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World-class violinist to perform with NZSO

Canadian violinist Karen Gomyo performs for the first time with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra in Dunedin this month.

Art flippers targeting masterpieces

Art flippers are targeting masterpieces as a French painting gains 220% at auction.

Flying the flag for Gisborne

As well as her work with Pultron and as its managing director, Bronwen Holdsworth has made a significant contribution to the cultural and artistic development of Gisborne.

Classic CD: Luca Guglielmi, Bach in Montecassino

Writer and star venture to dark side

T.J. McNamara: Dynamic hues in the mix

Surface, colour and form are inextricably linked in painting. Three shows this week mix them in different ways.

Kiwi sisters light up Sydney art festival

Kiwi twin sisters have been celebrated as being among the highlights of major Australian arts festival Vivid Sydney.

Day five at Vivid Sydney: Morrissey mayhem

Rachel Bache takes on the excitement of Vivid Sydney. Here are today's highlights from day five of the festival.

Is this mural inappropriate?

Street artist Bezt painted a woman lying in a forest clutching arrows protruding from her stomach on a wall in the Scenic Circle Southern Cross Hotel car park.

Day one at Vivid Sydney

Rachel Bache takes on the excitement of Vivid Sydney, here are today's highlights from the festival.

Enlightenment at the Maidment

Kiwi actor takes Hamlet worldwide

Greg Dixon talks to Rawiri Paratene about how he came to be taking Shakespeare to the world.

Classic CD: NZTrio, Lightbox

There's a delicious convergence of the arts on NZTrio's new Lightbox CD, tantalisingly wrapped in the scuffed fluoro hues of Jim Speers' English Electric.

Twelve Questions: Misal Adnan Yıldız

Misal Adnan Yıldız is the new director of Artspace on Karangahape Rd. The Turkish-born curator spoke to Jennifer Dann.

Brits charm at Writers Festival

Comedian and bestselling children’s author David Walliams recounted how the inspiration for one of his villains came from his experience judging Britain's Got Talent.

T.J. McNamara: Circles pulse with energy

Circles have been venerated in many different cultures throughout history. At the Gow Langsford Gallery, Simon Ingram has a battery of modern circles which fill a wall.

Venice Biennale: To hell and back again

The Biennale is all-pervasive in Venice. You can't escape it. Right now, it has even invaded the tranquil haven of the Lido, where I am staying.

Moral answers come hard

The publicity photos shock. George Henare, an avuncular gentleman with a twinkle in his eye, is bound, gagged and has a gun to his head held by a determined but nevertheless vulnerable-looking and slightly built Tatiana Hotere.