Art

I love crafting, and getting handmade gifts others have made, so I was very keen to pop along to Saturday’s Auckland Art + Craft Fair. Here are some of the highlights – and a LOT of owls… Pictured left: Jessica Whiting of Foxes.co.nz co-runs the Art + Craft Fair along with Kylie, which is usually…

Ooohhhh… a lot of new craft books to look at. I have four new craft books to make you drool – in a handy crafty way of course – from crochet to knitting to home sewing. Madeleine crocheted the teacosy pictured left…

Books don’t have to be big to be powerful. We have a handful (literally) of tiny books – to make you laugh, sigh, be informed and generally make your world a little brighter – one small book at a time…

Renowned choreographer Mary Jane O’Reilly has returned with In Flagrante, currently playing in Auckland’s Basement Theatre, and a show that is definitely not your nana’s burlesque…

Last night was the final in the 2011 season for Late at the Museum and Russell Brown took the reins for an evening titled ‘Life in the margins – otherness in New Zealand’…

Only 15 minutes drive from Wellington’s CBD, the Dowse Art Museum in Lower Hutt is a world class gallery space and has recently opened an exhibition called Knitted and Knotted…

Autobiographies by their very nature can be a bit self indulgent, like the book we are reviewing on the life of Steven Tyler. Others choose to use their experiences to illuminate – and make the path of others, easier…

It’s all go at Fashion Week…but if you are a mum and are missing out on fashion week, Mink want to make you feel part of it by being pampered with a make-over, having some shots on your own – and then bringing in the kids…

I have a small problem with collecting things. I have had this ‘small problem’ for a great many years actually – and they do tend to ebb and flow a bit; white Crown Lynn and my present favourite, brightly coloured enamel…

August’s LATE at the Auckland Museum, held last night, was a showcase of the talents and passion of staff and students from the University of Auckland. Titled ‘From a Ripple to a Swell’, the event mixed art, music dance and science…