New book New Zealand Photography Collected features 400 breathtaking pictures from the national collection at Te Papa.

The art collection of two leading lights of the North Shore literati and arts scene has fetched tens of thousands of dollars at auction this week.

The works, by Dunedin-born Peter McIntyre, are expected to fetch more than $200,000.

A remarkable art collection from two leading lights of the North Shore literati and arts scene is going under the hammer next month.

Soaring, skillful, seductive, sensory, spectacle. There are many words to describe Le Noir, but just one to sum it up: sensational.

In Flat Bush, are more signs of this evolving culture, with the Fo Guang Yuan Buddhist temple, tea house and art gallery.

Some of our best-loved celebrities are giving a sneak peek into their kitchen secrets in a charity cookbook curated by leading artist Dick Frizzell.

A Lindauer painting revealed to be a forgery will remain in the national heritage collection.

The book, which features sexually explicit content, drug use and use of slang for female genitalia, is now classified as unrestricted.

One of our finest acting and directing talents turns his attention to the classic musical Guys and Dolls. By Dionne Christian

Here's the upcoming summer season of goodies.

The wheel of death rolls out for the latest spectacular, writes Dionne Christian.

TV presenter Heather du Plessis-Allan is the proud owner of a "scary" piece of art but her husband has refused to allow it into their Wellington home.

A court battle between an artist and a gallery director has ended with both men claiming victories but the artist expecting a hefty payout.

Kate Tempest is a woman of many talents, with a background as a poet, playwright and a novelist. When she's here in January, she'll be showcasing her skills as a rapper.

Two rare Indian paintings, which surfaced at auction after being found in an Auckland basement, have both sold for almost $120,000 each.

Art lovers should run to Auckland's Viaduct this month for an exhibition of the nation's best photography.

What Olaf Hojgaard finds - and what he becomes - is wide open to interpretation: are all the views misleading or odious or only some?

Two rare Indian paintings have overseas collectors clambering to snap them up, driving up their expected prices.

Mitimiti has its beginnings in choreographer Jack Gray's personal journey in search of a closer connection with his Te Rarawa heritage and marae in the Hokianga.

Two rare Indian paintings, which surfaced at auction after being found in an Auckland basement, have overseas collectors clambering to snap them up.

At the start of this intellectually confronting and complex one-man play, Olaf Hojgaard (Edwin Wright) tells us he was watching the 2011 Tour de France telecast when he first heard about Anders Behring Breivik's politically-motivated murder.

Drawing superheroes such as Superman or Spider-Man for DC and Marvel, is a dream come true for the Australian Nicola Scott.

A new documentary about the initial restoration of Auckland's historic St James Theatre will premiere next month.

The interactive exhibit is described as a "monumental inflatable structure" which has astounded audiences around the world.

Auckland's point of difference is not the glories or supremacy of one ethnicity over another, but our place in the Pacific as a smorgasbord of cultures and ethnicities, writes Brian Rudman.