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Max Gimblett honours the fallen
For the next three months St David's Presbyterian Church on Khyber Pass will glimmer like a medieval knight. And like a crusader, it hopes the cross will bring new life and treasure.

Kiwi fashion icon gets naked
Learning lines, frumpy clothes, and getting naked … Kiwi fashion queen Denise L’Estrange-Corbet talks to Suzanne McFadden about her very revealing stage debut.

Venice Biennale: Creepy take on power
The Terminator stands guard over New Zealand artist Simon Denny's visually complex, creepy and witty Venice Biennale installation Secret Power, which opened this week.

'Horrible red barrier' a reference
A reader writes: Can you tell me why an otherwise great sculpture on Dominion Rd has a horrible red barrier around it?

Why PM's daughter strips off for art
Stephie Key reveals the inspiration behind her risque creations - "strong, beautiful, sensual and powerful women".

War art travels from Gallipoli to Parnell
They were sketched amid the hell of Gallipoli, drew the complements of the WW1 campaign’s foremost generals, and were later shown before the Royal Family.

Dance Review: Rotunda
The opening stage is set with a tall scarlet banner which flows, bloodlike, from the rafters and bears the names, of relatives of the company one suspects, lost to the savageries of war.

Dance review: 'The Kiss Inside'
The Kiss Inside, an exposition on the primal search for ecstasy, finds him in a new frame of mind though, with an underlying wryness to his observations, anger mitigated, the passion wiser.

Queens Wharf artwork divides the critics
Art critics are impressed with the controversial $1.5 million sculpture planned for Queens Wharf, but it has been labelled a monstrosity and joke by some.

Bearded artist's strange selfies
A Brazilian artist has come up with a quirky solution of whether to rock a beard or go clean shaven in his new selfie project.

This is the controversial new sculpture
The controversial $1.5 million "lighthouse" sculpture on Queens Wharf is being made more in keeping with its state house roots.

Weta scout on lookout for designers
Budding Kiwi artists will next week have the chance to wow a top Weta Workshop designer.