Songwriter Rosanne Cash was having a cup of tea at her New York home yesterday when her husband, John, ran downstairs "like an elephant".

IN THE GROOVE: Thousands of revellers packed in front of a sound stage on Mount Main Beach to welcome in the New Year. PHOTO/FILE

RED HERRING by Jonothan Cullinane (HarperCollins, $37) Auckland 1951: trams run along Queen St, women aren't allowed in the RSC

Unlocked Collections begins with the Spark offices on Victoria Street

Brave Auckland teenagers hit centre stage for their final performance in Manawa Ora: Courage is Contagious.

Help yourself to a sizeable pinch of salt before watching this clip, shot in Melbourne, that purports to show secretive graffiti artist Banksy at work.

Inspired by street artists Banksy and others, Gabriella Lidstone White was given free rein to create a giant masterpiece on the library.

Elena Ferrante's searing portraits of women have won her international acclaim, though very little is known about the author herself.

The news author "Elena Ferrante" may have been unmasked as translator Anita Raja has upset her fans across the globe.

It all started when author Drew Magary took a hike. "The beginning of the book is something that happened to me. Not the gross parts,"

Wellington artist Shannon Te Ao has won this year's Walters Prize, taking home a $50,000 cheque.

Whanganui District Council opened New Zealand Glassworks to bring together professional glass artists and the community.

A writer says she was "dumped on from a great height" by the literary establishment, after penning a report on why people are not reading Kiwi fiction.

COMMENT: My father's animal drawings are finally framed and up on our walls, 24 years after his death in 1992.

International medical experts have announced that Van Gogh had an alcohol problem and suffered from repeated breakdowns

Greg Fleming rounds up the latest in crime fiction.

Colin McCahon's painting 'The Canoe Tainui' has set the record by selling for the most expensive painting sold at auction in New Zealand.

A Colin McCahon work could attract the highest price paid for a painting at auction in New Zealand when it goes under the hammer.

Tim and Sherrah Francis amassed the greatest names in New Zealand art for more than 50 years. Kim Knight talks to their son about the sale of his parents' unique collection.

As I child, I remember having terrible stage fright. I was terrified of drama class and anything that required me to speak in front

Kanye West's Famous sculpture has a $5.49 million price tag.

Students being taught new STEAM concept, an acronym which mixes science, technology, engineering and maths, with art

John Reynolds is tackling one of the big mysteries of New Zealand art. What happened when Colin McCahon disappeared from the Sydney

The area's creativity is on show, writes Sara Bunny.

Two teens have used their artistic flair to pay tribute to a pair of Olympian alumni of their Auckland high school.

She may have just turned 80 but one of our most acclaimed authors has no plans to put down her pen.

Ngawha Prison is a strange place for a flourishing arts scene where the Bard is making his mark.

Fleur Adcock has taken aim at ex-husband Barry Crump in a scathing poem - The sleeping-bag - where she likens his parenting to "hooliganism".

TJ McNamara checks out new exhibitions from Elliot Collins and Daniel Crooks

A highly-regarded Colin McCahon work could fetch a record-setting price when it goes under the hammer for the first time in almost half a century.