A jumbled collection of posters, a bashed old barbecue table and chairs, YouTube clips, lamps and a paranoid handwritten note has won the Walters Prize, the richest contemporary art prize in the country.

Artists@Work, a new book by writer Richard Wolfe and photographer Stephen Robinson, offers an insight into the creative processes of 24 painters and sculptors. In this edited extract, Auckland artist Richard Killeen talks about disliking p

By day, Morag McDowell investigates death. And by night, well, she sings about it. The full-time Auckland coroner and part-time opera singer talks to Rebecca Barry.

Creative fashion and bizarre bras at last night's World of Wearable Arts awards.

Alex Monteith's latest exhibition documents the passion fuelling those who live life in the fast lane Adam Gifford reports.

The Tempo Festival focuses its spotlight on males, writes Bernadette Rae.

For those who haven't seen this play, it would be easy to think: actors, eh, gawd what a narcissistic bunch, touring a performance autobiography.

A $500,000 Colin McCahon painting may have to be sold to settle a financial dispute between two companies.

Opera NZ's staging of Macbeth revamps Shakespeare's tragedy about a deranged couple dragging each other to destruction, director Tim Albery tells William Dart.

A sculpture walk is the perfect way to combine the enjoyment of art with the beauty of our landscape.