Arts
Portraits of pregnancy: Mary Kisler
Art historian and curator Mary Kisler is back to discuss a major exhibition in London that explores portraits of the pregnant body over 500 years. Portraying Pregnancy: From Holbein to Social Media is… Audio, Gallery
Festival's delay prompts plan to showcase NZ talent
The chair of the Nelson Music Festival Trust hopes a scaled-back chamber music event this summer will attract a large local crowd.
Victoria Jones on her one-of-a-kind Amazonian bass
Victoria Jones on her 5-string "Amazon" bass, made in Brazil in 2003. Audio
Take the Stage: perform anything in Kiri te Kanawa Theatre
New Zealanders are being given the chance to follow in the footsteps of Prince, Ed Sheeran and the Royal New Zealand Ballet - by treading the boards of Auckland's Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre. From singers… Audio
Review: Still Bill
Dan Slevin finds a great music documentary in the archives at DocPlay. Video
Fashion's Front Row, INSIDE, Love on the Spectrum
Film and TV reviewer Tamar Munch joins Lynn to talk about a series of fashion documentaries airing on the Rialto Channel this month, INSiDE* - a local thriller filmed under lockdown level 2 about a… Audio
NZIFF: Once Were Brothers – Robbie Robertson and the Band
Dan Slevin wallows in Boomer music nostalgia thanks to the film festival. Video
Art for Matariki: Contemporary Maori exhibitions
Arts correspondent Mark Amery travels to the Bay of Plenty for Matariki. First to Whakatane and then to Tauranga for some exciting contemporary Maori exhibitions. Pictured in the gallery below is… Audio
A4 page of forward slashes wins art award
An A4 sheet of paper covered with rows of forward slashes wins 25 thousand dollar art award. Art collector Chris Parkin joins the panel to talk about how subjective art is. Audio
Jayda G: 'Your experience informs your art'
Canadian dance music producer tells Music 101 that writing her masters thesis on environmental toxicology helped inform the debut album she was making at the same time. Audio
Viral ad' director wins international award
The director of a New Zealand ad' campaign encouraging parents to keep their kids safe online has won a Silver Screen Young Director Award award at Cannes.
Aucklander Sam Stuchbury, the founder of… Audio
Murals transform the Taranaki town of Waitara
A community project is bringing vibrancy to some of the Northern Taranaki town's blank walls. Audio, Gallery
Claire van Beek - Daniel
Film director and winner at this year's Whānau Mārama NZ International Film Festiva Claire van Beek has won the Emerging Talent Award for her short film Daniel. Audio
Gregory Monro
A new documentary, Kubrick by Kubrick, offers unique insights into the notoriously reclusive auteur. Director Gregory Monro talks about hearing Kubrick’s own voice for the first time. Audio
Bel Canto and Shirley
Bel Canto stars Julianne Moore (miming) as an opera diva, taken hostage by a group of Latin American rebels. Directed by Paul Weitz (About a boy) it also features Ken Watanabe (Godzilla) and Sebastian… Audio
At the Movies for 29 July 2020
Simon Morris looks at two women-led films at the cinemas, and talks to the director of a fascinating Film Festival documentary on a movie legend. Audio
Bookmarks: Amanda Palmer
New York-based singer, songwriter, musician, and performance artist, Amanda Palmer, joins Jesse to talk about some of her favourite things. Audio
Paul Bushnell's podcast picks
Paul Bushnell reviews two recently released history podcasts: The Service and Floodlines. Audio
Old Relics - setting gold-rush era buildings in stone
Reynold Turner aka Old Relic makes exquisite hand-made miniature replicas of gold-rush era huts, cottages, water wheels and churches from the same materials used by the early settlers, using a hammer… Audio
'They Call me Babu' - An untold story of Indonesian nannies
Sandra Beerends uses never-before-seen archival footage to tell stories of Indonesian nannies (known at the time as 'babus') who cared for Dutch families during Dutch colonial rule. Video, Audio
