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?

Architect David Mitchell has just returned from Venice where he's been doing a turn as the creative director and host of the NZ pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale.

Aucklanders could be issued with an arts passport that includes reduced travel costs to arts and cultures events in the city.

Sick of shopping and with time to explore before the next great meal, Catherine Smith walked her feet off exploring some of Sydney's culture highlights.

The Auckland Council is bending all the rules to fast-track the erection of a mock ye olde state house on Queens Wharf, the nation's most expensive piece of real estate, writes Brian Rudman.

A 4.5 tonne Venetian hand-blown glass chandelier of native flowers, birds and insects is the centrepiece of a large public sculpture at the end of Queens Wharf.

Robyn Preston is a mother of five and grandmother of seven from a small community near Dargaville. We meet the photographer who now spends at least half the year in Africa.