Auction houses say their expectations are being exceeded for artwork sale prices, including the record $149 million bid for Alberto Giacometti's L'Homme Qui Marche 1.

The worlds of climate change and steamy sex collide ... and a classic is born.

Samoan writer Lani Wendt Young has been commissioned to take down the stories of hundreds of people affected by the Pacific tsunami.

Chicagoans believe they have stolen a march on the French over Georges Seurat's painting and indeed they have.

The Asia Pacific Triennial in Brisbane has gradually expanded to include art from 25 countries, with New Zealand's contribution this year the most playful.

Touching operatic allegory parallels lives of man and beast.

It has been a horrid year on the economic front but the arts have thrived.