Actually to be precise, the renowned New Zealand sculptor has her mind on one island – Waiheke – and Venice, the almost mythical city of 118 small islands barely held together by canals and bridges.

Lance Smith earned recognition in the surf punk art world in the early 2000s with his surfboard airbrushings of sea monsters holding Budweiser cans. During this period he also designed STDs’ black, ...

Torquay artist Erin Reinboth feels some challenging emotions opening her studio to the community for the Surf Coast Arts Trail but wouldn't have it any other way. "You feel really exposed, because ...