Going out is good. Like swimming in the sea, you almost never regret it. Perhaps it's because there's that subtle spice of danger.

Graham Reid previews a huge exhibition in Melbourne of two major artists, Andy Warhol and Ai Weiwei.

Martin was principal flautist with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields when he first worked with pianist Garrick Ohlsson 20 years ago.

Tinder and LinkedIn couldn't be more different: One helps you find dates; the other, jobs.

Philip Trusttum's work at Whitespace is paradoxical. The chequered figures that fill the picture space with sharp-edged energy are shown in a variety of colours that all sing together.

The final concert of Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's New Zealand Herald Premier series was a night to remember.

Get your leotards, leg-warmers and sweatbands ready, because Flashdance is making a comeback, this time in stage musical form.

Not so long ago, parents of a teenager wanting to be an artist or a musician would tell them to get a real job but that perception has changed

The Southside Arts Festival has morphed into Urbanesia, and offers more than 70 events, concerts, workshops and family days, many of them free, at a range of venues.

Pasifika beats, arts, culture and talent will be seen and heard around Auckland over the next two weeks during the Urbanesia festival, which starts today.

An auction for works by Kiwi artist Peter McIntyre landed prices well above expectations, an art dealer says.

Hudson and Halls are back with a scrumptiously over-the-top display of outrageous showmanship and culinary mayhem.

A night of telling tales lay ahead when Eckehard Stier took the podium on Thursday for his penultimate appearance as Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's music director.

Soundscape artist James Pinker and artist Natalie Tozer are getting together in a project to celebrate innovative creative space LOT23

The lineup for next year's Auckland Arts Festival keeps growing with the announcement last night of more shows joining the March 2-20 programme.

The Auckland Arts Festival has announced the musical line-up for its much-loved Spiegeltent venue next March, and it's a colourful list of local and international artists.

It's as near to a cliffhanger as you get in our classical music community, waiting to find out what is on offer in concert halls next year.

Soaring, skillful, seductive, sensory, spectacle. There are many words to describe Le Noir, but just one to sum it up: sensational.