Auction houses say their expectations are being exceeded for artwork sale prices, including the record $149 million bid for Alberto Giacometti's L'Homme Qui Marche 1.

Pauly Fuemana's friends and family have farewelled the south Auckland musical legend who sang NZ's biggest global hit.

Celebrated author JD Salinger spoke to readers in his own special way.

An art student invited the to Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York ripped a Picasso masterpiece after losing her balance and falling into the work of art.

The Asia Pacific Triennial in Brisbane has gradually expanded to include art from 25 countries, with New Zealand's contribution this year the most playful.

If you had been in Venice just over a year ago and gone to see the elegant Bridge of Sighs, you would have had an unpleasant surprise.

Things get a little rough in the conclusion of Graeme Lay's story of the first surfers on one Kiwi beach.