Mark Amery
Regions leading the artworld from the edge
Arts commentator Mark Amery talks with Kathryn about examples of regional galleries leading the artworld from the edge. He's been at the Taupo Museum for an exhibition of abstract work by Sophie… Audio, Gallery
Art and heritage in small-town New Zealand
Mark Amery heads to Gore, Foxton and Whanganui to consider how visionary individuals in some of our smaller but rich historical centres are bringing art and heritage together to maintain their towns'… Audio
Arts with Mark Amery
It’s Matariki, a time of reflection and Mark has been reflecting on the presence of Toi Maori - MÄori art at this time and how it is reaching out more into the public space ahead of next year’s… Audio, Gallery
Arts with Mark Amery: A reappraisal of art history
Mark joins Kathryn to talk about this week's announcement City Gallery in Wellington will host a major exhibition of the work of Swedish modern artist, Hilma af Klint. He also looks at the work of a… Audio
Paekakariki Village Vinyl Fair
The vinyl fair, running 12noon to 3pm, and free to attend, features both stalls from visiting vinyl junkies and many records donated by the community to support the radio station, which features over… Audio
Arts with Mark Amery
This week in the arts with Mark Amery we pay tribute to Lyttleton artist Bill Hammond, look at a small book about small book publishing in New Zealand and an exhibition that focuses on the smallest… Audio, Gallery
What impact has Covid-19 had on artists?
This week in our visual arts slot Mark Amery looks at three rather unusual, truly diverse and ambitious art projects borne of, or reflecting the conditions, that lockdown and Covid19 have placed on… Audio
Art gets new lease of life at level 2
This week Mark Amery focuses on the reopening of our galleries and museums at level 2 and how they have fared closed - in particular a project that has seen five artists commissioned to create new… Audio
What is the future of the arts in the time of Covid19
For his Festival Review today Mark Amery has been forced to change tack and looks at what happens for artists when festivals and other events cancel. Audio
Festival Reviews with Mark Amery
In this week's art festival review Mark Amery considers the Auckland Wellington festival relationship. Audio
Wellington and Auckland Arts festival reviews with Mark Amery
Mark Amery looks at Wellington and Auckland's arts festival seasons. This week he checked out the artist, performance poet and musicians live and installation works at New Zealand Festival in Lower… Audio
Festival Review: Mark Amery
In the first of a series of reports from the festival front, Mark Amery is in Wellington considering the radical game changing curation of the first week of New Zealand Festival by artist Lemi… Audio
Art you can tramp to
Cherished for its national parks and great tramps, surely if anywhere in the world might get a reputation for public art you have to walk to it would be New Zealand. Over the summer arts commentator… Audio
The Physics Room Comes Home
Since 1996 Christchurch's The Physics Room has been one of our most significant incubators for contemporary artists, yet for two years it's been without a secure home. In that time it has run a bold… Audio, Gallery
Standing Room Only this sunday: arts education in crisis
Standing Room Only's first arts and culture show for 2020. 12.30-4pm Sunday Audio
Performing Arts highlights 2019: Tama Waipara, Dione Joseph & Lyne Pringle
Has 2019 been a good year in the performing arts? Te Matatini, the national Maori performing arts festival inspired kapa haka themed pedestrian crossing lights in Wellington, new festivals popped up… Audio
2019 Literary Moments: Pip Adam, Rachael King & Claire Mabey
The Booker, The Ockham, Atwood, Knox, The closure of the New Zealand Review of Books, covering up white suprematist posters in Newmarket with Hone Tuwahre's poem 'Rain', and Lloyd Jones' proclaiming… Audio
Burning Cultural Issues in 2019: Tayi Tibble, Carla Van Zon & Sam Brooks
Looking back across the cultural landscape of Aotearoa New Zealand in 2019 some words and catchphrases pop up: encounters, call-out culture, Ihumatao, climate emergency, allyship and, the phrase just… Audio
Art in Aotearoa 2019: Francis Upritchard, Matariki Williams & Warren Feeney
A giant hand called Quasi made world headlines. Dane Mitchell's fake transmitting trees at the Venice Biennale were joined by a real fallen tree during flooding. Giant woven works by the Mata Aho… Audio
Arts review: Mark Amery
Mark reviews the New Zealand-composed Hansel and Gretel from the Royal New Zealand Ballet currently touring the country. Audio, Gallery