the comedy to the fore, making its production of The Taming of the Shrew an...

Review: Show draws ‘amazing crowd’

Review: Show draws ‘amazing crowd’

The colours of Africa worn by City Choir Dunedin members set the mood for Zimbe!, Saturday’s vibrant presentation of music from the continent.

Arts fellows field questions

Arts fellows field questions

About 100 people gathered in the Dunedin Public Art Gallery on Saturday to fire questions at the 2025 University of Otago Arts Fellows.

Impressive and vibrant experience

Impressive and vibrant experience

City Choir DunedinZimbe!Knox Church, Saturday, July 12

Truly outstanding recital

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

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

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.

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