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When construction work began on a new arts centre in Newport, south Wales, in 2002, the builders on site could scarcely have imagined what they would dig up. While excavating the foundations on the banks of the River Usk, a section of a medieval wooden ship was uncovered which had…

Primitive aesthetics in the here-and-now digital world are expressed through art during "Digital Primitivism" running at Tang Contemporary Art until March 11.

With 150 works of Abstract Expressionism by women artists, it’s genuinely revelatory but there is simply too much on show

The experience of a painter dealing with NZ Customs is a salutary lesson about engaging with bureaucracy – and getting your paperwork right. As Nikki Mandow reports, this story comes with a twist in the tail…