Climbing a man-made tree to see plants that live high in the forest canopy could soon be an activity on offer at Auckland Botanic Gardens.

Do you feel you're getting a bit old to take part in Easter-egg hunts? Well, this may change your mind.

Rachel Bache battles aching feet to take in as much of Melbourne's White Night Festival as she can before sunrise.

A New Zealand illustrator is set to exhibit her work alongside the world's most famous street artist at an exhibition in the United States next month.

Illustrations by Henrietta Harris, who's work is featured in the Insiders exhibition at Robert Fontaine Gallery.

He is known as a Renaissance great - but Michelangelo was also a skilled forger who made copies of others' works before ageing them with smoke and swapping them for the originals.

Auckland missed The Hanging Sky, the recent survey exhibition of work by Shane Cotton that toured New Zealand and Australia.

A $1 million-plus sculpture of a state house is expected to adorn the Auckland Viaduct - and ratepayers may have to contribute $500,000.

Fancy having a 4m-long, 2m-high dinosaur staring at you from your backyard? Well, now you can - if you dare.

Lorde has been immortalised by one of the country's top artists. A photo of the unframed oval painting by Peter Stichbury was posted by the popstar's Instagram this week.

First it was fast cars, now there's another sign that the economy is on the up: the booming art market. Leading NZ auction house Webbs says 31,000 items went under the hammer this year, raking in $17m.

Visitors to Waiheke are invited to experience Oneroa's new sculpture project, writes Donna McIntyre.

Liz Light takes a splendid summer walk.