A 17th century self-portrait has been verified as an authentic Rembrandt after decades of doubt.

Works by 12 prisoners are on show in Wanganui's Davis Central City Library this month, in an exhibition themed Aotearoa - Our Land, Our People.

An American artist has exposed her most private moments in a series of self-portraits that portray her eating behind closed doors.

There is absolutely no doubt that the artists of American dance theatre company Pilobulus are supreme masters of the ancient art of shadow play.

Matt Philp meets some of the creative talent behind Nelson's upcoming winter festival season.

Lorne St doesn't really come alive until after midday. There are some coffee joints and a nail bar or two, and an art gallery.

Billionaires from around the world competing for masterpieces propelled Christie's to its biggest ever auction selling $745m worth of art

Until now, the two NZ festivals have co-existed - Auckland on the odd years, Wellington the even. But from 2016, Auckland goes annual for the first time, writes Brian Rudman.

Artworks by Stephanie Key, daughter of the PM, have been criticised as being culturally inappropriate, but he says he is happy to let her "pursue her dream'.

"Kiwi philanthropist to get honorary doctorate." Was it Sir Stephen Tindall or Sir Owen Glenn? Or the arts' very own Sir James Wallace? No, all wrong, writes Janet McAllister.

Dionne Christian previews May's big fat helping of music for Auckland's children.

NZ's art history is strewn with images of the indigenous barbaric, which were frequently used to accentuate the counterpoint to the civilised European, writes Paul Moon.

A group of imaginative artists has shown magic can be made from a few simple lines in the sand.

Almost 600 children were at The Civic in Auckland to vie for the roles of the von Trapp kids in the Lloyd Webber production.

A month-long exhibition of portraits of Mongrel Mob members will start at an upmarket art gallery next week - and the photographer is expecting some negative reaction.

The rugged, scrub-covered hills are unmistakably those of Gallipoli's Anzac Cove. But who depicted them in an extremely rare, nearly century-old painting is a tantalising mystery that an Auckland art gallery director is battling to solve.