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$10m wanted for 250kg Last Supper
Tauranga artist has put her cement "Last Supper" sculpture on Trade Me for $10 million. It's just "waiting for the right place to stand for all to see!"
Mantel's Thatcher assassination fantasy
Booker-prize-winning author admits she thought about killing the British PM when she found herself within shooting range of her in 1983.
Earth, wind, fire and steam
By the end of his career, Turner exhibited less frequently, received fewer commissions, and retreated into his work.
Celebrating 80 years of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen celebrates his 80th birthday on Sunday and releases a new album next week. He talks to Neil McCormick about what keeps him going.
Palm tree v art collection
Phoenix palm is threatening the financial viability of the Pah Homestead in Auckland, the permanent home of Sir James Wallace art collection.
Strong dollar hits value of gallery's art
Take international works by masters Renoir, Michelangelo, Tissot, Picasso and Millais, as well as a cache of highly prized New Zealand works by Colin McCahon and Charles F. Goldie.
Cloud over Black Widow portrait
A controversial artist's portrait of a convicted murderer could be destroyed if allegations of copyright infringement are pursued through the courts.
When the money man comes home
There's a term used in New York to describe a certain type of businessman: the $50 million man.
NZ Opera's seductive Don Giovanni
Auckland opera audiences have become accustomed to having Verdi and Puccini presented through the eyes of female directors from across the Tasman.
Resist temptation to go straight up
Go play with the 12m of white Lego in the Auckland Art Gallery main atrium - it's great fun, it's free and it's there for six months.
Classical review: Psathas piece retains allure
Despite the temptation to stay home and catch Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's Glennie at Olympus concert streamed live, there was almost a capacity turnout at the Town Hall.
Demons and dragons clinch art award
A painting of the coastline around Otago Harbour populated by macabre medieval demons and dragons has won the Paramount Award in last night's annual Wallace Art Awards.
Sexy circus heads to NZ
A new circus with characters including the 'Half Naked Asian Dude Wearing Pigtails from Japan' will begin touring New Zealand for the first time later this year.
Mystery artist finally acknowledged
It didn't take a historian to know the painting was of Gallipoli, but it did take a gallery director turned art detective to work out who painted it.
Kiwi's 3D-printed nose earns top award
A 3D-printed nose guard has earned a Wellington student the top prize in the New Zealand leg of a global design competition.
Kiwis pop up on skateboard art
Portraits of well-known New Zealanders painted on to skateboards are fetching up to $10,000.
Spectacular tour de force
Thousands of Kiwis will witness the dazzling performers in Cirque du Soleil's Totem in its five-week Auckland season.