Arts

Multi-award winning film maker Chelsea Winstanley's been nominated for this year's Matariki Awards. She talks to Jesse about her work and what she's currently working on since arriving back in… Audio

The chair of the new board is retired High Court Judge Kit Toogood. He spoke to Lynn about why he thinks the gallery is so important and how it may have to change to attract new audiences and sustain… Audio

Pip McKay's novel, The Telling Time is set both in New Zealand in the 1980s and in the former Yugoslavia in the late 1950s. Pip McKay did such a great job in the opening pages of her latest novel that… Audio

Film maker and comic artist Jonathan King talked to Lynn Freeman about his latest graphic novel for young adults: The Inkberg Enigma. Audio

Canterbury Sculptor Llew Summers created more than 900 works over his five decades. Lynn Freeman talked to cultural historian and writer John Newton, who has written Llew's story: Llew Summers: Body… Audio, Gallery

A play translated from English into Hindi for New Zealand audiences is about to open in Auckland. Lynn talked to Kapil Asrani, Monica Nangia and Ruzbeh Palsetia from Indian Art Theatre. Love Letters… Audio

Melissa Wastney from Read NZ joined us to explain what the Online Platform, Hooked on Books can do for young New Zealand readers and reviewers. Audio

General Director Thomas De Mallet Burges talks about how NZ Opera dealt with the effect of Covid 19. The company has kept busy and are now preparations are well underway for a multi media sit specific… Audio

When Emma-Kate Putnam saw Lady Gaga performing at Auckland's Vector Arena in 2010, she had an epiphany. From that point on she knew she wanted to be on stage with the mega star. And recently she was… Video, Audio

Art historian and curator Mary Kisler is back to discuss a major exhibition in London that explores portraits of the pregnant body over 500 years. Portraying Pregnancy: From Holbein to Social Media is… Audio, Gallery

Victoria Jones on her 5-string "Amazon" bass, made in Brazil in 2003. Audio

New Zealanders are being given the chance to follow in the footsteps of Prince, Ed Sheeran and the Royal New Zealand Ballet - by treading the boards of Auckland's Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre. From singers… Audio

Dan Slevin finds a great music documentary in the archives at DocPlay. Video

Dan Slevin wallows in Boomer music nostalgia thanks to the film festival. Video

An A4 sheet of paper covered with rows of forward slashes wins 25 thousand dollar art award. Art collector Chris Parkin joins the panel to talk about how subjective art is. Audio