Stories

What a rare early example of New Zealand graphic design history reveals about the symbols that businesses, corporations, and institutions used.

Two solo works navigate deeply human battles with body image, self loathing, coming of age, and mortality.

Music journalism still exists, the stacked design festival programme, the billion streamers club, and more.

She always knew she wanted to be an artist, but first there was work and family. Now she is cultivating a career with a relational approach.

Sam Brooks checks in with a renowned scholar, an actor in a production of Macbeth, and a high school teacher about the state of Shakespeare in 2026.

The therapist’s couch becomes a space to explore cultural isolation and the desire to be understood.

After five years, the end of the fund has been announced. But what of the inequities it was established to counter?

The author didn't recognise her creativity until she started a catering business in her early twenties, and now has a debut book.

In a car port workshop, a set that leaks, and leaks, and leaks was built and tested.

Even the Fringe Society makes it clear that expenses will outstrip revenue, but is it worth the chance at a big breakthrough?

Under austerity, funding decisions are especially consequential, so it’s concerning that South Island orgs received less than 10% of the funding offered in the highest AOG tiers.

Repercussions from funding decisions are being felt and seen, but there’s also some good news and things to celebrate.

The independent theatre producer flip flops between Abbi and Ilana and thinks nothing is better than working with friends.

The August edition of Global Compass focuses on public funding drying up, resilient independent infrastructure and overseas opportunities you don't want to miss.

Strategies have the ability to imagine new futures, which can be really exciting until you gaze into one and see how unwieldy it is.

The show is incredibly ambitious and at times misses the mark. This is what makes it incredible.

How we can make more people read about the arts, and all the happenings you need to know about this week.

In May, 11 NZ musos performed at a professional festival showcase in Brighton. Luca George, LEAO, and Hemi Hemingway tell us how they made the most of it.

Songwriter Amy Boroevich is done with emotional masochism, and has a new album.

The new cap is likely to reduce high-value donations to arts and culture charities that depend on major gifts.

The rest of ‘the greatest literature ever published in English’.

A wholehearted commitment to the animals' physicalities shines throughout the show.

A tranche of bookish announcements, a 30th birthday, and a continuing conversation about operating models.