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Twelve Questions with Stephen Martyn Welch
Artist Stephen Martyn Welch this year won the Adam Portraiture Award for his self-portrait, he raised $75,000 for Starship hospital in an auction of his works and his TV show, The Sitting, was nominated in the Television Awards.

Aerial nudes grab attention
A photographer who has attracted international recognition for nude photographs he took of his wife in the '80s says the pictures almost never came to light.

Bucket list art unveiled
A street art project that has popped up in Central Auckland is inviting people to share their bucket list with the public.

The return of the moko
A group of Tainui women took the hint of their beloved Maori Queen Dame Te Atairangikaahu and began a movement to revive the art of moko in their tribe.

9000 butterflies die - for art
If you're an animal lover, he's already unlikely to be one of your favourite artists. But even shark-pickling Damien Hirst's fans might flinch at his latest work.

Don Binney's last work for bird sanctuary
Sudden death of larger-than-life artist shocks his family and the New Zealand art world.

Shock over artist's death
Celebrated New Zealand artist Don Binney has died in hospital, aged 73.

Inside Spain's Salvador Dali triangle
Tourists can track work by Spain's enigmatic artist and discover a less travelled part of the country, writes Nicola Lamb.

Dealers mastering the art of selling
They’re Auckland’s most successful art dealers, celebrating more than a quarter of a century in the business. Linda Herrick talks to John Gow and Gary Langsford about artist fallouts, broken marriages and selling art to John Key.

2012 National Contemporary Art Award
New Zealand artists showcase their work at the National Contemporary Art Awards at the Waikato Museum. Photos by Christine Cornege