A "beautiful" and "poignant" still life painted by Vincent van Gogh weeks before his suicide is expected to fetch up to 30 million ($61 million) when it goes on auction in November.

$50,000 winner cuts through exhibition system like a knife, says judge.

A two piece ensemble made entirely out of old brown leather suitcases has taken out the Supreme Winner crown at this year's World of Wearable Arts event in Wellington.

The World of WearbleArt is underway in Wellington. The gallery features a selection of images from this years event.

Thirty years ago, the Louvre Museum was the Queen Mum of the art world, a genteel, rather fusty storehouse everyone knew was wonderful but few felt compelled to visit.

An artist has apologised for upsetting the family of a murder victim after the killer's portrait was entered in a national art award.

Sainsbury writes: Given all the moaning and wailing about this election and lack of policy and dirty tricks and bias and influence, I've had a brainwave!

On Monday night painter Roger Mortimer won this year's Wallace Arts Trust Paramount Award - which means that he gets to go to New York for six months, for a residency, and what's more, he gets money to live on while he's there.

The dexterity of an artist's technique means the viewer can often be involved in the action of the moving hand as well as the unspoken thoughts that might underlie a painting.

A painting of the coastline around Otago Harbour populated by macabre medieval demons and dragons has won the Paramount Award in last night's annual Wallace Art Awards.

Portraits of well-known New Zealanders painted on to skateboards are fetching up to $10,000.

Thieves have made an audacious attempt to steal a Banksy artwork valued at 1 million ($1.97 million) by removing the bricks it was painted on from the inside of the building.

Two out of seven floors of Fletcher House have been refitted in open-plan style, partly prompting the sale of 55 works of art in New Zealand's most significant art collection.

She has spent years dodging the police in north London, but now Britain's leading female street artist, known as Bambi, has been propelled into a world of wealth and glamour.

Seventy-seven works in one of New Zealand's most significant art collections are being auctioned next month partly because Fletcher Building's Penrose offices are going open-plan.

The National Gallery in London is allowing visitors to take photographs of its collection for the first time after staff realised they were fighting a losing battle .

Plans to install a state house as a piece of art on Auckland's waterfront have been called a waste of money, offensive and plain stupid.