Public Art
Sara Hughes takes her art to the street
Several years after feeling unsafe while at a notorious bus shelter in Tauranga, artist Sara Hughes is transforming it into a brightly coloured and illuminated work of art. It will be suspended above… Audio, Gallery
A refining moment: Seung Yul Oh on painting
Going between painting, installation and sculpture, Korea-born artist Seung Yul Oh talks to Kadambari Raghukumar about his practice. Audio
Diane Stoppard: Whangarei's giant pinhole camera
Diane Stoppard is a photographer who is leading the $1 million Camera Obscura project in Whangarei. It's a giant walk-in pinhole camera clad in decorative steel. Audio
Warren Feeney on 20 years of Scape Public Art
Long gone are the days when bronze statues of famous people were the face of public art in our cities. For the past 20 years dozens of public artworks have changed the face of Christchurch and… Audio, Gallery
Making Art Public exhibition and support of women artists
Arts correspondent Courtney Johnston joins Kathryn to talk about Sydney's exhibition of art that isn't there anymore; a Renaissance city remarkable for its support of women artists; and the Adam Art… Audio
Ronnie van Hout - Artist behind new Auckland public art
This week, a work of public art called Boy Walking has taken its place in Potters Park in the suburb of Mt Eden in Auckland. It was made by New Zealand-born, internationally-acclaimed artist Ronnie… Audio
Tre' Packard - Stunning SeaWalls
Tre' Packard is the Hawaii-based founder and director of PangeaSeed, which uses art, science and education to further ocean conservation. Tre' Packard is in Napier, where this weekend the street art… Audio
Controversial artwork unwrapped on Auckland wharf
A controversial $1.5 million art piece - closely resembling a state house - has been unwrapped at Queens Wharf.
Gregory O'Brien: Futuna Chapel
Kim Hill talks to painter, poet, curator and writer Gregory O'Brien about his new book with Nick Bevin, Futuna: Life of a Building. Audio
Musical Stairs
Juliette Sivertsen tries to find the key to a good tune on the musical stairs - an art installation in the Aotea Centre Audio
Solidarity Grid - Deborah McCormick
A Public Art project in Christchurch is getting noticed by vistors to the city. A travelogue in The Chicago Tribune sings the praises of the Solidarity Grid, an installation organised by the SCAPE… Audio
A different meter: poems instead of tickets
A Dunedin design student is converting old parking meters into machines that dish out poetry rather than tickets. Ben Alder's part of a team that wants to promote Dunedin's UNESCO City of Literature… Video, Audio, Gallery
Pasifika
Swaying to the broad range of arts and culture from around the Pacific is Samoan/Pakeha playwright and independent theatre producer Leilani Unasa... Pacific artists and public art: who's doing what… Audio
Rob Garrett: SCAPE Public Art
This year's SCAPE Public Art exhibition features site-specific works from seven artists, responding in their own way to the theme of 'New Intimacies'. Eva speaks to Rob about what they've created. Audio
The Best of Upbeat for 25 July 2015
In this week's episode: Eva speaks to economist and copyright expert George Barker, before meeting violin superstar Isabelle Faust and multimedia artist Jasmeen Patheja. Audio
Jasmeen Patheja: 'Blank Noise'
'Blank Noise' has been making waves both artistically and socio-politically, creating multimedia work to combat sexual predation. Founder Jasmeen Patheja was in Auckland recently to present their work… Audio
2015 International Award for Public Art
Public art works tend to be polarizing - loved or loathed, embraced as a welcome addition to a community or resented because of the cost or the look of the work. Should the public have a say in… Audio
National Geographic photography
One of the world's best photography exhibitions has come to Expressions Whirinaki Arts and Entertainment Centre in Upper Hutt, and is coming to Te Manawa in Palmerston North. 50 Greatest Photographs… Audio
On the Bright Side
As the saying goes, if you want a job done well, do it yourself. And a community group in inner-city Auckland has done just that. They took a grim and possibly dangerous pedestrian tunnel and… Audio