EntertainmentRecord year for high-end artFirst 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.28 Dec 10:39 PM
TravelOneroa: Drawing them inVisitors to Waiheke are invited to experience Oneroa's new sculpture project, writes Donna McIntyre.28 Dec 04:30 PM
EntertainmentRockstars: If they were still alive todayPortraits of legendary musicians as they would look if they were still alive today.16 Dec 03:00 PM
New ZealandHannah O'Neill - pirouetting to ParisMost 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.12 Dec 04:30 PM
EntertainmentNo shortage of mega-rich as art auction records fallNorman 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.09 Dec 04:30 PM
New ZealandRevamp mystifies arts commentatorThe 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.08 Dec 04:30 PM
New ZealandEducation death by designA radical new teaching model has sparked fears of creative decline at one of our most successful visual art schools.08 Dec 04:30 PM
EntertainmentKeef, the artful lodgerA 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.07 Dec 04:30 PM
EntertainmentThis is not a photoIt may look like a photograph of actor Morgan Freeman, but this picture is a painting of the actor done using an iPad.05 Dec 12:30 AM
BusinessLeading NZ artist in High Court scrapLeading New Zealand artist Stephen Bambury is in a High Court fight with a gallery director who allegedly failed to pay commissions.04 Dec 03:53 AM
Entertainment$3 million art auction in Auckland tonightThe biggest art auction of the year will be held in Auckland tonight with artworks totalling $3 million going under the hammer.27 Nov 07:15 PM
OpinionComedy review: Michael McIntyre, Vector ArenaThe 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.25 Nov 09:00 PM
EntertainmentTheatre review: Between the Sheets, The BasementThere's an immediate frisson of friction between the two characters - a teacher and a mother - in this hour-long, real-time conversation.20 Nov 04:30 PM
