Lynn Freeman

Lynn reports from the Venice Biennale which opens this weekend. Audio

An American artist is dismayed his work is being used in New Zealand's Venice Biennale art installation about intelligence agencies. Audio

Lynn Freeman reports in from the Venice Biennale. Audio

Berlin-based New Zealand artist Simon Denny and his funders will soon find out if his art installations about mass surveillance have struck a chord with audiences, critics and curators at the Venice… Audio

We look ahead to New Zealand's bid to attract international attention at this year's Venice Biennale... all up almost one and a half million dollars of taxpayer and private money is backing Simon… Audio

Artist Michel Tuffery hopes his latest project will get Pacific Island people talking about the World Wars and their impact on the islands, communities and families. Audio

Cellist and composer Claire Cowan is this year's composer in residence with Orchestra Wellington and she's also the creative director for a new show called Dreams that is about to premiere at… Audio

Aucklander Hannah Tunnicliffe ditched her day job in human resources to concentrate on writing and food, and writing about food. She started up a blog called Fork and Fiction and has just released her… Audio

Three rarely-performed Beckett plays include a revival of a production performed 30 years ago - same actor, same cast and even the same recording of Krapp's Last Tape. Ed Newborn and Paul Gittens talk… Audio

Expat Kenneth Rae started teaching acting at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama around 30 years ago and his classes over the years have been studded with stars of the future like Daniel… Audio

Irene Gardiner seeks out spoofs from NZ On Screen's archives. Audio

A comprehensive look at slang in New Zealand - imported words and more than 3500 distinctively Kiwi slang terms. Dictionary of Slang in New Zealand by Noel Kelly is published by Barque books and… Audio

Build up to the Cricket World Cup final from Melbourne. Audio

Jindra Tichá moved to New Zealand from the Czech Republic, and she's incorporated both countries in her novel, Death and Forgiveness. In it, Anna and her husband flee the turmoil in Czechoslovakia in… Audio

Painting conservators not only restore paintings to their initial splendour. There's often a huge amount of detective work involved as well. That's certainly the case at Te Papa, where conservator… Audio

Two of the big winners of this year's Adam Play Awards. Audio

Everything comes to a head in the thrilling finale of "Stranger Things" Audio

The next installment of what's become known as "The Moon Story" happened during Standing Room Only. Guy, Tracey, Roman and Violet are moving towards something... but nobody knows what. Audio

Dunedin is the only place in New Zealand you'll be able to see contemporary art from the UK selected from the British Council's extensive collection. Past Turner Prize winners like Tracy Emin, she of… Audio

Then how and why the literary executor of Charles Brasch's estate, Alan Roddick has chosen now to put out a collection of the influential poets work. Audio