How to Look at a Painting by Justin Paton
RRP: $35 Awa Press
This classy new hardback edition of the critically acclaimed and award winning How to look at a painting by art writer and curator Justin Paton is so sexy you just have to get one for yourself. The book is so good, it even won the Montana New Zealand Book Award for Contemporary Culture in 2006. Whether you’re a keen art collector, a serious student or just visit a gallery occasionally, this brilliant exploration of paintings through the centuries and across the world will open your eyes to things you’ve never seen before!

DVD: I'm Not There
This film is inspired, as the credits say "by the music and many lives of Bob Dylan". Bob Dylan's many lives and stories are created and relived through 6 different people and their adventures, interviews, marriage and infidelity. A stellar cast with the likes of Cate Blanchett, Christian Bale, Heath Ledger and Richard Gere come together to showcase six different stories that embody different aspects of the musician’s life and work. With an Oscar nomination already for Cate Blanchett's brilliant performance, this DVD is one for the collection. Buy it here or click here to check out the trailor.

www.sellaband.com
I’m always on the look out for new music, and the website sellaband.com is everything I need. You can discover thousands of new artists from all over the world and listen, sponsor them and receive their first CD for free! There are some New Zealand artists ready for you to sponsor here. I think it’s a great way to get yourself out there if you are an artist and if people like you and sponsor you, you're well on your way! Go now for a browse and a free listen.

Auckland Heritage Festival
Celebrate the unique stories and secrets of Auckland and reflect on our city's natural, built and social history during the 2008 Auckland Heritage Festival. There are heaps of events on over September 20 – Oct 5 including the gorgeous photography exhibition, Snapshots of Parnell, 1978 by photographer Susanna Burton. The exhibition will be of a series of black and white images of Parnell Ms Burton took in her photo-journalistic style. The festival is part of our long-term campaign to protect heritage areas and buildings and to encourage Aucklanders to celebrate our city's heritage. Lets get involved!

Art Directors Pick - Juno Hamburger Phone
I will let you all in on a secret, if you are a fan of the movie Juno, you will love this! You can now get the Hamburger Phone featured on the movie from NZ based site iwantthat.co.nz. Stores in the USA have been selling out of the phone and iwantthat.co.nz will have some freshly in stock from Monday September 29 – so get in quick!. OK so it is ridiculously random and may not completely compliment the interior décor of your home, but it is a must have if you are a fan of the movie, and a fan of well… hamburgers! Check back here on Monday and get one to love and cherish of your own…