In 2024 an international team announced the discovery of cave paintings in Sulawesi from at least 51,200 years ago, predating ...

The original meaning behind the cards, first created 500 years ago, still remains elusive. But that didn't stop our reporter ...

But others welcomed it. Nelson's deputy mayor, Rohan O'Neill-Stevens, posted on social media 'in strong defense of artistic expression and the right for us all to be challenged and confronted by art.' ...

The fraught, complex relationship between art and politics is forensically dissected in a series of essays written over 25 years by T. J. Clark, the professor emeritus of history of art at the ...

DOUBLE BURIAL, a multimedia art exhibition made in collaboration between Māori and Chinese artists, debuts in Northland ahead of Waitangi Day 2025 and during the Lunar New Year.

The painting, sold for NZ$3.75m (£1.7m), was first shown in Paris, France, in 1939 and shows a kaumātua (tribe elder) with an elaborate moko, which is the traditional Maori system of tattooing ...

An oil painting of Maori elder Wharekauri Tahuna by Charles Frederick Goldie sold for a record-breaking $3.75 million, becoming the most valuable Maori portrait in New Zealand art history.

Thoughts of a Tohunga, a portrait of Wharekauri Tahuna, a Ngāti Manawa tohunga or priest, was painted by Goldie in 1938 and sold at the auction at the International Art Centre in Parnell for more than ...

Described as a landmark account of Māori art history in words and pictures, a groundbreaking book has just been released. Toi Te Mana: An Indigenous History of Māori Art is a 600-page, 500-image ...

Its viral resurgence not only amplifies Maori culture but also fosters global appreciation for the depth and diversity of indigenous art forms. In the words of the haka, “Ka ora, ka ora” – It is life, ...

Dutch artist Theo Schoon is remembered as a controversial figure in the history of New Zealand art. While no doubt a brilliant artist, his relationship with Māori art continues to ignite debate. Now a ...