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Serhii Plokhy argues that the catastrophe at Chernobyl was a nuclear disaster waiting to happen. He talks to Toby Manhire. Audio

Nearly two-thirds of Auckland's arts sector is worried there still won't be work in six months' time.

A survey of 332 Auckland creatives for Te Taumata Toi-a-Iwi found 80 per cent had cancelled an… Audio

Bart van Es discusses The Cut Out Girl, his remarkable true story of how a Jewish girl in the Netherlands was hidden by his family from the Nazis during World War II.  Audio

The biggest public art exhibition ever seen in Aotearoa in now showing on digital billboards in five of our biggest cities. In Isolation focuses on art produced by local artists during the current…

Sally Wenley reviews Black Art of Killing by Matthew Hall, published by Penguin Random House. Audio

The world as we know it might have turned upside down but artists are still being artists… they're just delivering their art slightly differently. At 9:30 Lynn Freeman from RNZ's art programme… Audio, Gallery

Jokha Alharthi, the Omani author of Celestial Bodies, talks about her literary world and what winning the Man Booker International prize has meant for Arabic literature and for herself.  Audio

An Italian backpacker has struck a deal with the owner of Globe House Hostel in Dunedin. Audio

Te Papa staff in lockdown at home have been re-creating art works from their collection and sharing them on social media under the hashtag #MuseumChallenge.

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Art galleries, writers and publishing houses, cultural institutions and arts related events facing cancellation are offering online options for art lovers and for the artists themselves.

Kinley Salmon, the New Zealand economist and author of Jobs, Robots & Us, talks about the future of work in a time of rapidly-developing automation. A 2020 New Zealand Arts Festival highlight. Audio

This week the curator and art historian Mary Kisler has been visiting Monet's garden and the collections of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao without leaving home.  Audio, Gallery

Artists and performers who're struggling emotionally during COVID-19 now have access to a counselling service that up until now has been focused on helping our music industry. MusicHelps is extending… Audio

At the NZ Arts Festival 2020, RNZ's Lynn Freeman talks to Rajorshi Chakraborti about his novel Shakti, a fantastical story which has insights into the real-life world of India today. Audio

This week the full effect of the Covid-19 outbreak on the arts has really been revealed. Theatre shows, concerts, arts and comedy festivals have been put off, or cancelled. It leaves many artists, who… Audio

The history of jazz is dominated by guys called Art. Nick Tipping delves into the phenomenon. Audio

Waveney Russ speaks with the frontperson of this Brighton four-piece about their acclaimed new album Every Bad. Audio

The largest art gallery in New Zealand has appointed its first Pacific Curator. Audio

For his Festival Review today Mark Amery has been forced to change tack and looks at what happens for artists when festivals and other events cancel. Audio

It can sometimes feel like we are inundated with remakes and re-dramatisations.  Dr Lauren Rosewarne has written a book called Why We Remake, which focuses on television remakes, Audio

We're one week into the Auckland Arts Festival and reviewer Justin Gregory is able tell us all about it.

He speaks to Susie Ferguson. Audio

The practice of traditional tattooing is seen by many in the Pacific as the sole domain of men - but that's not the case everywhere. Audio

When the Prime Minister made her announcement yesterday about the steps being made in the light of the coronovirus threat, it was clear that it was going to affect any large gatherings of people in… Audio