12:40pm
Curator and artist Susan Wilson who's become an authority on the works of British painter Lucian Freud.
12:50pm
Christchurch Art Gallery update: With earthquake damage worse than first, gallery staff are thinking laterally, and this weekend sees the beginning of the Rolling Maul Exhibition.
Director Jenny Harper (left) gives us an update.
1:00pm
At The Movies: Young Dev Patel acquits himself well against seven of Britain's top actors in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.
1:30pm
The life and times of Auckland visual arts critic, T J McNamara, who's been reviewing for The Herald for 46 years.
1:40pm
Devised theatre has a long-standing tradition in Europe and in layman's terms it's a way of telling stories in the theatre without the confines of working with an established script. Sonia Sly meets with Christian Penny, director of Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School; Tom McCrory, senior movement tutor (Toi Whakaari )and cofounder of Pacific Island theatre Company The Conch; and Bert Van Dijk, author of Devised Theatre: a practical guide to the devising process, to discuss the importance of devising, the problems of creation, and the need for surprise and accessibility within the theatre.
2:00pm
The Laugh Track: Scott Blanks previews some of the Comedy Festival's headliners.
2.30pm
Operatunity: The country's busiest touring company has helped many aspiring young singers to find an audience and a singing career and it's celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. Pic above - Operatunity's Geoffrey Hughes, Susan Boland and John Cameron.
2:40pm
Penguin Book Reviewer's Club: We find out about a pilot programme a publisher is trialling in Auckland, trying to encourage young people to review the books they read.
2:50pm
Visiting North American poet Rachel Blau Du Plessis who's on the verge of completing an epic poem she's been writing since 1986.
3:00pm
Listener's Pick: A movie adapted for the big screen by a playwright who adapted it from an LP Hartley novel - The Go-Between.
3:10pm
Henry the Sixth as a Balkan war trilogy: A short item from the BBC about the most controversial entry into the Shakespeare Festival Globe to Globe.
3.20pm
The Sunday Drama: Wrecks by Damien Wilkins - An Italian immigrant family's beliefs take a beating when their boat is wrecked in a storm.
For more information and images visit the Arts on Sunday web page: http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/artsonsunday