Lorde has been immortalised by one of the country's top artists. A photo of the unframed oval painting by Peter Stichbury was posted by the popstar's Instagram this week.

First it was fast cars, now there's another sign that the economy is on the up: the booming art market. Leading NZ auction house Webbs says 31,000 items went under the hammer this year, raking in $17m.

Visitors to Waiheke are invited to experience Oneroa's new sculpture project, writes Donna McIntyre.

Most Kiwis have probably not heard of Hannah O'Neill. The 20-year-old is one of the brightest young stars in the ballet world, who also happens to be a Kiwi.

Norman Rockwell's Saying Grace became the most expensive American painting ever sold at auction last week, fetching US$46 million ($55.5 million) at Sotheby's in New York.

The radical restructuring of Unitec's design and visual arts department has mystified many who took part in a quality assurance review of the school last year.

A radical new teaching model has sparked fears of creative decline at one of our most successful visual art schools.

A never-before-seen painting by Rolling Stones rocker Keith Richards has been stashed in a drawer in a swanky Auckland bed and breakfast for the past seven years.

It may look like a photograph of actor Morgan Freeman, but this picture is a painting of the actor done using an iPad.

Leading New Zealand artist Stephen Bambury is in a High Court fight with a gallery director who allegedly failed to pay commissions.

The biggest art auction of the year will be held in Auckland tonight with artworks totalling $3 million going under the hammer.

The words stand-up comedian and sold-out stadium hardly ever appear in that same sentence in this country, but comedy mega-star Michael McIntyre regularly fills Britain's largest venues and he had no trouble packing out the Vector Arena.