If there's one thing George Henare can't do to prepare for his latest role - as chauffeur Hoke Colburn in the play Driving Miss Daisy - it is draw upon his own driving experiences.

Julia Fischer's new CD with the Tonhalle-Orchester Zurich under David Zinman is a clever concerto combo that will hopefully bring the lesser-known Dvorak to listeners initially drawn to the more popular Bruch.

Dr Rodney Wilson, a former director of the Auckland War Memorial Museum, died peacefully at home on Saturday.

The Auckland Triennial, which opens next month, brings together a host of local and international artists responding to what it is like to live here.

Dick Frizzell's famous Mickey to Tiki Tu Meke had him labelled a 'spiritual assassin'. Now it's up for auction and Frizzell revisits the Kiwi icon.

Gallery curator Danae Mossman shares her love for contemporary art.

Danielle Wright finds public art in children's playgrounds the perfect combination.

Isabella Rossellini once declared imperfections to be where life’s interesting bits are. Photographer Emma Bass thinks along similar lines, writes Rebecca Barry Hill.

The promise of New Zealand Opera's Madame Butterfly has been with us for weeks, with striking images of the heroine on posters around town.

Dame Susan Devoy is now an unwitting muse for the nation's creativity, inspiring not fanfares but raspberries.

Over the next few months children, from tots to teens, can immerse themselves in music, comedy and drama as they like it: loud and boisterous, writes Dionne Christian.

In one room, the whirr of the tattoo needle, in another the calm and conversation of an old-school barbershop, and lining the walls, framed pieces of tattoo flash.

Martino Gamper does extraordinary things with chairs - and awkward corners.

Beachside is best in Sydney, finds Jo Bates.

Aussie-based showbiz star Jay Laga'aia is returning to New Zealand for his first major home-turf role in a decade.

Arts supporters are getting used to having to fund new public works themselves, so far over $600,000 of donated money has been put into public artwork in Hamilton.