Picture by Rebecca Grunwell Broken surfboard, paint it. Rock, paint it. Deer skull, paint it. If it has a surface, Walter “Bub” Dewes (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu) is happy to make it into art.

There is more than one iteration of sculptor Joe Barrington’s fascination with a found deer skull. The difference in size between the art and the subject, however, ensures one will never be ...

If you’re an “eclectic aesthete” then you’re likely to find something of interest at an upcoming sale, which has about 400 lots comprising silverware, porcelain, maps, books, paintings and ...