Art Seen: August 30
Art Seen: August 30
In this week's Art Seen, James Dignan looks at exhibitions from Nic Dempster, Eskdale Gallery, and Frances Hodgkins.
Entertainment
Plucky air guitarists take to stage at world champs
Plucky air guitarists take to stage at world champs
Air guitar enthusiasts gathered in the Finnish city of Oulu on Friday to shred and strum their imaginary instruments in pursuit of the world championship of the bizarre dance form.
Art Seen: August 16
Art Seen: August 16
In this week's Art Seen, James Dignan looks at exhibitions from Patric Tomkins, Lisa Reihana, and John Vea.
Meet the space makers
Meet the space makers
Four Dunedin artists — Kim Pieters, Aroha Novak, Charlotte Parallel and Megan Brady — are transforming spaces at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery in very different ways in an exhibition celebrating...
Performing arts venue study boost
Performing arts venue study boost
A plan to fund a major study on options for a performing arts venue in Dunedin has been given a boost by Creative New Zealand.
Textiles and vision
Textiles and vision
A 19th-century copy of a baroque marble sculpture of David has inspired Dunedin Public Art Gallery curator Lucy Hammonds to look at the way contemporary New Zealand artists use ‘‘textiles’’ in...
Art Seen: August 23
Art Seen: August 23
In this week's Art Seen, Robyn Maree Pickens looks at exhibitions from Raewyn Martyn, and Robert George.
Kiwi comedy keeps laughs coming
Kiwi comedy keeps laughs coming
The Taieri Dramatic Society continued its 70th anniversary celebrations with a play written and directed by Geoff Smith, regular local performer, director and onstage man.
Art Seen: August 9
Art Seen: August 9
In this week's Art Seen, Robyn Maree Pickens looks at exhibitions from Nick Austin, James Hope, and Sandra Bianciardi.
Art Seen: August 02
Art Seen: August 02
In this week's Art Seen, James Dignan looks at exhibitions from The Artist's Room, Otago Museum, and Amy Melchior.
'Fictional remake' nominated for top prize
'Fictional remake' nominated for top prize
A Dunedin-born artist is one of four nominees for New Zealand’s top art award, the Walters Prize. Rebecca Fox asked Jacqueline Fraser about her work.
Chief ‘Atay’ portrait welcomed home
Chief ‘Atay’ portrait welcomed home
A young Ngai Tahu man who set off on his OE 183 years ago has finally returned home to Otago.
Dancing for joy after winning US place
Dancing for joy after winning US place
James Burchell has an extra spring in his step this week after being awarded a ballet scholarship to study at Vitacca Vocational School of Dance in Houston, Texas.
A festival of highlights
A festival of highlights
Arts Festival Dunedin 2018 is 137 performances across 36 theatre, music, dance and visual arts shows in 10 days. Here's a selection of some of the highlights.
Art Seen: July 26
Art Seen: July 26
In this week's Art Seen, Robyn Maree Pickens looks at exhibitions from the Kawita Vatanajyankur, Nichola Shanley and Beth Caird
Advertising design graduate wins London award
Advertising design graduate wins London award
An Otago advertising graduate says rebellious student culture was behind her edgy, award-winning redesign of classic cartoon character Beryl the Peril - the female equivalent of Dennis the Menace.
Art Seen: July 19
Art Seen: July 19
In this week's Art Seen, James Dignan looks at exhibitions from Sam Bennett, Nigel Brown, and Yuki Kihara
Art education vital for learning about world
Art education vital for learning about world
Having just given his inaugural professorial lecture, David Bell looks back on the place of art education in New Zealand. He tells Rebecca Fox about the changes that have taken place.
Rich new sense of direction
Rich new sense of direction
Dunedin artists Miranda Bellamy and Robert West have made the finals of NZ's premier drawing award, the Parkin Drawing Prize 2018. Rebecca Fox talks to them about their work.
Unique Ross Creek art opportunity
Unique Ross Creek art opportunity
Dunedin’s arts community will have the chance to put its stamp on the refurbished Ross Creek Reservoir, in a unique joint arts and engineering project.