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Cost-cutting proposal threatens conservation care of Auckland Art Gallery collection

Staff face return to revenue-earning model as gallery tries to earn its keep.

What Auckland Art Gallery found when it cleaned a 400-year-old Brueghel

Poos, wees and Victorian prudes - the surprising secrets of a Flemish master revealed.

The Auckland art cafe fostering new talent

Beautiful Things is a welcoming and supportive space for aspiring artists.

Big crowds for Open Studios first weekend

A record number of people have flocked to Artists Open Studios in Whanganui.

Artists Open Studios back bigger than ever

More than 90 studios and around 160 artists were taking part this year.

Hariata Ropata-Tangahoe artworks to feature in national portrait gallery

Hariata Ropata-Tangahoe artworks to feature in national portrait gallery.

Auckland Art Gallery basement floods - what next for up to 500 rescued artworks?

The leaky roof held - but nobody expected groundwater seepage.

Big art, big bills - how much should Aucklanders pay for Frida Kahlo and co?

Can a cash-strapped city afford blockbuster art? And what happens if no one turns up?

Focus: Police analysing DNA, fingerprints on recovered $1m Lindauer paintings

Detective Inspector Scott Beard says Police are analysing DNA and fingerprints on recovered $1m Gottfried Lindauer paintings that were stolen five years ago. Video / NZ Herald