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Nuenen: In Vincent's footsteps

Liz Light follows the trail of a tortured artistic genius to a quaint Dutch village.

My happy place: Kahurangi Maxwell, kapa haka performer

My happy place is kapa haka. I've grown up in kapa haka, so it's defined my life.

The golden age of design

The complexity of collage

'I liberate photographic fragments from their original snap-and-capture setting and reposition them in the space of art," is Peter Madden's description of how he arrives at his fascinating collages at the Ivan Anthony Gallery.

Michele Hewitson interview: Ted Dawe

Having never before met a polluter of the moral innocence of youth, I have no idea whether the author Ted Dawe is an unusually engaging example of one.

Art gallery listings: July 4

T.J. McNamara: Voyage into a fairyland

Janet McAllister: Uplifting spirits after traumatic Tuhoe event

Star light, star bright it's... Matariki

Elisabeth Easther has found some stellar ways to observe Matariki this year.

Man charged with stealing $20,000 worth of art

France: Marseille's revolutionary makeover

Funded by the European Union to the tune of $140 million, a deft bit of reinvention has turned France's drug and crime epicentre into the nation's Capital of Culture. Jenna Hand goes along for the ride.

T.J. McNamara: The frame tells the story

Janet McAllister: Ancient stonefields reveal a rich mine of Maori history

Our turn to enjoy the last farewell

Art gallery listings: June 7

Art gallery defends 'repugnant' artwork

Tauranga Art Gallery has come under fire for displaying two photos that feature coarsely worded messages scrawled in ballpoint beside images of a 1974 gay liberation dance.

'Forgotten war' as soldiers saw it

The memories have come flooding back for three Korean War veterans before the opening of a special photo exhibition that features 150 images taken by Kiwi soldiers.

My happy place: Chris McLennan - travel photographer

My happy place is out in the wilderness taking photos. I find it completely engrossing.