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Artist's tiny project boldly ventures into space
Wanganui artist Julian Priest will watch his satellite being launched into orbit from Cape Canaveral at 10.41pm on Sunday.

Harbourview sculpture trail
The Harbourview sculpture trail is open daily 8 - 30 March 2014.

Dame Kiri's final curtain call
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa is about to take her final operatic curtain call, confirming that her cameo in a production at London's Royal Opera House will be her last role.

Lazy Days: Painting the kiwi lifestyle
Images reproduced with permission from Lazy Days: Painting the kiwi lifestyle by Graham Young, published by New Holland, $29.99.

Violent prisoner abandons art
The man branded Britain's most violent prisoner has abandoned his sketch pad in protest after prison guards banned him from sending drawings to friends.

Games at the gallery
Exploring the Auckland Art Gallery is more fun than ever before, says Dionne Christian.

White Night Festival: Up all night
Rachel Bache battles aching feet to take in as much of Melbourne's White Night Festival as she can before sunrise.

Magical house waiting for art-loving owners
Stephen and Karen Pearson may have the only home in New Zealand that could double as an art gallery.

Kiwi artist on display next to Banksy
A New Zealand illustrator is set to exhibit her work alongside the world's most famous street artist at an exhibition in the United States next month.

Henrietta Harris illustrations
Illustrations by Henrietta Harris, who's work is featured in the Insiders exhibition at Robert Fontaine Gallery.

Ratepayers get voice on Shed 11's fate
Sculpture controversy puts council plans for Queens Wharf in spotlight once again.

Michelangelo's forgeries revealed
He is known as a Renaissance great - but Michelangelo was also a skilled forger who made copies of others' works before ageing them with smoke and swapping them for the originals.