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With Auckland Artweek beginning on Friday, we pinned down programme facilitator Marlaina Key and forced her to reveal her favourites from the 10-day festival.

Two forged "Monet" paintings have been pulled from an Auckland auction today after they were discovered to be inferior imitations of a famous forger.

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.

The World of WearbleArt is underway in Wellington. The gallery features a selection of images from this years event.

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!"

By the end of his career, Turner exhibited less frequently, received fewer commissions, and retreated into his work.

Phoenix palm is threatening the financial viability of the Pah Homestead in Auckland, the permanent home of Sir James Wallace art collection.

A controversial artist's portrait of a convicted murderer could be destroyed if allegations of copyright infringement are pursued through the courts.

Pop star Miley Cyrus is set to debut her first collection of art at a New York Fashion Week show on Wednesday.

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.

Auckland opera audiences have become accustomed to having Verdi and Puccini presented through the eyes of female directors from across the Tasman.

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.

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.

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!"

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.

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.