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Public get say on sculpture
The controversial $1.5 million "lighthouse" sculpture on Queens Wharf will be publicly notified.
Artist who captures the army
Matt Gauldie has been the New Zealand Army’s artist for 10 years. He talks to Jennifer Dann about his work and the places it has taken him.
'Lighthouse' application wants public say blocked
An application to build the controversial $1.5 million "lighthouse" sculpture on Queens Wharf has recommended not giving the public a say.
Giant Poppy puts metal to the petal
Thousands of people of all ages had come to place the red metal discs over the past five days, including many schoolchildren.
Artworks tell powerful Islands story
An art exhibition with an Anzac twist is paying tribute to the Cook Islands soldiers who served in World War I.
Queens Wharf artwork divides the critics
Art critics are impressed with the controversial $1.5 million sculpture planned for Queens Wharf, but it has been labelled a monstrosity and joke by some.
This is the controversial new sculpture
The controversial $1.5 million "lighthouse" sculpture on Queens Wharf is being made more in keeping with its state house roots.
Weta scout on lookout for designers
Budding Kiwi artists will next week have the chance to wow a top Weta Workshop designer.
Apartment block gets a facelift
The latest public mural by Kiwi artist Owen Dippie is under way in central Auckland.
Joyce happy to be egg-head
Steven Joyce says he has been called many things in his political life and he can now add "egg-head" to the list.
Dots hit the spot with art lovers
The world's art lovers voted with their feet to make an 86-year-old Japanese woman the most popular artist of last year.
Kiwi artist behind foxy Prodigy album art
The Prodigy's new album comes with a striking cover image of a fox standing over a glowing cityscape.
Tower burns in 'celebration' (+ photos)
The tower was so strikingly beautiful, many visitors expressed disbelief it was to be destroyed. But its designer said that had to be the artwork's destiny.
Tragic stories from kid's art
The school bus lurches to a halt outside a Bekaa Valley primary school in the east of Lebanon.
Art auction raises $22k for children
An auction of Kiwi artists' work has raised $22,000 for a project that uses art to help Syrian kids cope with the trauma of civil war.
Portrait of an artist: Billy Apple
More than 50 years ago an artist from Auckland changed his name to Billy Apple and became a living brand. On the eve of a major retrospective of his life’s work, he talked to Greg Dixon about his past, his present and his future.
Through the looking glass
Mirrored towers make up the art installation Field, by Angus Muir and Alexandra Heaney, on display in Wynyard Quarter this month as part of the Auckland Arts Festival.