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Plate to paint - that's art
Producing good food is certainly an art, but can food be art? That's what artist Tiffany Singh and chef Ed Verner have explored in a rare collaboration.

From conservation to carpentry - the furniture of Sam Ford
Ponsonby identity Sam Ford has returned from 17 years at London's Tate and National Galleries where his work tin restoration led him to design and construct fine furniture.

Is this really Bansky?
Help yourself to a sizeable pinch of salt before watching this clip, shot in Melbourne, that purports to show secretive graffiti artist Banksy at work.

Reuben Paterson creates art for refuge
Reuben Paterson's work Ki te Aroha e Ipo goes under the hammer tonight to raise money for the Taranaki Women's refuge.

Twelve Questions with Gary Silipa
Glen Innes art gallery director Gary Silipa led a double life as a computer network engineer during the day and illegal graffiti artist at night until his addictions got the better of him.

Writer and critic journeys into world of contemporary art
Art critic and writer Anthony Byrt explains his passion for contemporary art.

Watch NZH Local Focus: Whanganui still NZ’s heart of glass
Whanganui District Council opened New Zealand Glassworks to bring together professional glass artists and the community.

Judging Walters Prize a work of art
The man who will decide the winner of New Zealand's richest contemporary art award says deciding the victor is a tough task.

History painted on Kingsland walls
Street Art - Now and Then reveals the true-life story behind the development of graffiti art in Auckland.

Cloudy images follow the same format but each suggests a different state of mind
In Viky Garden's largest work, the face emerges proudly from a passage of light.

International art bubble bursts
At auction houses in London and New York, sellers are preparing to bail on their investments after the emerging-art bubble burst.

Van Gogh had a drink problem
International medical experts have announced that Van Gogh had an alcohol problem and suffered from repeated breakdowns

Artist chooses Waiheke over Washington
A residency at the Smithsonian in Washington DC or one on Waiheke at the island's community art gallery?

TJ McNamara: At the galleries
A Judy Millar retrospective shows the visceral strength of the artist's works.

At the Galleries: TJ McNamara reviews the latest art gallery shows
TJ McNamara's weekly round-up of the latest art gallery shows.

Escaping the world of advertising
They're the ideas men behind some of our most iconic advertising campaigns and images, working in an industry regarded as one of the

Where the art force is at
Works selected for the Walters Prize, now on show at Auckland Art Gallery and to be announced later this month, are three video works and a billboard display representing each artist's body of work.

Creatives find time to produce and exhibit their art
Every job has its challenges and there's many an adman (and, increasingly, woman) looking to escape; now 10 creatives are showing off what they do when they spring free.

Kanye wants more than $5 million for his naked image
Kanye West's Famous sculpture has a $5.49 million price tag.

Film-maker Vincent Ward's latest artwork is bearing fruit
His Map of the Human Heart took him to the Arctic Circle. His New Zealand films In Spring One Plants Alone, Vigil, The Navigator

Affinity for dementia lights up Aotea Square
Auckland's Aotea Square is to be illuminated by large sculpture highlighting dementia.

Outside the norm
John Reynolds is tackling one of the big mysteries of New Zealand art. What happened when Colin McCahon disappeared from the Sydney

Review: At the galleries
What: Resident by James Cousins Where and when: Gow Langsford Gallery, 26 Lorne St, to August 27 TJ says: Luminous, near abstract

An animated opportunity
In the 3D animation class at Manurewa High School, Year 12 and 13 students are thinking about the future. How might houses inspired

Watch: Rod Emmerson - Artist at work
Award-winning NZ Herald editorial cartoonist Rod Emmerson explains the thinking and process behind his Donald Trump illustration that appears in the world section of today’s paper.

Auckland's most valuable artwork hidden in construction site
The Richard Deacon sculpture Nobody Here But Us has the highest insurance value of any work in Auckland Council's art collection.