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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

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

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.

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

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...

Halves make a whole

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

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 . . .

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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