The Art of Frances Hodgkins Centenary exhibition has just finished at the Auckland Art Gallery. A article 'The Art of Frances Hodgkins' published in the catalogue has aroused considerable discussion and criticism and points arising from it are discussed by Anthony Green, Professor of Art History at the University of Auckland and Ian Roberts, Author. Other contributors: David Armitage, Author Gil Docking, Director, Auckland Art Gallery Dr. Eric McCormack, Biographer The article was removed when the exhibition moved to Melbourne, on the grounds of 'only being suitable for New Zealand.

There has been dissatisfaction with the workings of the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council, established in 1963 to promote the arts. The discussion is on the role of the Arts Council and how it is fulfilling this. Anthony Green, Head, Art History, University of Auckland Neil McGough, Secretary , Auckland Branch, Musician's Union Professor Robert Chapman, Department of Politics, University of Auckland.

This conference was to suggest an Arts blueprint for the next decade. The first speaker is Lord Goodman, Chairman of the British Arts Council who summarises his view of the conference and rejects universities serving a function as patrons of Artists. Dr. Coombes, Chancellor, Australian National University, disagrees and commends fellowship in the creative arts, which brings together artists, academics and students. John Prentice from the Canadian Arts Council talks about technology and support service for artists. Ron Bower, a New Zealand talks about making films. There is a panel discussion on "the creative artist in society".

This conference was to suggest an Arts blueprint for the next decade. It also called attention to 'blunders' by the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council itself especially the disproportion amounts of money allocated to ballet and opera. The remits included whether the centralised structure needs to change. These points are discussed in interviews with Fred Turnovsky, Chairman, Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council and Hamish Keith, President, Auckland Regional Arts Federation

The discussion covers how New Zealand's trade dependence on Britain is changing. As well as economic and political considerations there are also the 'ties of blood". Is New Zealand developing it's own indigenous culture? Dame Ngaio Marsh, Writer Professor F.L.W Wood, Retired, History, Victoria University. Dr. Conrad Bollinger, Writer.

A documentary on the pre-Raphaelites and painter John Everett Millais.

1. 'Landscape with Figures', the Art of Australia. Writer, historian and art critic Robert Hughes presents a survey of Australian art from the time of the First Fleet to the present day, based on the social background of the times and the overseas prototypes from which much of Australia's art revealed. "Charm School - Robert Hughes looks at the work of William Dobell, Russell Drysdale, Donald Friend, Lloyd Rees and Jeffrey Smart. Antipodeans -Robert Hughes looks at the work of Charles Blackman, Clifton Pugh and Leonard French, and presents further comment on Arthur Boyd, Charles Percival and Sidney Nolan." --publisher website. http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/11043882?q&sort=holdings+desc&_=1503958874256&versionId=244194976 Programme 4 of a series of 10.

1). Interview with Tom Stoppard .2) The New Zealand English - interview cuts off.

This is part of an interview with Barbara Ewing, a New Zealand actor based in England.

A discussion on funding from the Arts Council and how the budgetary cycle works. Accounting and financial year differences affects the planning for those applying for funding. Tony Taylor, Downstage Raymond Hawthorne, Theatre Corporate Caroline Henwood, Circa

Visiting Russian pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy talks about his beginnings and training in music and music in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic; "Estrada" music, which is a combination of folk music and the improvised music which occurs in variety shows and the classical and modern repertoire.

1. Evelyn Page (artist) talks about her paintings and also about meeting Ngaio Marsh and other celebrities. Along with her husband, musician Freddie Page, who started the Music Department at Victoria University, they discusse contemporary music and other New Zealand painters.

Brett Riley talks about saving an old building, and setting up an Arts Centre, and how the two combine. Setting up in an old building is usually more cost effective, and is usually more flexible than building from scratch.

1. Writer Witi Ihimaera portrays the warmth and loving concern of East coast rural life. His early books were best sellers, and now, after seven years of not publishing anything he has started writing again and presented 'Into the World of Light'. -- 2. Writer Bruce Stewart is part of an emerging school of tough city writing. He has published a jail story 'Broken Arse'.

1. The announcement of the Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Awards. The finalists are: Te Rauparaha: A New Perspective by Patricia Burns (2); The Lovelock Version by Maurice Shadbolt (3); The Teachings of a Maori Elder by Eruera Stirling, told to Anne Salmond (1): Five for the Symbol by C K Stead; Collected Poems by James k Baxter; Portrait of Frances Hodgkins by Eric McCormack; The Oxford History of New Zealand, multiple authors; Diary of the Kirk Years by Margaret Hayward; The Native Trees of New Zealand by Professor John Salmon; Rewi Alley of China by Geoff Chapple. Keynote speaker: Roger Hall. Entertainers: David McPhail and John Gadsby. Judges are: Sharon Crosbie; Max Cryer; Harold White. -- 2. Artist Toss Woollaston talks about the influence of the Suter Gallery in Nelson on his painting. -- 3 A discussion about the trend for publishers to turn out limited editions of books, not particularly for the quality of the book, but for the intrinsic value as a rarity.

Writer Frank Sargeson talks about his interest in Latin and language, writing and the changes in New Zealand and his autobiographies.

1. Michael Fowler has moved from the Wellington City Council to the presidency of the The Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council. He talks about the differences, policy and budgets and how the council should be an advocate for the artists.

1. A discussion on magazines and their survival in New Zealand Date correct. Date on box is 05/02/1982 which is wrong.

Tonight: We meet Richard Francis who does a piece for his nephew Dean Whare, and we meet female artist Pip Hartley.

Tonight: Gordon does some work for Sam Rapira and Katz takes part in the Māori in the City Expo.

Tonight: We meet Hirini and his client Mike Brown from Wellington. Meanwhile Richard undertakes a special piece on his relation.

Gordon does a piece for Skye Stirling marking her return to NZ and Pip does a Matariki piece for her client Nat Rose. Pip also continues to work on KP using the traditional tool, the uhi.

Gordon and Hirini prepare to do a group piece for a whānau in remembrance of a nephew that passed away. Katz does a piece for Yesiyah band mate Hare Butcher.

Gordon meets his client, a medical doctor from Hungary who is in Aotearoa on a working holiday. Meanwhile Richard travels to Tauranga to complete Antoine Coffin's puhoro.

Gordon does a piece for his daughter Wairingiringi; we catch up with Pip and her friend Tayla, a Samoan Tatau artist; and Richard meets a couple from Italy celebrating their honeymoon.

Rangi begins the process of a facial moko on an old friend. Katz meets his client, a Pākehā weaver who has returned from Australia and Hirini completes a piece for his client.

Rangi begins the process of a facial moko on an old friend. Katz meets his client, a Pākehā weaver who has returned from Australia and Hirini completes a piece for his client.

Presented, directed and produced by Selwyn Muru who composed the music and karakia and produced the graphics. He discusses legends and master carvers. Para Matchitt (Te Whānau-a-Apanui) interviewed and talks about his carving for Ōtātara Hawkes Bay Community College. Shona Rapira-Davies (Ngāti Wai) at home in studio. Fred Graham carving wood and explaining other sculptors influences. Arnold Wilson (Ngāi Tūhoe, Te Arawa), first Māori sculptor graduate talks about his influences.

The world's most famous museums reveal their major collections and the fascinating stories of how they came to house them. This beautiful high-definition series shows what the royalty, nobility and fabulously wealthy inhabitants of France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, the UK and the USA, the original owners of the collections, found beautiful enough to acquire. The stories behind the works and their artists are an intriguing insight into the world and times from which they came. How did Da Vinci's Mona Lisa, arguably the most famous painting in the world, end up in a French museum?

This episode of Artsville presents two pieces: Public Sculptures, and Falling in Love on the Way Home performed by poet Fiona Farrell. Public Sculptures presents a survey of New Zealands Public Art: an investigation into statue-mania, written and directed by artist Lisa Reihana.

Director John Bates's 1993 documentary examines the life and work of photographer Robin Morrison, who captured iconic images of every-day New Zealand life and landscape.

Colin McCahon pioneered a new contemporary form of New Zealand painting and is now regarded as one of our most important artists. Colin McCahon: I Am follows the evolution of his work from his early paintings, which placed well-known Christian events, such as the crucifixion, into a New Zealand context, to his final paintings which used words to spell out a message to his audience.

The works of the Belgian surrealist painter René Magritte are unquestionably among the most recognizable images of the twentieth century. Magritte paintings create a surreal vision, utilizing familiar objects such as apples, cigars, birds, pipes, and bowler hats. This intriguing program explores Magritte's world, and presents many of the fascinating images created by this extraordinary artist.

The First World War has been examined in many programs from a political and military point of view but it has rarely been seen through the eyes of painters. The period 1914-1918 was a virtual catalogue of art movements: Impressionists, Expressionists, Realists, Cubists and Futurists all contributed images from the battlefields which were both accurate and intense. These styles often reflected avant garde movements in a number of countries, particularly Britain, France, Germany and Russia. The list of painters includes Braque, Derain, Bonnard, Chagall, Kandinsky, Hitler, Otto Dix, Schiele, Picasso, Augustus John, Wyndham Lewis, David Jones and Stanley Spencer. Before 1914 pictures of soldiers were patriotic or heroic. They were subjects of national pride but this war was different. It was mechanized. Technology enabled armies to kill each other on an industrial scale and the levels of destruction were unprecedented in history. This shows how the First World War transformed the world of art and changed the way images of war are conveyed.

A series of documentaries that examine the work of some of New Zealand's iconic visual artists.

Debut in Bayreuth - Hans Neuenfels on Wagner’s "Green Hill": As the Wagner community gathers for its annual extravaganza, will it be business as usual at the first Wagner Festival since the death of former director Wolfgang Wagner? Disaster in Duisburg - The Love Parade Tragedy: Until last weekend, RUHR.2010 had seen plenty of positive press coverage. As one of this year's European Capitals of Culture, the Ruhr region made headlines with big events like a cultural festival on the Autobahn and a crowd sing-along in a local stadium. Cinema of Hope – The reopened Cinema Jenin: In his prizewinning documentary film ”The Heart of Jenin”, German filmmaker Marcus Vetter told an almost unbelievable story. The father of a Palestinian child who was killed ended up donating the child’s heart – to a hospital in Israel. Grand Tour Part 5 – Hip Hop culture in a gigantic industrial setting: 30-meter-high mining excavators provide the backdrop for one of Europe’s biggest Hip Hop festivals, the Splash! Festival at Ferropolis in Gräfenhainichen in eastern Germany.

Pécs: Exhilarating Istanbul, the bombastic Ruhr Valley: 2010's European Capitals of Culture are beating their chests. What about Pécs in Hungary? Themba Rattles South Africa: "Crossing the Line" is the story of a young soccer player in Cape Town who becomes HIV positive after being raped. Now the book by German-Dutch artist Lutz van Dijk has being filmed. Yinka Shonibare: Scramble for Africa. A curtain of trash hanging over the entrance to Berlin's Alte Nationalgalerie. A wall of containers in front the Hamburger Bahnhof. Scars of Earth: New York photographer Henri Fair takes aerial photographs of industrial landscapes. His pictures feature locations around the world. They show the damage done by man to nature: pollution and climate change -- the side affects of civilization and our need for energy. His fascinating photographs are now on display in Bremen. Arts.21 shows the photographer at work over the Ruhr Valley.

Art Basel: The international arts show has come to Switzerland for the 41st Art Basel art fair. For the first time events are taking place across the city. Albertinum Dresden: A Bridge between yesterday and tomorrow. A new glass and steel roof acts as a cover for art from the 19th century to modern times. After the Green Vault and the palace Dresden has now paid for the renovation of the Albertinum museum. Greek Tragedy: Is Art going bust? Greece, the birthplace of democracy and cultural hothouse has needed a massive financial injection to keep it on the European path. What effect has that had on the artists and their work situation, their art, their relationship to the state and their pride? Stuttgart's new star Friedemann Vogel: Friedemann Vogel comes from Stuttgart and took his ballet training at the John Cranko School in the city. He is now the leading soloist at the Stuttgart ballet, one of the world's leading ballet schools.

Grand Arts Tour: Our first stop is a cloister in Germany's far north, the site of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Music Festival. 20 years ago, it was still an insider's tip for great music in unusual locations; today it’s one of the biggest German music festivals, boasting everything from percussion beats within cloister walls, to poetry readings in a seafarer's church, to a piano concert on the beach. Slow Down: Artists decelerate a speeding world: The yearning to escape the ever-accelerating pace of life in a globalized world is becoming increasingly powerful. German-Jewish author Benjamin Stein: Benjamin Stein is a computer specialist, management consultant and novelist. Born in East Berlin, Stein's new novel is titled «Die Leinwand», which is scheduled to appear as 'The Canvas' in English translation. Hollywood Architecture Rediscovered – Richard Neutra in Europe: Vienna-born architect Richard Neutra's mansions in Hollywood are the stuff of legend. But his designs in Europe, and especially those in Wuppertal, Germany, are far less known.

Today Arts.21 takes you to Cannes and the biggest movie festival in the world, where we find out why money never sleeps. We share some of Germany's best plays with you, travel through the blossoming landscapes of the eastern German Lausitz region and eavesdrop on a maestro of new music.

X-Homes Johannesburg: Johannesburg is still considered one of the most dangerous cities in the world. Guidebooks warn visitors about two areas in particular: Soweto and Hillbrow. That's exactly where the theater project X-Homes leads us. Grand Tour-Berlin: Paris is refined, Milan elegant. London and New York set standards in fashion. But let's be honest: the real heart of the fashion world beats in Berlin! You just have to know where to find it: such as in Berlin's hidden courtyards or ecologically sound products at the refined Adlon Hotel in the heart of the city. Film composer Max Richter: Max Richter's neo-classic compositions defy any categorization. They're intensive sound creations with strings, synthesizer and piano. Whether it's music for the ballet or his acclaimed film scores -- such as "Waltz with Bashir" -- the music combines image and sound to form a harmonious whole. Afghan Gold - A Rescue Story: Afghanistan's famous "Bactrian Gold" is to go on temporary display in Germany. It would have been a catastrophe if the Taliban had gotten their hands on the collection. A cache of burial treasure excavated in the 1970s, it is thought to be over two thousand years old.

Grand Tour: The Theater of the World Festival is in town. Our ARTS.21 reporter takes you into the urban jungle – to visionary productions and sentimental memories. Architect of Democracy - The Passing of Günter Behnisch: Günter Behnisch liked things large-scale but not monumental. Probably the architect’s best-known creation was the Olympic Park in Munich: the symbol of an open and modern West Germany. Renaissance in the West – How the Rhineland is Recovering Its Status in the Art World: Western Germany used to be a hotbed of talented modern artists, with the Rhineland producing the avant-garde likes of Sigmar Polke, Gerhard Richter, Joseph Beuys … as well as collectors. Autumn Gold – World Record at the Age of 100: A captivating new documentary film tracks the progress of five elderly athletes from five countries, all of them passionately preparing for the track and field world championships for seniors.

The City: The Berlin photo agency Ostkreuz has documented the development and decay of cities in a long term project. The pictures they have produced lie between utopia and nightmares. Christoph Valentien: The Landscape Architect of Shanghai. A ring of laurel trees from all the continents forms the basic idea for the new Botanical Garden in Shanghai. Christa Wolf's New Novel: Christa Wolf is a writer from the former East Germany. She was a victim of the communist system, but also a secret police informant. The novel «City of Angels or the Overcoat of Dr. Freud» is a semi-fictional work and the first novel she has published in many years. Obsessed with Africa: Playwright and theater director Christoph Schlingensief has immersed himself in Africa for many months. He is now touring Europe with his opera "Via Intolleranza II", in which African actors play a central role.

Eternal Cannes: The biggest festival in the world is drawing to a close. For 11 days, our reporter criss-crossed the Croisette and now she takes hard look at this year's tops and flops. Effortless Architecture: Sanaa, this year's Pritzker Prize-winners Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa. How can something that should last forever be witty? The Japanese architects Sanaa show how to do it with ease. Soft Spot for Germany: Philip Kerr's detective story on Berlin's Hotel Adlon. Philip Kerr of Scotland is in the top league of detective novel authors. Many of his thrillers are set in Germany: this time in Berlin's Hotel Adlon at the beginning of the 1930s. Stella Hamberg: Long seen by gallery owners as dead wood, sculpture is now taking over the art market. The demand is growing and prices are climbing. Maybe that's one reason that more women have taken to hammering and molding.

The Avant-gardist -- How Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui is Reinventing Dance: Critics and audiences agree: Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui is an international superstar in the world of contemporary dance. Grand Tour- Pedaling through Poetry: Many of Germany's best-known poets and thinkers also liked to kick back with a glass of good wine. It's no wonder that one of the country's most beautiful literary bike paths leads right through the heart of wine country in the southern state of Baden-Württemberg. Oskar Sala -- How He Invented Electronic Music: Born in the German state of Thüringen, Oskar Sala was a pioneer of electronic music. His instrument of choice was a “Trautonium”--a massive collection of buttons and knobs. Too Hot for Culture?: ARTS.21 Checks it out Germany is in the middle of a long heat wave! Most people eat ice cream, sunbathe or find relief in a cold lake. But what types of arts can cool you down in hot weather?

Born in Naples, Bernini was an exceptional talent from an early age and went on to dominate the art world of 17th century Rome. His work epitomised the Baroque style and his sculpture, church interiors and exteriors and town planning could be seen everywhere. He was also a painter, playwright, costume and theatre designer. Bernini worked under successive Popes; Pope Gregory XV made him a knight and Pope Urban VIII took him as his best friend. He was revered in his time until a jealous rage caused him to have the face of his mistress slashed after discovering her romance with his brother. His reputation fell further after his bell towers for the Cathedral of St Peter's started cracking in 1641. He redeemed himself and kick started his career again with arguably his most famous work, The Ecstasy of St Theresa, in 1652.

Germany's Biggest Open Air Gallery: 34 Kilometers of Art Along the Emscher. The Ruhr region in western Germany is a European Capital of Culture this year. With enough space and ideas to go around, a new project has been launched, set to run for a hundred days. Total Design: Creative quantity over creative quality – that's the thesis explored by design critic Mateo Kries in his book "Total Design". Tel Aviv/Berlin: A Cartoon Guide: Israeli and German comic artists are traversing difficult terrain: together they explore the two cities of Berlin and Tel Aviv, with everything from a Trabi safari along the former Berlin Wall to a visit with designer Michael Michalsky. Cello Rocks!: A World-Class Cellist Shows Us His Moves, Adrian Brendel has made a name for himself as a cellist.

Born in Malaga, Spain, Picasso's many styles and prolific work rate have marked him out as one of the most recognised artists of the twentieth century. Not limited to one medium he created sculptures, etchings and prints. His artistic career only began to boom once he moved to Paris in the early 1900s. His Blue Period, reflecting the colour and his mood at the time was followed by his Rose Period, work inspired by primitive art and then Cubism, which shocked the critics, but ultimately made his name. Guernica (1937) was created during Picasso's Surrealist period and captures the horror of the bombing of the Basque town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War. By the end of World War II, Picasso had become an internationally known artist and celebrity. Simon Schama on Picasso - "Pablo Picasso's Guernica is so familiar, so large, so present. It's physically bigger than a movie screen. But what is the painting about? Is it an account of the Spanish town obliterated by Nazi warplanes - a piece of reportage? Is that why it's in black and white? This is the reason why the painting has such an impact. Instead of a laboured literal commentary on German warplanes, Basque civilians and incendiary bombs, Picasso connects with our worst nightmares. He's saying here's where the world's horror comes from; the dark pit of our psyche."

Born in Groot-Zundert, The Netherlands, Van Gogh spent his early life as an art dealer, teacher and preacher in England, Holland and Belgium. His period as an artist began in 1881 when he chose to study art in Brussels, starting with watercolours and moving quickly on to oils. The French countryside was a major influence on his life and his early work was dominated by sombre, earthy colours depicting peasant workers, the most famous of which is The Potato Eaters, 1885. It was during Van Gogh's studies in Paris (1886-8) that he developed the individual style of brushwork and use of colour that made his name. In 1888 he moved to Arles where the Provençal landscape provided his best-known subject matter. However, it also marked the start of his mental crisis following an argument with his contemporary Paul Gauguin. Van Gogh was committed to a mental asylum in 1889 where he continued to paint, but he committed suicide in 1890. In this episode, Simon Schama examines his masterpiece Wheatfield with Crows. "Vincent's passionate belief was that people wouldn't just see his pictures, but would feel the rush of life in them; that by the force of his brush and dazzling colour they'd experience those fields, faces and flowers in ways that nothing more polite or literal could ever convey. His art would reclaim what had once belonged to religion - consolation for our mortality through the relish of the gift of life. It wasn't the art crowd he was after; he wanted was to open the eyes and the hearts of everyone who saw his paintings. I feel he got what he wanted. So what are we looking at with this painting? There’s suffocation, but elation too. The crows might be coming at us, but equally they might be flying away, demons gone as we immerse ourselves in the power of nature. It's a massive wall of writhing brilliant paint, in which the colour itself seems to tremble and pulse and sway."

Born to a wealthy Parisian family, Jacques-Louis David was aged seven when his father was shot dead in a pistol duel. Brought up by his uncles, his desire was to paint and he was eventually sent to his mother's cousin, Francois Boucher, the most successful painter in France at the time. Painting became an important means of communication for David since his face was slashed during a sword fight and his speech became impeded by a benign tumour that developed from the wound, leading him to stammer. He was interested in painting in a new classical style that departed from the frivolity of the Rococo period and reflected the moral and austere climate before the French Revolution. David became closely aligned with the republican government and his work was increasingly used as propaganda with the Death of Marat proving his most controversial work. Simon Schama on David. "If there's ever a picture that would make you want to die for a cause, it is Jacque-Louis David's Death of Marat. That's what makes it so dangerous - hidden away from view for so many years. I'm not sure how I feel about this painting, except deeply conflicted. You can't doubt that it's a solid gold masterpiece, but that's to separate it from the appalling moment of its creation, the French Revolution. This is Jean-Paul Marat, the most paranoid of the Revolution's fanatics, exhaling his very last breath. He's been assassinated in his bath. But for David, Marat isn't a monster, he's a saint. This is martyrdom, David's manifesto of revolutionary virtue."