Acclaimed British photographer Martin Parr dies aged 73 | Arts and Culture News
A chronicler of the everyday, Parr made work famed for its biting observations delivered in highly saturated colour.…
Controversial flag exhibit stolen from Hastings art gallery
A controversial piece of artwork that prompted 101 complaints in a week has now been stolen from a…
Long-lost Rubens painting depicting crucifixion sells for $4.6m
A long-lost painting by Baroque master Peter Paul Rubens, which was hidden for more than four centuries, sold…
Researchers race to teach AI irony in Marsden-funded study
A Victoria University researcher is working to help artificial intelligence understand and use irony, one of the foundations…
Playwright Tom Stoppard, who won Oscar for Shakespeare In Love, has died
British playwright Tom Stoppard, a playful, probing dramatist who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for 1998’s…
Historic homecoming for tekoteko after more than a century
After more than a century in national museum collections and four decades of negotiations, a misidentified tekoteko has…
Outrage as local board votes against more events at Eden Park
A local community board has voted against having more concerts at Auckland’s Eden Park, angering a local business…
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a rare Superman comic that sold for $16.25m!
A copy of the first Superman issue, unearthed by three brothers cleaning out their late mother’s attic, netted…
Filmmaker Costa Botes dies after nearly a decade with cancer
Prolific documentary and filmmaker Costa Botes – who found fame creating mockumentary Forgotten Silver alongside Peter Jackson –…
Auckland gallery to get major donation of NZ art – but doesn’t know when
Auckland Art Gallery is set to receive one of the most significant bequests in its history – $5…
Frida Kahlo self-portrait breaks auction record for female artists
A 1940 self-portrait by famed Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold Friday for US$54.7 million (NZ$97.7 million) at a…
Klimt painting breaks modern art record with $420m sale
A Gustav Klimt portrait painting that helped save the life of its Jewish subject during the Holocaust sold…