A $500,000 Colin McCahon painting may have to be sold to settle a financial dispute between two companies.

Opera NZ's staging of Macbeth revamps Shakespeare's tragedy about a deranged couple dragging each other to destruction, director Tim Albery tells William Dart.

Fashion writer Mitchell Oakley Smith has put together a new definitive collection of Australasian fashion designers.

Welsh town Hay-on-Wye is the perfect spot for bookworms, finds Geraldine O'Sullivan Beere.

Just weeks after a prominent critic proclaimed American literary fiction dead, Time magazine featured a living author on its cover - for the first time in 10 years.

A sculpture walk is the perfect way to combine the enjoyment of art with the beauty of our landscape.

Inexperience hasn't stopped Alison Wong from winning literary gold, writes Nicky Pellegrino.

The rural town of Gore has turned itself into a creative hub, writes Anna Hart.

Two big names in British thriller writing visit New Zealand next week. Craig Sisterson talks to Peter James and Peter Robinson.

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa's operatic success was recognised tonight with the top Maori arts award.

Landscape photographer Alan Miller is in no rush to press the shutter.

Brace yourselves for US playwright Tracy Lett's August: Osage County, which won the Pulitzer Prize

If we want to stop building prisons for men, then first take care of the women, says outspoken author.

Auckland has some of the best art galleries on offer in the South Pacific.

Paula Green reviews three collections of New Zealand poetry.