The Chinese lion dance has become a well-known representation of Chinese culture, despite the fact that China has no lions. It's believed to chase away evil and bring good fortune.

We're back at work, the kids are back at school and already the summer break is an all-too-distant memory. Joanna Mathers finds out what the rest of 2013 will have in store for us.

A chance discovery may have unlocked the secrets behind one of the most notorious nudes in art history after a 19th-century portrait was unearthed in a bric-a-brac shop.

Stitch up some personalised, colourful pencil cases.

Viva joins designer Stella McCartney in Miami for a sneak peek at her new sports collection.

Last November in Hamilton, the Rothko Quartet carried off top prize in the Pettman/ROSL Arts International Chamber Music Competition.

The Alba family, the noblest in Spain after the King, has put its private collection of art on show at the Centro Centro in Madrid.

Aucklanders' rates have given a $46 million boost to 10 rescue, safety, arts and cultural groups in the past four years and a further $14 million gift is proposed for the 2013-14 year.

Antarctica's barren environment has flummoxed and troubled artists for five decades - not least because its cold prevents them from gripping a pencil or paintbrush.

Foreign backpackers going door to door posing as gifted artists to sell cheap, mass-produced Chinese prints have been caught by police.