Lifestyle5 things you have to see at Auckland ArtweekWith Auckland Artweek beginning on Friday, we pinned down programme facilitator Marlaina Key and forced her to reveal her favourites from the 10-day festival.09 Oct 12:30 AM
New ZealandAuction house pulls paintings when told forgeries fakedTwo forged "Monet" paintings have been pulled from an Auckland auction today after they were discovered to be inferior imitations of a famous forger.06 Oct 04:00 PM
BusinessFletcher art sale tops $800,000Seventy-two out of 77 artworks from New Zealand's most significant corporate collection sold at auction this month for more than $800,000 and more works sold afterwards.29 Sep 04:00 PM
Entertainment$61m tag for this van GoghA "beautiful" and "poignant" still life painted by Vincent van Gogh weeks before his suicide is expected to fetch up to 30 million ($61 million) when it goes on auction in November.28 Sep 04:00 PM
EntertainmentWork of art includes mystery cab ride$50,000 winner cuts through exhibition system like a knife, says judge.27 Sep 11:31 PM
LifestyleColourful creations at WoWA two piece ensemble made entirely out of old brown leather suitcases has taken out the Supreme Winner crown at this year's World of Wearable Arts event in Wellington.26 Sep 08:15 PM
LifestyleWorld of WearableArt 2014The World of WearbleArt is underway in Wellington. The gallery features a selection of images from this years event.26 Sep 11:57 AM
WorldOnce dusty dame now tourist templeThirty years ago, the Louvre Museum was the Queen Mum of the art world, a genteel, rather fusty storehouse everyone knew was wonderful but few felt compelled to visit.22 Sep 05:30 PM
EntertainmentEarth, wind, fire and steamBy the end of his career, Turner exhibited less frequently, received fewer commissions, and retreated into his work.19 Sep 10:56 PM
New ZealandPalm tree v art collectionPhoenix palm is threatening the financial viability of the Pah Homestead in Auckland, the permanent home of Sir James Wallace art collection.17 Sep 12:08 AM
New ZealandArtist apologises over killer's portraitAn artist has apologised for upsetting the family of a murder victim after the killer's portrait was entered in a national art award.11 Sep 09:00 PM
OpinionMark Sainsbury: Let's leave the election up to TomSainsbury writes: Given all the moaning and wailing about this election and lack of policy and dirty tricks and bias and influence, I've had a brainwave!08 Sep 05:00 PM
EntertainmentMichele Hewitson interview: Roger MortimerOn Monday night painter Roger Mortimer won this year's Wallace Arts Trust Paramount Award - which means that he gets to go to New York for six months, for a residency, and what's more, he gets money to live on while he's there.05 Sep 05:00 PM
EntertainmentTJ McNamara on art: Threads of rich emotionThe dexterity of an artist's technique means the viewer can often be involved in the action of the moving hand as well as the unspoken thoughts that might underlie a painting.05 Sep 05:00 PM
EntertainmentDemons and dragons clinch art awardA painting of the coastline around Otago Harbour populated by macabre medieval demons and dragons has won the Paramount Award in last night's annual Wallace Art Awards.02 Sep 03:20 AM
EntertainmentSouthern exposure at MuseumDanielle Wright visits 'Still Life: Inside the Antarctic Huts of Scott and Shackleton', at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.29 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandMystery artist finally acknowledgedIt didn't take a historian to know the painting was of Gallipoli, but it did take a gallery director turned art detective to work out who painted it.27 Aug 10:36 PM
LifestyleKiwis pop up on skateboard artPortraits of well-known New Zealanders painted on to skateboards are fetching up to $10,000.23 Aug 05:00 PM
WorldAttempt to steal Banksy wall labelled 'inside job'Thieves have made an audacious attempt to steal a Banksy artwork valued at 1 million ($1.97 million) by removing the bricks it was painted on from the inside of the building.22 Aug 05:00 PM
BusinessOffice building refit puts art up for saleTwo out of seven floors of Fletcher House have been refitted in open-plan style, partly prompting the sale of 55 works of art in New Zealand's most significant art collection.18 Aug 05:00 PM
