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Renaissance men: Fascinating series looks at rivalry of original superstars of Italian art

Docudrama examines political history of Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael.

NZTrio tour strikes a family chord

Callum Hall joins sister Amalia for an eight-date NZTrio tour.

Indian Ink’s Jacob Rajan on food, family & theatre

Jacob Rajan and Indian Ink theatre company have helped shape New Zealand culture.

Outsider art: Steve Braunias on the global interest in NZ’s ‘Picasso’

Untrained and unable to speak, Susan Te Kahurangi King is one of our greatest artists.

Dancing up a storm: The radical contemporary-ballet crossover of Home, Land and Sea

The Royal NZ Ballet, NZ Dance Company and Shayne Carter find common ground in new work.

New documentary examines the horrors of Auschwitz through music

Scores found languishing in archives, untouched since war's end, form basis for doco.

Why local musician has the wind in her sails

Gabrielle Pho has been devoted to the French horn since the age of three.

Young NZ composer Luka Venter takes to the ice

Luka Venter's new work digs into glaciers from the inside out.

Gillian follows the wharenui: New opera pays tribute to a whare that’s endured

Dame Gillian Whitehead's new opera is a story relevant to past and present.

Sounz CEO dusts off her flute for a brief tour

Hannah Darroch has duel roles as performer and arts administrator.

Might of the Concord: The kiwi-made amp beloved by local guitar heroes

George Driver on the "little wooden box" that powered generations of NZ's top musicians.

Actor Peter Elliott reflects on the death of a theatre titan

"Raymond Hawthorne influenced nearly every actor in NZ for decades."

History speaking: What the evolution of a modern language tells us about ourselves

New language evolution theories throw into shade rigid ideas of race and identity.

AC Grayling on his sortie onto the battlefield of woke: Social media has turned out to be an absolute sewer

Ahead of NZ visit, renowned philosopher and author AC Grayling on his latest 'woke' book.

Top honour for NZ conductor Reuben Brown

Queenstown's Whakatipu Music Festival welcomes classical musician on the rise.

Retro sexual: Max Rashbrooke on an artistic mystery

Who was mysterious artist behind Tina and her sisters, images redolent of the 60s & 70s?

World famous in NYC: Expatriate Kiwi artist finally gets his due

Almost unknown here, an exhibition of Mike Hinge's work will bring deserved recognition.

Why I’ll miss the cult-like group that vowed to listen to 107 of Haydn’s symphonies

A months-long project for Haydn fans draws to a close on Bluesky.