After five years of lighting up Auckland's Western Park, Art in the Dark will not go ahead this year due to a lack of funding.

Tonight, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra marks the last appearance of conductor Pietari Inkinen as music director and the Auckland debut of violinist Karen Gomyo.

She came in with a smile that was big and bold and so very happy to see her people's art on display.

There was a palpable sense of celebration as the eleven musicians of the Turnovsky Jubilee Ensemble took the town hall stage on Friday evening.

The biennial Michael Hill International Violin Competition is a much-appreciated cultural buffer as winter envelops the city.

Thousands of people walked through the doors at yesterday's Auckland Fair first held in 2010 at Auckland Art Gallery.

Prominent Wellington hotelier Chris Parkin has sold the Museum Hotel for $28.5 million.

Mum was very arty. She loved making things out of the Woman's Weekly. Egyptian friezes, Goldie portraits painted on plates, the house was full of it.

At a time when there are more than 50 exhibitions in the Photography Festival, you can also find examples of artwork that reacts to images made with a camera.

Emma Badeia's exhibition opens today at the Small Dog Gallery within Devonport's always vibrant Depot Artspace.

A Maori version of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and a no holds barred kapa haka will be part of this year's Maori New Year celebrations.

Canadian violinist Karen Gomyo performs for the first time with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra in Dunedin this month.

Art flippers are targeting masterpieces as a French painting gains 220% at auction.