Waiheke Island artist Kazu Nakagawa. / Dean Purcell

Unexpected encounters launched across Auckland from our leading Asian artists.

New Zealander Luke Willis Thompson a contender for the high-profile Turner Art Prize.

The winners of the 2018 Sony World Photography Awards have been announced.

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NZ judge's prestigious new book paints a picture of how common art crime during war is.

Nominees for NZ's Walters Prize are outstanding examples of contemporary art, says judges.

The aerialist's fall reportedly 'traumatised' audience members.

Super-sized owls swoop into Auckland for our biggest mass participation public art event.

A 21-year-old Auckland artist is the youngest to win NZ's premier portrait painting award.

New shows by three veterans of the arts, all still at the peak of their powers.

Acclaimed artist Michael Smither is the subject of a unique NZ documentary series.

Mercury Bay, on the Coromandel, is noted for its beaches but its art makes a splash, too,

Petra Patterson and Sally Zhang are co-project managers of the Bayleys Foundation New Zealand Secondary School Photography Competition. / Video by Greg Bowker

Auckland Arts Festival director Jonathan Bielski's vision for a new precinct that he has dubbed the 'Festival Playground'.

It was perhaps inevitable that Instagram would shake up the art world.

The Underwater Photographer of the Year 2018 has just been announced. Here's a peek at the winning entries. Video / NZME

NZ artist & spatial designer Biljana Popovic is the 2018/2019 recipient of Creative New Zealand's Visual Arts Residency. Her project will involve researching the Berlin underground train network, the U-Bahn, as a unique space for making, displaying and thinking about art. / Brett Phibbs

A life-sized horse sculpture and giant cake will make this year's event a colourful affair

The City of Sails will be awash with colour as the Auckland Pride Festival returns Feb 2.

The 125-year-old institution is set to be included in the council's 10-year budget plan.

As Auckland Art Gallery struggles with funding, high-profile campaign starts to save it.

A century-old autograph book has inspired a unique handmade NZ children's book.

The man who brought Banksy's subversive work to Auckland.

Joe Te Wharau uses 3D technology to create Māori art. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Cross-stitchers and craft-makers: are they the new breed of political activists?

Friends made during art trip to NZ will help Cuban artist fundraise for devastated island.

Tech billionaire and surprise Kiwi checks out exhibition detailing his far-out philosophy.

Visitors will become artists themselves as Auckland Art Gallery goes dotty.