Books and Arts comes to you live from Dark Mofo, Mona's midwinter festival of large-scale public art, food, film, music, light and noise.

We explore Dark Mofo’s Dark Park, an industrial art wonderland on the Hobart docks.

Tempest, the major winter exhibition at Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, explores the parallels between Shakespeare's play and Tasmania's dark history.

Sam Nicholson and Michael Panton of The Quivers perform live.

Cameron Robbins uses mechanical instruments to create artworks from the natural elements, like solar energy, the tides and the earth's magnetic field. Mona’s winter exhibition, Field Lines, is Robbins' first major solo exhibition.

Lost and Found Opera will perform the obscure work Don Procopio in a suburban Italian club, with a chorus of 'nonnas'.

Esther Anatolitis provides a summary of the recent National Arts Election Debate.

Do we overlook the beauty of the food we eat? When Chips Mackinolty began spending time at a local market in Sicily, he began to see the fruit, not as produce, but as art.

The partner and the gallerist of Jeffrey Smart share their memories of the man and the artist.

Arts and culture are in the spotlight at the National Arts Election Debate; a three cornered contest with Minister Mitch Fifield, The Greens Arts spokesperson Adam Bandt and Shadow Arts Minister Mark Dreyfus.