Works of two established artists and a newcomer grace Auckland venues this month.

The buyer of a treasured Goldie painting, sold tonight to man from China, will have to ask permission from the Government if he wants to take it out of the country.

Artists take centre stage in Sydney's 20th Biennale, finds Eli Orzessek.

Two Kiwi artists have spent 10 years travelling the world creating stunning, short-lived art, writes Corazon Miller.

There are three strikingly inter-cultural exhibitions in Auckland; two of them at Te Uru Waitakere Art Gallery.

One of the largest cultural hubs to be developed in the world could be influenced by one of Auckland's smallest theatres, The Basement.

COMMENT: Andrew J. Steel has painted the wall of 4 Gundry St in Auckland three times during the past few years.

Kanye West had reportedly offered an Australian artist "a pretty decent chunk of money" to remove a street mural of the rapper passionately kissing himself.

About 50 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island artists have travelled to Monaco for the launch of an exhibition of their work highlighting ocean protection.

Warning: Graphic images. Zoe Armstrong, a 20-year-old theatre student at the University of Otago in New Zealand, shares photos of her gory creations on her Facebook and Instagram pages while working as a freelance special effects make-up artist.

Encounter the sacred beauty of the forests of Fiji, the Solomons, Samoa and Aotearoa at Marama.

The last major painting by New Zealand artist Charles Frederick Goldie described as a "rare national treasure" is expected to sell for more than $1 million.

A new exhibition tells the haunting stories of the foreign children torn from their families and savagely abused in order to turn them into 'perfect Aryans'.

You couldn't get further away from an artist's studio or concert auditorium than the Laboratory for Animate Technologies at the University of Auckland's Bioengineering Institute.

The winner of a prestigious art award spotted his subject dining in a cafe.

Are we in danger of kicking creativity out of the classroom? Dionne Christian looks at what the arts can teach our children.

Is Auckland now the city of arts? Dionne Christian investigates in a five part series that starts today by looking at arts & the economy.

They're just photos of my friends, who were transexuals, dancing and having a good time.

Europe's refugee crisis is a political flash point and a humanitarian emergency. But is it also art?

A Wellington auction house is preparing to put some of the country's best paintings up for sale, including a Colin McCahon expected to reach more than $300,000.

Spending six weeks on an art and technology workshop in San Sebastian, Spain, it was a massive privilege.

Artists Tame Iti and Owen Dippie have collaborated on an exhibition that focuses on cultural unity, they tell Ali Ikram

"Curiouser and curiouser," said Alice in Wonderland. She might have said the same about current exhibitions in Auckland.

Known for being a political activist, artist Banksy has painted a controversial piece opposite the French Embassy in London.

Not everyone can see the beauty in a dead rat, but that was the catalyst for a new artistic collaboration and exhibition by musician and photographer Shelton Woolright.