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Jivester, editor and publisher Fergus Barrowman just goes giddy at a snazzy bebop beat. Music played: 1. 'Darkling I Listen' from Jasmine Lovell-Smith, 'Fortune Songs' (Paintbox Records 2012); 2. 'All… Audio

Creative New Zealand explains why two well respected online sites devoted to critiquing the arts - theatreview and EyeContact have both lost their funding, while theatreview's founder John Smythe… Audio

An exhibition of art that's no longer 'art', a conclusion to the squabble between the American tax department and the heirs of a New York art dealer, and different approaches to showing collections in… Audio

A fundraising appeal's been launched targeting people who love the gallery. Mayor Annette Main talks about what work needs to be done on the hundred year old gallery. Audio

Mary discusses a new exhibition at the Auckland Art Gallery, Partner Dance: Gifts from the Patrons of the Gallery, which celebrates 25 years of patrons' gifts. Audio

Kate Mead plays good cello and hosts Sound Lounge on Radio New Zealand Concert, raises her bow on both contemporary classical music plus recent releases of old masters... 'carols' in keeping with the… Audio

Last weekend producers' association SPADA held its 20th Annual Conference to discuss where film and television are heading. The recent Kim Dotcom shenanigans have thrown a spotlight on what are… Audio

The work of American Martha Rosler and White Fungus project The Consumers of the Future, both the subject of two small exhibitions at the Adam Art Gallery on until end of January. Audio

It's been estimated that one New Zealander in five has a tattoo of some sort. Audio

Historian Mark Derby and documentary painter Bob Kerr collaborate to remember the 1912 miners' strike in Waihi. Audio

Joystick ninja and editor of Gameplanet Matt Maguire rescues princesses and saves the Earth countless times in many levels of gaming platforms... will piracy mean the end of the gaming industry? Audio

A behind the scenes tour of the renovated National Library, a previously leaky home to New Zealand's precious documents. Taxpayers have put in around $65 million for the refit. What do we get for our… Audio

Graduate art and design exhibitions around the country, the clean-up for dealer galleries after Hurricane Sandy, and "art genes". Audio

It's a monumental weekend in Christchurch with the unveiling of Joanna Langford's giant airborne city sculpture and the start of the Art Beat Initiative of live performances at the popular Restart… Audio

Senior Curator at the Auckland Art Gallery - Toi o Tamaki, discussing Napoleon: Revolution to Empire, an exhibition that showed recently at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV International). Audio

How long does it take to train an actor? Toi Whakaari in Wellington and Unitec in Auckland offer three-year degree courses, but a new drama school in Auckland says one year of high-intensity… Audio

Getting the one drop on riddim, rocksteady, ska and roots and culture with deejay and toaster Miles Buckingham ... the Rude Boys. Audio

With over 40-years in the business, Warwick Henderson is an authority on New Zealand art having hosted more than 250 exhibitions for leading local artists, many at his Parnell premises in Auckland… Audio

Sonia Sly visits an exhibition at the Dowse Art Museum which poses the question as to whether video games are in fact art. Audio

Shading in the heroes and villains of an animated realm is graphic novelist Dylan Horrocks... the world of New Zealand comics. Audio

The new Ben Cauchi show at City Gallery, 'Angels & Aristocrats' at Te Papa, and the latest international attempt to sell high-price art online. Audio

Organisers of three of the most creative art events in the country join together to discuss the future of temporary public art in New Zealand. Sophie Jerram is from Letting Space, Sam Trubridge… Audio

Jivester, editor and publisher Fergus Barrowman goes giddy at a snazzy bebop beat. Audio

Discussing leading painters of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries whose works are featured in the exhibition, Portrait of Spain: Masterpieces from the Prado, at the Queensland Art Gallery. Audio

Exploring the contemporary arts and culture from around the Pacific is writer and curator Ema Tavola with artist Leilani Kake about the importance of a son's haircutting ceremony. Audio