The $20 million revamp of Titirangi's Lopdell House is stepping up in the New Year with work starting on strengthening its frame and refurbishing the building.

Giant calendar will be part of festive trail.

Bach's D minor Double Violin Concerto is a score of peerless beauty, its many contrapuntal threads woven with inevitability and rightness.

Current and upcoming listings from galleries in the Auckland area.

Classical music concertgoers will tonight be picketed by environmentalists protesting against Solid Energy's sponsorship of the NZ Symphony Orchestra.

Current exhibitions demonstrate the scope of artistic endeavour.

There was festivity in the air at Holy Trinity Cathedral for Auckland Choral's Magnificat concert.

A new show at Auckland Art Gallery salutes the photographers who captured the crazy heart and soul of rock'n'roll. Curator Gail Buckland talks to Graham Reid.

Artists who use more atypical methods of portrayal are featured in current exhibitions.

Current and upcoming listings from galleries in the Auckland area.

All over town you can catch some culture during Art Week.

Current and upcoming listings from galleries in the Auckland area.

A group of Tainui women are spearheading a revival of the art of the moko.