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Record-breaker: Goldie painting sells for $1.8m, will return to NZ

The original owner acquired the painting in June, 1916 for just £26.50.

Historian claims to have identified key detail in background of Mona Lisa

A town in Tuscany is happy to hear the mystery is unravelling.

Great-great-grandmother's portrait a finalist in awards

The artist is honoured to be selected for the emerging Māori artist awards.

Lindauer portrait of Harawira Te Mahikai will stay in New Zealand

A Lindauer painting of Waimarama chief Harawira Te Mahikai will stay in the country.

System 'broken': The massive gap in New Zealand's arts funding

Artists and creators still battle to get their ideas funded in New Zealand.

Hariata Ropata-Tangahoe artworks to feature in national portrait gallery

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

NZ's greatest living artist on his legacy, inspiration - and saying no to Elton John

Sir Grahame Sydney: 'I’m terrified I’m going to die soon'.

Italian Baroque masterpiece to be digitally unveilled

Sx-month project under way to clean and virtually reveal a long-censored nude painting.

'The Scream' latest famous artwork targeted by climate activists

Norway is a major producer of offshore oil and gas.