It 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.

Italian AleXsandro Palombo transformed the Duchess of Cambridge into a dead ringer for a cast member of The Simpsons in a series of illustrations.

A 3D-printed nose guard has earned a Wellington student the top prize in the New Zealand leg of a global design competition.

Relentless rain has put an end to revelry at this year’s Burning Man festival before it could even begin.

Thousands of Kiwis will witness the dazzling performers in Cirque du Soleil's Totem in its five-week Auckland season.

Portraits of well-known New Zealanders painted on to skateboards are fetching up to $10,000.

After the disappointment of the NZ Symphony Orchestra's last visit, its Friday concert was a welcome return to form, writes William Dart.

This week, the Herald ran a leaked image of the mystery $1.5 million sculpture Mayor Len Brown has regally decided will be plonked at the end of Queens Wharf.

A rare Maori statue is being sold at auction in France, and is expected to fetch up to $3.1 million.

Stars of stage and screen will fly in to pay tribute to the modest Kiwi vocal coach and mentor who helped put them on the map.

On Tuesday night Philip Patston went to Parliament to collect the inaugural Arts Access Accolade.

Johan Kobborg's Les Lutins, still in classical mode, cavorts and struts its sweetly saucy stuff to the live virtuoso violin of Benjamin Baker and Michael Pansters on piano.

A healthy amount of public art tells you a lot about a community, writes Paul Little.

Is it a lamp, a work of art, a piece of furniture, or a magical prop from a science fiction film?