Judges described his shot of urine-filled test tubes, pictured, as "unusually beautiful".

Art excellence award goes to a photo was described by judges as ''unusually beautiful''.

The book, which features sexually explicit content, drug use and use of slang for female genitalia, is now classified as unrestricted.

One of our finest acting and directing talents turns his attention to the classic musical Guys and Dolls. By Dionne Christian

Here's the upcoming summer season of goodies.

The wheel of death rolls out for the latest spectacular, writes Dionne Christian.

TV presenter Heather du Plessis-Allan is the proud owner of a "scary" piece of art but her husband has refused to allow it into their Wellington home.

A court battle between an artist and a gallery director has ended with both men claiming victories but the artist expecting a hefty payout.

A group of young children formed the Rangatahi Philharmonia o Tara orchestra, which will play its first concert at the Auckland Town Hall tonight.

Children's author William Taylor has died. He wrote books including Possum Perkins and Agnes the Sheep.

Art lovers should run to Auckland's Viaduct this month for an exhibition of the nation's best photography.

What Olaf Hojgaard finds - and what he becomes - is wide open to interpretation: are all the views misleading or odious or only some?

Two rare Indian paintings have overseas collectors clambering to snap them up, driving up their expected prices.

Mitimiti has its beginnings in choreographer Jack Gray's personal journey in search of a closer connection with his Te Rarawa heritage and marae in the Hokianga.

Two rare Indian paintings, which surfaced at auction after being found in an Auckland basement, have overseas collectors clambering to snap them up.

At the start of this intellectually confronting and complex one-man play, Olaf Hojgaard (Edwin Wright) tells us he was watching the 2011 Tour de France telecast when he first heard about Anders Behring Breivik's politically-motivated murder.

Drawing superheroes such as Superman or Spider-Man for DC and Marvel, is a dream come true for the Australian Nicola Scott.

A new documentary about the initial restoration of Auckland's historic St James Theatre will premiere next month.

The interactive exhibit is described as a "monumental inflatable structure" which has astounded audiences around the world.

Auckland's point of difference is not the glories or supremacy of one ethnicity over another, but our place in the Pacific as a smorgasbord of cultures and ethnicities, writes Brian Rudman.

Playwright Aroha Awarau has created a sensitive and engaging drama out of something that is almost unimaginably tragic - the random death of a young man cut down in his prime as an innocent bystander at a police shooting.

Two distinctive pieces by India's answer to Andy Warhol, Bhupen Khakhar, have surfaced from the dust and clutter of a Parnell basement.

The father had two pieces of advice for his son. No motorbikes and no heroin. Lester Hall has toed that line.

Dressed in her black stiletto boots and long elegant locks, Gilda Kirkpatrick is not your stereotypical image of a comic book artist.

The Man Booker Prize short list of six top novels was released last night - but this year the prestigious award does not have a New Zealander among the top picks.

We're going to share the rudest sample from Ted Dawe's Into the River so we can properly assess whether this book should be temporarily censored.

Glenn Colquhoun is a GP and writer. The first poet to win the Reader's Choice Montana Book Awards for his bestselling book Playing God, he headlines this weekend's Going West book festival

The head of the Christian lobby group Family First said he never demanded the award-winning book Into the River be banned.

This year's Wallace Arts Trust Paramount Award was presented last night at Pah Homestead in Auckland to a Hamilton-based pacific artist.