Arts supporters are getting used to having to fund new public works themselves, so far over $600,000 of donated money has been put into public artwork in Hamilton.

Aspiring, novelists, poets and playwrights were paid to write by the Sargeson Fellowship, a scheme now at risk, writes Graeme Lay.

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra can be justly proud of being just two seats short of a full house on Thursday for the first concert in its Bayleys Great Classics Series.

Open a cupboard at the new Artstation show, Cupboards, and you'll find shelves loaded with nostalgia.

When I first heard that Barbara Anderson had died I toured our bookshelves looking for the book that had me fall in love with her.

Janet McAllister reviews Coronation Street On Stage and finds it a thin and airy skit show with the production values of a smash hit musical.

The take from an auction of rare New Zealand paintings is expected to top $2 million.

Tilda Swinton is sleeping in a glass box in the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City.

The renowned poet Hone Tuwhare wrote a poem entitled, A Pakeha Friend Tells a Maori Joke.

Book clubs, commuters and celebrities have gone wild for Gone Girl, the smash-hit thriller that has Hollywood in a spin. Tim Walker talks to author Gillian Flynn about being this year’s literary sensation

The Auckland Arts Festival's centrepiece demonstrates what happens when the sophisticated elegance of commedia dell'arte collides with the eccentric weirdness of classic British comedy.

Auckland Arts Festival celebrates Benjamin Britten's centenary not once, but twice next week.

To some, Ferdinand Ries is best known as a minor planet spinning around the sun that was Beethoven.

Exhibitions that run during the Auckland Arts Festival should have some special factor that lifts them above the run of the mill.

Dozens of events all over Auckland will be shining brightly and busily tonight for Auckland Arts Festival's White Night, which stretches from the CBD to all corners of the city.