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A new report calling for the return of thousands of artworks stolen by France in the colonial era is a landmark moment for the Pacific. Audio

Kushana Bush is creating an entirely new style of art. Her works, gouache on paper, draw on an enormous range of styles and epochs from Renaissance fresco to Japanese Shunga woodblock to the  Mughal… Audio, Gallery

Kim Pieters has been painting most of her life, under the radar, known only to a few dealers and a few galleries. She popped up in a retrospective in Wellington's Adam Art Gallery before suddenly… Audio, Gallery

The Te Waka Toi Awards, which celebrate excellence and achievement in Māori art, were held at Te Papa on Saturday night. Dunedin artist Marilynn Webb has scooped the Te Tohu mō Te Arikinui Dame Te… Audio

An artist, who challenges stereotypes of marginalised people, has filmed refugees on Manus Island. Audio

How much has changed for New Zealand's female composers in the 125 years since women's suffrage? In the 2018 Lilburn Lecture, acclaimed composer Eve de Castro-Robinson reflects on her own journey as a… Audio, Gallery

Louise Ayling's love of shoes goes further than most. She learnt the traditional technique of making shoes by hand. She was recently a guest speaker at the inaugural Necessary Traditions festival in… Audio, Gallery

Karl Maughan is not only the best known garden painter in New Zealand – he is one of the most successful in the world. Charlotte Wilson visits him to discuss his collection of art books and poetry -… Audio, Gallery

Performance art covers such a wide range of disciplines - dance, music, visual art, political confrontation, street theatre - but it's often hard to nail down. Many of us remember it from the 1970s… Audio, Gallery

Arthur Tompkins is a trustee of the NZ Art Crime Research Trust and a District Court Judge in Wellington. Each year for nearly a decade he has abandoned a New Zealand winter to teach Art in War in… Audio

Jonathan Bielski, Artistic Director of Auckland arts Festival, discusses the highlights and themes of his 2019 programme. A production of Mozart's 'The Magic Flute" from Komische Oper Berlin is… Audio

National MP Christopher Finlayson, a Trustee of the Adam Foundation, speaks to Eva Radich about the work of his friend Denis Adam who died on October 18 in Wellington in his 95^th year. 

Chris has… Audio

Lyttelton artist Hannah Beehre talks about music to paint to, her residency in Antarctica, the mysteries of nature and her monumental Nebula series. Audio, Gallery

Los Angeles-based artist Bari Ziperstein creates pots that are politically provocative. They may use historic Russian propaganda images, or comment on America's current political turmoil. Bari's over… Audio

After a messy break up writer Janice wants to find a new home for her beloved fridge before she takes up an arts fellowship in Antarctica. Janice may be on the brink of success, but her chaotic… Audio

Wellington photographer Julian Ward has been traipsing Wellington's city streets for several decades now, camera in hand, documenting how the Capital has changed, and how in many ways, it's stayed the… Audio

OMC, Ardijah, King Kapisi and Annie Crummer are just a few of the names that have come through OMAC - the Ōtara Music Arts Centre, which is celebrating 30 years of fostering musical talent in South… Audio

Translation is like a silent waiter, writes Mark Polizzotti in a recent New York Times article. "It often gets noticed only when it knocks over the serving cart." The acclaimed translator talks with… Audio

Auckland digital artist and film-maker Lisa Reihana, recently appointed MNZM, on kiwi music and the stories behind her work that amazed the world at the Venice Biennale 2017. Audio, Gallery

The Maori women's art collective who created the massive tarpaulin artwork that's dominating the Oceania exhibition at London's Royal Academy, are about to work on a very different piece for next… Audio

Without art collectors where would artists be? Fostering new generations of collectors is a vital part of the economy of the visual arts in New Zealand. But if collectors drive the art world, what… Audio

Arts commentator, Mark Amery looks at how New Zealand's art galleries and museums treat young people and families. Mark says there are different approaches that range from ignoring children to fully… Audio

A former National Art Gallery director says Te Papa is failing to do justice to the national art collection. The museum has been responsible for the collection for the past twenty years and has faced… Audio

There are new ways for us to understand the details of the impact dementia can have. Art therapy is being trialled in a global effort to find out more.  Audio

Nick has been writing features for the New Yorker for 18 years. He tells Megan Whelan how he manages to keep readers engaged in long form writing and his approach to some of his recent work, a kayak… Audio