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State house sculpture exceeds budget
A $1 million-plus sculpture of a state house is expected to adorn the Auckland Viaduct - and ratepayers may have to contribute $500,000.
Bark is worse than its bite
Fancy having a 4m-long, 2m-high dinosaur staring at you from your backyard? Well, now you can - if you dare.
Our Lorde on the wall for $30,000
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.
Record year for high-end art
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.
Oneroa: Drawing them in
Visitors to Waiheke are invited to experience Oneroa's new sculpture project, writes Donna McIntyre.
No shortage of mega-rich as art auction records fall
Norman Rockwell's Saying Grace became the most expensive American painting ever sold at auction last week, fetching US$46 million ($55.5 million) at Sotheby's in New York.
Revamp mystifies arts commentator
The radical restructuring of Unitec's design and visual arts department has mystified many who took part in a quality assurance review of the school last year.
Education death by design
A radical new teaching model has sparked fears of creative decline at one of our most successful visual art schools.
NZ famous five under hammer
Dick Frizzell's five portrait paintings of inspiring New Zealanders commissioned for the Herald's 150th birthday will be auctioned for charity tomorrow night.
Keef, the artful lodger
A never-before-seen painting by Rolling Stones rocker Keith Richards has been stashed in a drawer in a swanky Auckland bed and breakfast for the past seven years.
$1.2m Picasso offered as raffle prize
A Picasso valued at US$1 million ($1.2 million) is the prize in an unprecedented online Christmas charity raffle.
Oz artist Sharp dies
The influential Australian artist, cartoonist and co-founder of Oz magazine Martin Sharp has died at the age of 71.