TJ McNamara's picks of the week from the Auckland galleries.

The Auckland Theatre Company marks the end of the year in a tent, with decadence, desperation and Hitler's thugs waiting in the wings.

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra is preparing to go on tour, with Jeremy Wells joining them to make a documentary.

The orchestra will visit some of the most prestigious, and beautiful, concert halls in Europe.

Life lessons from the artist and illustrator.

A new premiere boutique hotel may have been cool enough for Welsh crooner Tom Jones to stay at, but New Zealand's own Dame Kiri Te Kanawa has deemed it a little too "cool" for her vocal chords.

I can't help being fascinated by the kind of work being done where art and tech collide.

In a story that has rocked the art world, an original Michelangelo may have been discovered in the most unlikely of locations. Photo / AP

Contemporary art is a puzzle to many people. It is, therefore, unsurprising that the winner of the Walters Prize has created controversy.