The Maori art of tattooing is deeply rooted in their culture, and stems from a legend of two lovers— Mataora and Niwareka. According to the legend, Mataora was a chief who lived in the natural ...

An artist will create in zero gravity for the first time in 2009. New Zealand’s Makoure Scott won a spot on the Virgin Galactic’s first flight by submitting a portfolio of his Maori-influenced ...

Since its inception in 2012, the BlackStar Film Festival has grown into a marquee platform for showcasing some of the world’s most creative and influential Black, Brown, and Indigenous voices in ...

Hori Parata handles dead whales on New Zealand beaches the Maori way: He extracts the bones so they can be carved into jewelry or art.

Adam Gifford reviews a survey of Maori art 20 years in the making. A meandering, ever-changing river is the analogy Rangihiroa Panoho uses for his overview of Maori art. The river in question ...

NOT only students of Maori ethnography, but those who are interested in artistic technology, will heartily congratulate Mr. A. Hamilton on the completion of his great work on “Maori Art ...

An oil painting of Maori elder Wharekauri Tahuna by Charles Frederick Goldie sold for a record-breaking $3.75 million, becoming the most valuable Maori portrait in New Zealand art history.

Guy Pearce described the tattoos he got filming "The Convert," in theaters and video-on-demand Friday, in New Zealand and discussed the sequel to "Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert." ...

Sacred Art: Shared Identity in Māori Toi In contrast to the westernized search for one’s personal identity, Polynesian cultures express their identities collectively, through symbolism and tattoos ...

Maori people consider tattoo art as sacred, and it is taken as an important marker of the wearer's identity. The move follows local media reports that the filters were proliferating on social media.

Len Lye's philosophy that 'great architecture goes 50/50 with great art' provided key inspiration for Pattersons. By creating a dynamic, shiny and sinuous façade that brings to mind a moving theatre ...