Arts

Charles Jencks, architectural commentator and promoter of post-modernism died last month. Bill McKay talks to Kathryn about post-modernism and how it shook up the world of architecture and design… Audio

Back home, New Zealand based K-pop dance crew MDC have just returned from competing in the global K-pop Festival in South Korea. Only thirteen groups from around the world get selected to perform, and… Audio

Fight coordinator Alexander James Holloway runs the New Zealand Stage Combat School, where he trains actors in safe, qualified fight choreography. AUT radio student Brooks Alexander sits in. Audio

AUT radio student Reilly Hodson loves going to the art gallery. But to many people it's an unknown world. He sets out to find out why, and how, this might change. Audio

Digging narrow trenches for eight hours a day on Banks Peninsula, then burying three lovingly carved wooden sculptures, wrapped in traditional baskets,and leaving them there, is the idea behind… Audio, Gallery

Maori are used to having their experience captured by others. Think of the photographs of Ans Westra and Marti Friedlander. But Chevron Hassett is a young Maori artist taking the camera into his own… Audio, Gallery

Four students at St Oran's College in Lower Hutt who have devised a short play about prostitution law reform, have been invited to perform the work by the New Zealand Prostitutes' Collective at an… Audio

What are the career options for talented young dancers these days? Two such talents Joshua Faleatua and Tyler Carney are in the midst of finding out. The pair for the last three years have been… Audio, Gallery

Gay love stories used to have certain familiar story arcs. They might be set in the past, crusading for law changes. Or they may involve a death due to AIDS. But for a new generation those stories are… Audio, Gallery

In the world of choral music its a big deal. Next July will see thousands of choral music performers and producers from around the world land in Auckland for the 12th World Symposium of Choral Music.

Latin beats from Mexican guitarists Rodrigo Y Gabriela and Pink Martini, plus tributes to Jitka Šuranská and Michel Legrand who both passed away in 2019. Video

Fabulous, flamboyant and hugely successful in her time, today's Biography is about Carmen, the Wellington transgender entrepreneur Audio

The good folk at Cubbin Theatre Company are on a mission to prove theatre is for everybody - even babies! Audio

The Auckland Arts Festival has named its line-up for 2020. It brings together the weird, the wonderful, the musical and the “mad”. Audio

Film and TV reviewer James Croot joins Kathryn to talk about British docu-drama Official Secrets, based on the life of whistleblower Katharine Gun who leaked a memo detailing that the US eavesdropped… Audio

Nostalgia for the 60s is the reason for My Generation, presented by Michael Caine and screening tonight on Rialto Channel, to exist, according to Dan Slevin. Video

Apple’s new subscription streaming service launched last weekend and Dan Slevin has been checking out the tentpole offerings. Video

Shadow is a stylish and operatic martial arts epic, according to Dan Slevin. Video

The downtime spent in hotels and airports on the road was the beginning of pianist Stephen Hough's latest book Rough Ideas.

Olivia Newton-John's iconic outfit from Grease - the black leather jacket and skin-tight trousers - have sold for over $400,000 at an auction.

That's more than twice the price it was expected to go… Audio