Eleven years and $121 million in the making, the new Auckland Art Gallery is a grand design. But it hasn't been without its problems, writes Chris Barton - budget blowouts and court action.

Our interviewer finds the canny but philanthropic arts patron hard to prod out of his shell.

The Auckland Art Fair could not have found a better venue than the Viaduct Events Centre

TJ McNamara's picks of the week from the Auckland galleries.

Alan Perrott looks at the top entries in New Zealand's largest photo competition.

Movie star James Franco upset his big business links when he posted a shot of his hand down the front of his crotch as part of a Twitter-based art project.

Glimpses of surrealism and the dark side of Romanticism.

A new book and exhibition by photographer Fiona Pardington examines the historic - and now derided - practice of taking casts of people's heads to study their brains. Some were her ancestors.

Sydney's White Rabbit Gallery is a visual feast.

Surrounded by 360 degree screens, Aucklanders can become a "human mouse" at the War Memorial Museum's first large-scale interactive show.