Giant gummy bears have taken over Malta's capital - the latest mind-bending creation by the artist nicknamed the 'King of Chalk'.

Portraits of Audrey Hepburn and Charlie Chaplin, views of Venetian canals or a growling lion, these artworks all have something in common outside hefty price tags - they're edible.

The tidal margins of the Waitemata are brilliant. Some may think it's best to live in a crib with views of endless white sand, but you're better off with mud.

For more than 50 years Yoko Ono has been campaigning - for peace, for feminism, and gun control. This tireless activism, she tells Alex Needham, is at the heart of her work as an artist.

The dates weren't exactly right, but being born on nearly the same day as kinetic artist Len Lye was enough to land two New Plymouth boys a special role today.

The Len Lye Centre, which opens in New Plymouth today, is a world-class building dedicated to our most innovative, versatile artist.

A new take on portraits is helping connect today's generation of Maori to their ancestral past - and people from around the world are wanting in on it too.

Soldiers Rd Portraits is giving people the opportunity to feature in their own historic vintage photos.

An LA-based artist has photographed wounded veterans with a twist - rather than take "sorrowful" portraits, he's focused on their strength and sexuality.

She claims he sold her paintings to a number of New York dealers and failed to hand over the proceeds.

In a carpark next to the SuperValue in Hall Ave, under a sturdy marquee, locals line up to puff and blow under the instructions of master glassmakers.

After five years of lighting up Auckland's Western Park, Art in the Dark will not go ahead this year due to a lack of funding.

Pictures presumed to be the work of a young Adolf Hitler have been sold at auction in Nuremberg for NZD$642,000.