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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.

Apology after female comic dropped from bill

A comedy promoter has apologised for dropping a female comic from a bill after claiming to have come under pressure from a venue to reduce the number of women he had booked to appear there.

Janet McAlliser: Revelations from rebellion

T.J. McNamara: Friedl pulls the strings

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.

NZ next on star snapper's list

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.

Cirque Du Soleil heads to NZ

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.

T.J. McNamara: Master reveals his depth

Art gallery listings: February 13

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.