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Colourful creations at WoW
A two piece ensemble made entirely out of old brown leather suitcases has taken out the Supreme Winner crown at this year's World of Wearable Arts event in Wellington.
World of WearableArt 2014
The World of WearbleArt is underway in Wellington. The gallery features a selection of images from this years event.
$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!"
Earth, wind, fire and steam
By the end of his career, Turner exhibited less frequently, received fewer commissions, and retreated into his work.
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.
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.
Miley Cyrus turns her junk into happy art
Pop star Miley Cyrus is set to debut her first collection of art at a New York Fashion Week show on Wednesday.
Michele Hewitson interview: Roger Mortimer
On Monday night painter Roger Mortimer won this year's Wallace Arts Trust Paramount Award - which means that he gets to go to New York for six months, for a residency, and what's more, he gets money to live on while he's there.
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.
Don Giovanni: A villain admired and vilified
Goethe was outraged by the suggestion that Mozart merely composed Don Giovanni "as if it were a piece of cake or biscuits stirred together out of eggs, flour and sugar!"
TJ McNamara on art: Threads of rich emotion
The dexterity of an artist's technique means the viewer can often be involved in the action of the moving hand as well as the unspoken thoughts that might underlie a painting.
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.
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.
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.
Southern exposure at Museum
Danielle Wright visits 'Still Life: Inside the Antarctic Huts of Scott and Shackleton', at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.
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.
Duchess' Simpsons makeover
Italian AleXsandro Palombo transformed the Duchess of Cambridge into a dead ringer for a cast member of The Simpsons in a series of illustrations.
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.
Burning Man festival delayed by severe rain
Relentless rain has put an end to revelry at this year’s Burning Man festival before it could even begin.
Spectacular tour de force
Thousands of Kiwis will witness the dazzling performers in Cirque du Soleil's Totem in its five-week Auckland season.
Kiwis pop up on skateboard art
Portraits of well-known New Zealanders painted on to skateboards are fetching up to $10,000.