Mark Amery reviews 11 and 12 at the New Zealand Arts Festival.

Fresh Gallery Pelenato Liufau, to Mar 13; Czarina Alisi Wilson, Mar 19-Apr 10; Otara Town Centre

March 25 auction will see works produced by Ralph Hotere between 1958 to 1968 go under the hammer.

Sing the Truth is a tribute to feisty, brilliant jazz diva Nina Simone.

The pressure is on for Atamira Dance Collective's two rising stars whose first choreographic works for the company form the heart of Hou, a dance performance and Maori arts symposium in Henderson this weekend.

The carny folk have come to Wellington, all sweat, glitter and sawdust.

About 5200 naked people have embraced each other on the steps of Sydney's iconic Opera House for a photo shoot by Spencer Tunick.

Expat artist Felix Kelly is little known in his homeland but his colourful life story reads like a movie.

A 6am powhiri for two hundred international artists kicked off the 2010 New Zealand International Arts Festival on Wellington's waterfront this morning.

Fresh Gallery - Pelenato Liufau, to Mar 13; Otara Town Centre.

Former festival junkie Mark Amery re-emerges as a critic and commentator for the NZ International Arts Festival opening in Wellington today.

Swedish contemporary circus perform to live rock.

Movement and acrobatics performed by monks from the Shaolin Temple.