'It would be a shame to have a 'workshop Leonardo' next to the Mona Lisa.'

It has over 200 items from The Nelson Mandela Foundation and his private collection.

Remarkable artworks of dancer Douglas Wright, who died last year, goes under hammer.

"It would be very hard to replace this sculpture and it is great to have him back."

Neil Arnold arrived for work this morning when he found the gnome.

Gnome left at Salvation Army with a note: "Please return to Gow Langsford Art Gallery".

Artworks have a habit of going missing from public places.

The brazen thieves donned high-vis vests, spending an hour removing the artwork.

Literary road trips inspired by some of New Zealand most loved authors, poets and books.

Greg Fleming on the year's best thrillers.

Awkward dates and Bollywood thrills await Silo Theatre in 2019, writes Ethan Sills.

Having three Binney paintings come up for auction at once is unprecedented: art director

The painting has attracted wide interest because of rare nostril tattoo.

Details that are key to unlocking meaning of some of the world's most famous paintings.

It's unscripted and uncensored, so why is Theatresports so damned funny?

Peter Peryer was one of New Zealand's more eminent artists.

Marilynn Webb has been crowned the supreme winner at the nation's Māori art awards.

The people have spoken and Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy is NZ's top seller.

Colin Hogg on Sam Hunt: He's the brightest person I've ever met but he's funny as a flea.

Spinning it - the first glimpse of the sumptuous costumes for this year's Pop-up Globe.

NZ Sculpture OnShore is New Zealand's largest outdoor sculpture exhibition.

Anonymous authors' scatalogical slagging of pretty much the whole country is now a book.

Over the last 70 years, many paintings by Colin McCahon have disappeared. Where are they?

India Yelich talks about writing poetry, emotions and living in New York.

Man who broke Wellington's famous Water Whirler says he was bored and showing off.

How Banksy's latest stunt plays into the history of destruction in avant-garde art.

PM's Awards for Literary Achievement winners pioneers of new frontiers in local writing.

Could this be the moment the elusive street artist photographed his own stunt?

COMMENT: It's time to ask where our own planetary civilisation falls on the spectrum.

A new podcast series reveals some of NZ's writers most hard-fought battles.