Breaking the mould
Subscriber contentBy Mark Amery in Culture
Issue 3806 11th Apr 2013
Shigeyuki Kihara works fluidly across cultures, creative disciplines and artistic media … and understands the value of a good hustle.
Action stations: Experiments in contemporary art
Subscriber contentBy Mark Amery in Art
Issue 3800 28th Feb 2013
Artists are becoming key public players in experimenting with different ways society might operate.
Paul McNamara interview
By Mark Amery in Art
Issue 3713 9th Jul 2011
Former GP Paul McNamara’s Whanganui
Perfume-ance art
By Mark Amery in Art
Issue 3695 5th Mar 2011
Creating "the smell of an empty room" and eventually "the smell of it all" is just one of Dane Mitchell's ploys to get us thinking about how subjective perception is.
The revolution will be podcast
By Mark Amery in Theatre
Issue 3691 5th Feb 2011
Digital platforms are helping radio drama revitalise itself.
Thoughts on an old friend
By Mark Amery in Books
Issue 3668 28th Aug 2010
Gordon H Brown ties up loose ends around his 60-year association with Colin McCahon.
Hallmark of a community
By Mark Amery in Art
Issue 3666 14th Aug 2010
Fiona Jack pays tribute to New Zealand's war memorial halls.
In a different light
By Mark Amery in Art
Issue 3656 5th Jun 2010
Sara Hughes plays around with an idiosyncratic selection of items from Hawke's Bay Museum & Art Gallery.
Stage it and they will come
By Mark Amery in Theatre
6th Feb 2010
"From shared visions things grow." New Zealand is full of playwrights of guts and vision. So where are the productions of their plays?
Soaking in it
By Mark Amery in Art
Issue 3588 14th Feb 2009
An impressive arsenal of artwork from Te Papa and Rotorua's museum.