In a story that has rocked the art world, an original Michelangelo may have been discovered in the most unlikely of locations. Photo / AP

Contemporary art is a puzzle to many people. It is, therefore, unsurprising that the winner of the Walters Prize has created controversy.

A jumbled collection of posters, a bashed old barbecue table and chairs, YouTube clips, lamps and a paranoid handwritten note has won the Walters Prize, the richest contemporary art prize in the country.

There was no shortage of fantastical creatures on show at last night's NZ Body Art Awards.

Artists@Work, a new book by writer Richard Wolfe and photographer Stephen Robinson, offers an insight into the creative processes of 24 painters and sculptors. In this edited extract, Auckland artist Richard Killeen talks about disliking p

As violence recedes, many people wantto have contentious murals removed from everyday life.

The Best Design Awards is a collection of creative excellence for designers and their clients. These are the four Purple Pin (Supreme Award) winners and this years Gold winners in Graphic, Product, Interactive and Spatial Design.

Fusing wine and artistic licence is for the people, writes Joelle Thomson.

Creative fashion and bizarre bras at last night's World of Wearable Arts awards.

Alex Monteith's latest exhibition documents the passion fuelling those who live life in the fast lane Adam Gifford reports.

Landscape photographer Alan Miller is in no rush to press the shutter.

Auckland has some of the best art galleries on offer in the South Pacific.

Mark Irving, advertising company director on what makes a good billboard and why there are so few good examples out there.

First-time buyers looking to invest in art at an affordable price will have an opportunity to do so next month.