Art

Hot on the heels of the news that UK created-centre, Milton Keynes, is a Grade 2 listed building, I visit a stunning exhibition there, with a blue denim catwalk that envelopes the building…

"Told in Silence" by Rebecca Connell tells the story of 18 year old Violet, who marries her boss after a whirlwind affair. He dies two years later and Violet lives with her parents-in-law…

Semi-Permanent is fully-fashionable, with the royal couple of NZ design on board for keynote NZ speakers at the design conference, namely Karen Walker and Mikhail Gherman, and father and son artist duo Dick and Otis Frizzell…

Well it’s going to be winter shortly making sure we all stay indoors, and if you do find yourself with a fabulous winter cold/flu, then these fabulous new reads from Thread’s Autumn Book Club might help you while away the hours…

Improvisation is only for the brave. And so, when reading the show’s blurb ‘a showcase of New Zealand’s finest, and a few world-renowned improv artists’, I felt hopeful. Would this show bring the hour of craziness it spoke of?

For one day only, on Saturday 24th July, Auckland Art Gallery will become a hive of crafty goodness as the first ever Auckland Art & Craft Fair takes over its hallowed halls with stalls…

"I asked 5 photographers to make personal work and chose CanTeen as the charity…so far the project has made more than $10,000 so far for teens living with cancer." says Melissa Gardi…

So you thought the North Shore was boring? Think again. Pear Shaped is a brand new Kiwi play, set in the heart of Go Girls territory. It’s a bittersweet comedy about naïve, nice guy Gary Clam, an average bloke who enjoys simple pleasures…

A guest appearance by Rhys Darby at Michael Boon’s Big Time Last Chance Kids Show at the Comedy Festival was an excellent addition. He successfully incorporated the key elements of robots, dinosaurs, laser guns and helicopters…

It was a family affair as Petra Bagust opened the studio gallery of her artist mother, Judi Bagust and Atrium Artworks co-founder, artist and ceramicist Nikki Bath, whose daughter Suzannah Bath also exhibited her handmade jewellery…