Acclaimed Kiwi actor at forefront of effort to protect artists from AI
Acclaimed Kiwi actor Jennifer Ward-Lealand is at the forefront of a global effort to protect artists from the…
Major EDM festival coming to Wellington reveals headline acts
One of the world’s biggest electronic dance music festivals coming to New Zealand for the first time has…
Banksy unveils new art in London following speculation over murals
Elusive street artist Banksy appeared to confirm today that a new mural in London, depicting two children lying…
David Walliams dropped by HarperCollins UK after allegations
Best-selling children’s author David Walliams has been dropped by his publisher, following a British newspaper report of an…
Splore’s 2026 edition to be the last
Next year’s edition of Splore will be the final one, the music and art festival’s owner has announced,…
Bestselling British writer Joanna Trollope dies at 82
British writer Joanna Trollope, whose bestselling novels charted domestic and romantic travails in well-heeled rural England, has died,…
Painting that introduced Star Wars fetches NZ$6.6M at auction
The painting that introduced Star Wars to the world nearly 50 years ago – and was reproduced in…
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…