Art, Life, Music

Kushana Bush is creating an entirely new style of art. Her works, gouache on paper, draw on an enormous range of styles and epochs from Renaissance fresco to Japanese Shunga woodblock to the  Mughal… Read more Audio, Gallery

Kim Pieters has been painting most of her life, under the radar, known only to a few dealers and a few galleries. She popped up in a retrospective in Wellington's Adam Art Gallery before suddenly… Read more Audio, Gallery

Karl Maughan is not only the best known garden painter in New Zealand – he is one of the most successful in the world. Charlotte Wilson visits him to discuss his collection of art books and poetry -… Read more Audio, Gallery

Lyttelton artist Hannah Beehre talks about music to paint to, her residency in Antarctica, the mysteries of nature and her monumental Nebula series. Read more Audio, Gallery

Auckland digital artist and film-maker Lisa Reihana, recently appointed MNZM, on kiwi music and the stories behind her work that amazed the world at the Venice Biennale 2017. Read more Audio, Gallery

Charlotte Wilson visits the studio of John Walsh - the inaugural Curator of Contemporary Māori art at Te Papa - to ask about the role of music in his life and work. Read more Audio, Gallery

Elizabeth Thomson - sculptor and conceptual artist who lives and works in one of the country's most extraordinary studios. Charlotte Wilson visits her to ask about the role of music in her life and… Read more Audio, Gallery

Gavin Bishop - illustrator, co-creator of such beloved characters as Mr Whistler, Quaky Cat, and Mrs McGinty, writer of quirky original stories, and re-teller of European classics and Maori mythology… Read more Audio, Gallery

Award-winning Sharon Murdoch is the first woman to have a regular political cartooning spot in the country, and is also the brains behind Munro, the crossword cat. Charlotte Wilson visits her in her… Read more Audio, Gallery

Robert Ellis weaves text and paint and symbolism together to make us think about what it means to be a New Zealander, and about our relationship to the sky and the land. Charlotte Wilson visits him in… Read more Audio, Gallery