Category: Arts & Culture
Artist Sung Kwan Bobby Park presents two unique, yet intertwined exhibitions this Auckland Pride Festival. Here he shares his frustratingly complicated and contradictory journey of being othered by his intersectionality. When making work in an environment as an outsider, be it a queer individual in a heteronormative society, an Asian living in a Pākehā colonised […]
The Mercury Bay Art Escape, held over the first two weekends on March 4th/5th and 11th/12th, is an opportunity to explore and tour the studios of innovative and talented artists in an area stretching from Tairua to Matarangi in the stunning Eastern Coromandel Peninsula. Over these two weekends, 39 artists open their studios freely to visitors. […]
Kae Tempest is a musician, poet, novelist, and playwright, who has won critical acclaim and award nominations in all four fields. Kae will tour Aotearoa later this month in support of their latest album ‘The Line is a Curve’. They talk to Oliver Hall about how coming out and recording during the pandemic affected their […]
This month, Rialto Channel is presenting unflinching documentaries that reflect the realities of rainbow communities, every Thursday night. express talks to Elle Walsh, star of the Australian documentary Girl Like You (encore screening on Monday 13 February) which follows the evolution of her relationship with her girlfriend Lauren as Elle transitions. Elle Walsh is the […]
Ahead of his largest NZ tour to date, the iconic DJ Norman Cook aka Fatboy Slim sat down with Auckland’s own DJ Jordan Eskra to spill the tea on his career, life, and love for rainbow communities. In his own words, Norman is a 59-year-old father of two and quite a responsible member of society. […]
Season 15 of RuPaul’s Drag Race features the largest cast in the show’s history, with sixteen queens competing and the largest cash prize, with the winner earning $200,000. Season 15 is also the first season to feature biological relatives, twins Sugar and Spice. Series judges Michelle Visage, Carson Kressley, and Ross Mathews returned, and Ts Madison, who had previously appeared […]
RuPaul’s Drag Race has dropped a five-minute teaser of the fifteenth season’s first episode of the series! The sneak peek was posted to the official RuPaul’s Drag Race Twitter account, giving fans an inside into the two-hour premiere by introducing the most extensive cast yet, including Irene Dubois, Luxx Noir London, Aura Mayari, and Marcia, […]
Every Monday in December, Rialto Channel is shining a spotlight on award-winning, heartfelt LGBTQI+ films from around the world. Here are some of express’ top picks! BENEDETTA Visionary Director Paul Verhoeven (Basic Instinct, Showgirls, Total Recall) presents a lesbian love story set in late 17th-Century Tuscany. A hallucinating nun experiencing visions of a suave and […]