and Aaron Kreisler reports on the Edinburgh Art Festival; Evelyn Dunstan on teaching lost-wax glass casting in Istanbul; Dan Chappell in conversation with architect, publisher and art collector RON SANG on his strategy to introduce contemporary New Zealand art into his buildings; Damian Skinner on pioneering contemporary jewellery Fingers; Virginia Were on Massey University’s new international artist residency and their inaugural resident CHRISTIAN THOMPSON

JUDY MILLAR wonders if art can counter our addiction to speedy change; Josie McNaught ponders the change of guard in the Arts Portfolio; and we hear from Tim Melville on the Gija artists of Western Australia