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Earth, wind, fire and steam

By the end of his career, Turner exhibited less frequently, received fewer commissions, and retreated into his work.

Palm tree v art collection

Phoenix palm is threatening the financial viability of the Pah Homestead in Auckland, the permanent home of Sir James Wallace art collection.

Lego breaks out of the toy box

In quiet presence of power

Book review: The man who focused on work, not himself

Cloud over Black Widow portrait

A controversial artist's portrait of a convicted murderer could be destroyed if allegations of copyright infringement are pursued through the courts.

Miley Cyrus turns her junk into happy art

Pop star Miley Cyrus is set to debut her first collection of art at a New York Fashion Week show on Wednesday.

Michele Hewitson interview: Roger Mortimer

On Monday night painter Roger Mortimer won this year's Wallace Arts Trust Paramount Award - which means that he gets to go to New York for six months, for a residency, and what's more, he gets money to live on while he's there.

Don Giovanni: A villain admired and vilified

Goethe was outraged by the suggestion that Mozart merely composed Don Giovanni "as if it were a piece of cake or biscuits stirred together out of eggs, flour and sugar!"

Southern exposure at Museum

Danielle Wright visits 'Still Life: Inside the Antarctic Huts of Scott and Shackleton', at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.

Mystery artist finally acknowledged

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.

Duchess' Simpsons makeover

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

Kiwi's 3D-printed nose earns top award

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

Burning Man festival delayed by severe rain

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

Spectacular tour de force

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

Kiwis pop up on skateboard art

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

Come to my island

T.J. McNamara: Looking down at the city