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Saving Colin McCahon: Up to $1.5m needed to fix failing database and find lost paintings
Exclusive: Grandsons reveal grand plan to preserve and expand Colin McCahon's legacy.
'Looks like Flash Gordon left it behind': Artist spends $16,000 creating a sculpture
'The theme is about making something out of stuff that people would usually discard.'
Artist aims to shift perspectives on ocean resources
Tim Li's new exhibition features many of his gyotaku prints of fish.
'Luminous, dazzling': Wāhine Māori art collective wins major Venice Biennale award
Mataaho Collective receive Golden Lion at 'Olympics of the art world'.
'It's like going to church': The spiritual journey of tā moko
Wāhine Māori are embracing tā moko as their birthright.
Artist not told her Dunedin mural would be painted over
Natalia Rak says she has no idea why her well-loved Dunedin mural has suddenly vanished.
Still lives Auckland connects art and sport
Still Lives, by art duo Daniel Kok from Singapore and Melbournian Luke George, is billed as a site-specific performance installation series aiming to showcase connections between art and sport. Video / NZ Herald
Is there a environmental message in new Banksy mural?
The artist claimed the work by posting before and after photos.
Owen Dippie works on mural
Artist Owen Dippie works on a mural of artist Max Gimblett, Auckland CBD. Video / Michael Craig
Why did a rugby-loving Christchurch truckie buy $5.5m worth of Goldie paintings?
And who will own them next?
René Magritte painting may fetch NZ$104 million
The painting includes several of the Belgian artist’s signature motifs.
Bay of Islands artist Erika Pearce
Bay of Islands artist Erika Pearce speaks about her current projects. Video / Michael Cunningham
High honour for master carver who was once told he was a 'failure'
Master carver Clive Fugill has been made a companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
Myers Park's new art installation
Graham Tipene's new multi-sensory artwork named Waimahara is designed to evoke the memory of Te Waihorotiu stream, which flowed above the ground more than a hundred years ago and is now piped below the installation in Myers Park. Video / Michael Craig
Summer in the 09: The best things to do in Auckland these holidays
Sticking around in the city? Enjoy tennis, penguins, music, family frolics, and more.
History of chair design on show
This curious exhibition on now at Objectspace reveals the history of the simple, yet not so simple chair in Aotearoa. Video / Dean Purcell
New artworks released for Kahui St David’s fundraiser
When art adviser Paul Baragwanath was finally given the keys to St David’s Memorial Church, after heading an eight-year campaign to save it from demolition, the scale of what lay ahead must have been almost overwhelming. Video / Dean Purcell
A man for all artists: Bill Milbank remembered for his dedication to Whanganui and NZ artists
He also instigated the Tylee Cottage artist-in-residence programme in 1987.
NZ’s biggest sculpture show returns
NZ Sculpture OnShore, the country’s largest outdoor art event and the biggest fundraising event for Women’s Refuge NZ. Video / Aja Lethaby
The Great NZ Road Trip: Artist Sir Grahame Sydney
Sir Grahame Sydney is a legendary New Zealand painter and lover of the South Island's natural beauty. Video / NZ Herald / George Heard
Scientists pry a secret from the 'Mona Lisa' about how Leonardo painted the masterpiece
Scientists gain new insight into the techniques da Vinci used to paint Mona Lisa.
Art exhibition highlights significance of tiki
Tiki has so much meaning for toi Māori practitioners.
Who killed Van Gogh? Can Paris show put murder story to rest
He splurged masterworks, a painting a day. Less than three weeks later, he was dead.
Seven-storey tribute to famous Whakarewarewa ‘Guide Maggie’
Large-scale mural honouring original Whakarewarewa guide unveiled in Rotorua.
Artworks returned to heirs of performer killed in Holocaust
The works were stolen while their owner was held in Dachau.
Liberty Herekoretanga at Botany Town Centre
Liberty Herekoretanga is an art installation found in Botany Town Centre by Colour and Light artist Wendy Hannah. Video / Sylvie Whinray / Jack Honey and Independent Riggers
Are you logical or emotional? This optical illusion has the answer
What you see says something about you.