Old sketch sitting in a private collection for 150 years reveals more about the Mona Lisa.

Pleasuredome - the musical is pure spectacle, writes Janet McAllister.

It's an NZ choral work called The Unusual Silence but it will heard across the world.

From 1000 authors in more than 800 events, four Kiwi authors took flight in Edinburgh.

Now winning rave reviews in Melbourne, Pop-up Globe announces its third Auckland season.

Film, TV and theatre director Katie Wolfe talks about life after Shortland Street.

Thanks to a Kiwi New Zealanders get to watch hit musical Matilda, writes Kirsty Wynn.

A trip to Singapore took actor Ella Gilbert on a life-changing trip to Iran.

Comedy sensation gets it right about theatre that go wrong, writes Dionne Christian.

A surprising link between an Italian art collection and the Maori Battalion has emerged.

Siobhan Harvey rounds up the latest poetry books released in New Zealand.

Janet McAllister visits Tupu Youth and Manukau libraries on her library quest in Auckland

What do the arts community of Tauranga think? Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A lower key offering in the Auckland Live Cabaret Season shines, says Janet McAllister.

The NZ Symphony Orchestra's Pianomania concerts with Freddy Kempf are proving popular.

Aspiring artists, fakers and forgers are wanted in Mangaweka

Politics, old age and rest home life are laughing matters for playwright Roger Hall.

Theatre attracts more people than sport bar rugby so we should celebrate, says playwright.

Salman Rushdie's new book is a grand edifice of a novel, writes David Hill.

Pianist Nelson Freire brings the wisdom of age to Brahms, writes William Dart.

Age is mainly a state of mind, say some of our most experienced performers.

The Real Group, regarded as the world's best pop a capella ensemble, will visit NZ.

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa: a star for five decades.

The collection includes works by Dick Frizzell and Gottfried Lindauer.

Professional embroiderer Jo Dixey shares the books that inspire her.

It has been 45 years since the Maori Language Petition was taken to Parliament.

Bella Hristova and Michael Houstoun are a partnership of rare sympathy and accord.

Holy Trinity Cathedral to celebrate successful organ transplant with weekend of music.

Freddy Kempf usually gets standing ovations; now the pianist turns his hand to new skills.

Brand expert calls for more te reo police cars, challenges NZ to embrace Maori culture.