Podcasts about auckland art gallery

March 6th is your day. This is the date that the changes to foreign buyers of expensive houses comes into play. This date, in a way, is like the LNG announcement. The idea of foreign buyers for houses isn't new. It's been part of the Government's plan ever since the Government became the Government. The LNG idea got floated in the winter of 2024, not long after the Government became the Government also. This proves one of two things - either it's hard work being in Government and things take longer than you think, or this lot aren't that flash at getting things done despite the rhetoric to the contrary. The foreign buyers rule is a righting of a horrible, myopic, narrow-minded wrong from the previous Government. House prices were never driven by Germans buying $15 million homes in Herne Bay, nor the Chinese buying $19 million homes in St Heliers. And Auckland is essentially where they were all bought. Queenstown has joined the party a bit lately. But the vast swathe of New Zealand never saw a mega purchase from a filthy, rich foreigner. Why it's important is we should see foreigners as good people who want to improve their lives, while improving ours via the improvement of the country. People who have money do things with it, like buy or build business, they invest, they grow, they employ and they pay tax. They bring knowledge and expertise and they, more often than not, fall in love with our piece of paradise and end up doing far more than they ever set out to do. I think a lot of Julian Robertson, an American who built lodges and golf courses here that bring in millions. He enhanced the place. And next time you're at the Auckland Art Gallery, go see one of his Picasso's. He gave them a fortune in art. What drives bans is envy, shallowness, fear and, often, stupidity. We have at last made it right. Yes, it will help the housing market, but more importantly it will help the country and this country needs to pull every trigger in its arsenal to fire it up. Nine years ago we were a place of pride and growth and global admiration. Labour 2017-23 destroyed that. March 6th is a small step back towards redemption and better days. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

March 6th is your day. This is the date that the changes to foreign buyers of expensive houses comes into play. This date, in a way, is like the LNG announcement. The idea of foreign buyers for houses isn't new. It's been part of the Government's plan ever since the Government became the Government. The LNG idea got floated in the winter of 2024, not long after the Government became the Government also. This proves one of two things - either it's hard work being in Government and things take longer than you think, or this lot aren't that flash at getting things done despite the rhetoric to the contrary. The foreign buyers rule is a righting of a horrible, myopic, narrow-minded wrong from the previous Government. House prices were never driven by Germans buying $15 million homes in Herne Bay, nor the Chinese buying $19 million homes in St Heliers. And Auckland is essentially where they were all bought. Queenstown has joined the party a bit lately. But the vast swathe of New Zealand never saw a mega purchase from a filthy, rich foreigner. Why it's important is we should see foreigners as good people who want to improve their lives, while improving ours via the improvement of the country. People who have money do things with it, like buy or build business, they invest, they grow, they employ and they pay tax. They bring knowledge and expertise and they, more often than not, fall in love with our piece of paradise and end up doing far more than they ever set out to do. I think a lot of Julian Robertson, an American who built lodges and golf courses here that bring in millions. He enhanced the place. And next time you're at the Auckland Art Gallery, go see one of his Picasso's. He gave them a fortune in art. What drives bans is envy, shallowness, fear and, often, stupidity. We have at last made it right. Yes, it will help the housing market, but more importantly it will help the country and this country needs to pull every trigger in its arsenal to fire it up. Nine years ago we were a place of pride and growth and global admiration. Labour 2017-23 destroyed that. March 6th is a small step back towards redemption and better days. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rosetta and Milly kick off their coverage of the Auckland Pride Festival, joined by TAKATAPUNANI, MAN(K)ILLA, and Allie Howell - who are part of the Wheke Fortress takeover of Te Tīmatanga this year! Catch them screening their short film on February 14 at the Auckland Art Gallery with a panel of insightful kōrero led by Coco Solid. Whakarongo mai nei!

The Government has announced some new secondary school subjects and changes to current ones, which will be a part of the proposed new curriculum. Some of the subjects include: earth and space sciences, civics, politics, and philosophy, media, journalism and communications, and te mātai i te ao Māori However, art history as a subject is set to be axed, instead being integrated into other visual art subjects such as design, painting, and photography. In addition to this, outdoor education as a subject is set to become fully vocational. Those in these sectors have criticised these moves, with Auckland Art Gallery's head of curatorial and exhibitions Sarah Farrar, saying the move will close doors for young people, with Claire Amos, principal at Albany Senior High School, saying that making outdoor education vocational will result in a loss of funding for the subject. For our weekly catch-up with the ACT Party's Simon Court, News and Editorial Director and Monday Wire Host spoke to him about these topics.

The Government has announced some new secondary school subjects and changes to current ones, which will be a part of the proposed new curriculum. Some of the subjects include: earth and space sciences, civics, politics, and philosophy, media, journalism and communications, and te mātai i te ao Māori However, art history as a subject is set to be axed, instead being integrated into other visual art subjects such as design, painting, and photography. In addition to this, outdoor education as a subject is set to become fully vocational. Those in these sectors have criticised these moves, with Auckland Art Gallery's head of curatorial and exhibitions Sarah Farrar, saying the move will close doors for young people, with Claire Amos, principal at Albany Senior High School, saying that making outdoor education vocational will result in a loss of funding for the subject. For our weekly catch-up with the ACT Party's Simon Court, News and Editorial Director and Monday Wire Host spoke to him about these topics.

Toitu Toiora was the landmark exhibition held at the Auckland Art Gallery in 2020. It endured a number of obstacles before opening night, including Covid 19 and the public resignation of its Maori curator, Nigel Borrell. The exhibition is a major survey of contemporary Maori art from the 1950s to the present day and is the largest exhibition the Auckland Art Gallery has ever undertaken. It featured over 300 artworks by 110 Maori artists; the idea was to introduce the audience to new ways of approaching and engaging with Maori art. Award winning producer and director Chelsea Winstanley returned home from Hollywood to make a behind-the-scenes documentary and found herself at the centre of modern day stand for sovereignty. The result is TOITU Visual Sovereignty, is showing at the New Zealand International Film Festival.

A woman who damaged a piece of artwork worth 335,000 dollars while attending a ball at Auckland Art gallery last month has been granted name suppression. Guests at The Curious Ball last month were served alcohol and given exclusive after-hours access to the exhibition of works by Olafur Eliasson. A guest has been charged with wilful damage after headbutting a hanging sculpture and ordered to pay $3400 to cover its repairs. Reporter Louise Ternouth spoke to Lisa Owen.

An art work has been damaged at a glitzy event held at the Auckland Art Gallery, leading to a criminal charge. Guests at The Curious Ball last month were served alcohol and given exclusive after-hours access to the exhibition of work by Olafur Eliasson. His art sells for hundreds of thousands of dollars and the damaged piece is a hanging sculpture. Reporter Louise Ternouth spoke to Melissa Chan-Green.

Featuring Your Gig Is Showing with Liam of Misheard Records and Rainy Day Projects with Finn! Thanks to the Auckland Art Gallery!

Featuring Your Gig Is Showing with the organisers of The Last Stand Music Festival in Waitakere and Rainy Day Projects with Finn. Thanks to The Auckland Art Gallery!

In celebration of Lunar New Year and Pride month, Asian in Aotearoa returns to the stage for a special Year of the Snake panel and podcast recording. Recorded at Auckland Art Gallery, host Jenna Wee sits down with an all-Queer panel reflecting on their creative process, inspiration, growth – and what Year of the Snake might look like for them.Meet the Panel:Steven Junil Park 박준일 (he/they): Korean-born artist handcrafting functional objects and clothing under the label, 6x4.Mariadelle ‘Abbey' Gamit (they/she): Pinay artist, DJ and co-director of Asia and Pasifika-led arts organisation, All My Friends.Nathan Joe 周润豪 (he/him): Chinese-Kiwi multi-award-winning playwright, dramaturg and performance poet.Thank you to Ellie, Fern and the team at Auckland Art Gallery for making this special episode possible.__Asian in Aotearoa is a podcast that explores the lives of Asian creatives, one conversation at a time. We explore our relationship to creativity, courage, compassion, community and how this shapes the way we move through the world and influences our work. Founded in November 2020 by Jenna Wee, the podcast – now 50+ episodes deep – has featured artists, writers, actors, musicians, theatre-makers, directors and more.LINKS⁠Asian in Aotearoa Instagram⁠⁠Asian in Aotearoa Substack⁠⁠asianinaotearoa.com⁠

On sonic gratitude, developing our deeper gifts, the peril of expectation, the potency of the present, and the beauty of self-acceptance. (0:00) - Musical Journey and Transformative Work (5:12) - Early Career Challenges and Breakthroughs (12:25) - Personal Transitions and Professional Growth (14:57) - The Power of Gratitude and Creative Process (15:38) - The Role of Meditation and Yoga in Creative Work (19:35) - The Impact of Friendship and Support (19:57) - Arlie's Musical Projects and Future Aspirations (20:21) - The Influence of Elena's Writing on Arlie's Music (20:42)- The Importance of Self-Acceptance and Present Moment Awareness Arli Liberman is an award-winning screen composer, producer and guitarist who creates vibrant, immersive music for film, TV, multimedia and live experiences. With an unwavering dedication to his craft, Arli's approach to music serves as a transformative force that resonates both on and off the screen. As a screen composer, Arli has worked on a wide range of films, including Sam Kelly's gang movie 'Savage', winning the 2021 APRA Best Original Music in a Feature Film Award. In 2024, he collaborated with Tiki Taane to create the score to the historical drama in Te Reo Māori 'Ka Whawhai Tonu - Struggle Without End' directed by Mike Jonathan, with the theme song 'Hold On To The Dream' featuring Louis Baker, released as a single. Arli composed the original score for NZ film 'The Mountain' (2024), with music by Troy Kingi, directed by Rachel House and produced by Piki Films and Sandy Lane Productions. In 2023, he scored 'Stylebender' a documentary directed by Zoë McIntosh about Nigerian - New Zealand mixed martial artist Israel Adesanya, which was premiered at Tribeca Film Festival. His signature sound can be heard on the 36th America's Cup theme, the opening titles of the FIFA Women's World Cup, The All Blacks Experience at SkyCity, and in the Auckland Art Gallery's filmic exhibition Te Mata. As a solo artist, Arli is also prolific, with his fifth solo album coming out on Bigpop Records, in addition to creating a new collaborative album with renowned composer Rhian Sheehan due out in 2024. Arli's production work on Ngatapa Black's album 'I Muri Ahiahi' earned a nomination for Māori Album of the Year at the Aotearoa Music Awards, and he has performed at MoMA New York and the Montreux Jazz Festival, among other international festivals. Originally from Israel, Arli was a member of the groundbreaking White Flag Project, a pioneering crossover band uniting Palestinian and Israeli musicians. Under the mentorship of platinum-selling English record producer Mark Smulian, he was urged to 'find the back door of the electric guitar sound', which marked the beginning of Arli's journey in developing his sonic identity. In 2009, Arli moved to Aotearoa New Zealand, where he continued to develop his innovative approach to music and began exploring the synergy between composition and visual storytelling.

Jenny Gao is a documentary maker and writer, deeply immersed in human relationships and spirituality. Here she shares where she's at creatively, along with Vipassana insights, psychic insights, and working outside conventional creative fields to nurture inspiration. We pull some cards, have a laugh and discuss spontaneity, adventure, and playfulness in life and creative pursuits. Follow Jenny on Instagram: @iennygao → Register to attend the live podcast and panel recording happening at Auckland Art Gallery on February 1st: https://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/event/asian-in-aotearoa-or-year-of-the-snake-panel-and-podcast-recording ⁠Asian in Aotearoa Instagram⁠ ⁠Asian in Aotearoa Substack⁠ - READ THE EP.55 NEWSLETTER AFTER LISTENING TO THIS EPISODE! Hosted by Jenna Wee & Produced by Marc Conaco. Recorded at Big Fan in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland. This episode was made possible thanks to Foundation North and Creative New Zealand. ⁠asianinaotearoa.com⁠

Sarah Hillary is reflecting on 40 years as an Auckland art conservator following her retirement at the end of last month. She rose from an intern at the Auckland Art Gallery to become its principal conservator. 

Sarah Hillary spent 40 years at Auckland Art Gallery, including 25 as principal conservator. She shares some of the highlights of her career with Nights.

A selection of works by the four artists nominated for Aotearoa's most prestigious art prize, The Walters, is currently being exhibited at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.  The $50,000 Walters Prize - which is now awarded every three years - is being decided this year between artists Owen Connors, Juliet Carpenter, Brett Graham and Ana Iti.  Sofia spoke to Senior Curator of Global Contemporary Art at Auckland Art Gallery, Natasha Conland, about the prize and the candidates this year.  The winner will be announced in late September, so stay tuned for more coverage from us then! You can see the works of the finalists yourself at Auckland Art Gallery on until the 20th of October. 

Lots going on in the wide art world of Tāmaki Makaurau this week! Sofia had a kōrero with curator Natasha Conland about the Walters Prize candidates and exhibition at Auckland Art Gallery.   Beth spoke with Whanganui-based artist Katherine Claypole about her exhibition Kodachroma, currently on at Suite Gallery. Sofia also spoke to artist Shannon Te Ao about an exhibition of his at Coastal Signs, Te pōtiki o te ao.  And Beth had a kōrero with curator James Gatt about Milkstars: Sound Constellations, an exhibition currently on at Te Uru Gallery. For Stage Direction this week: Alice Canton is in to chat with Keagan Carr Fransch about ANTi, a show about a family forced to meet at the intersection of queer love, religious expectations, tragic heroines and Black womanhood at Basement Theatre from the 27th to the 31st of August.  And to round off the show, as always, we have your weekly Arts Guide!

Modern Women: Flight of Time is a new major show at Toi o Tāmaki Auckland Art Gallery.  Combining over 80 paintings, prints, sculptures and textiles from public and private collections across Aotearoa from 1920 to 1970, the exhibition highlights the leading role women artists have played in shaping the development of modern art.  Including iconic figures such as Rita Angus, Frances Hodgkins, and A Lois White, the exhibition also aims to celebrate the significant contributions of lesser known women artists such as June Black, Flora Scales and Pauline Yearbury. The exhibition has been curated by Auckland Art Gallery Curator of New Zealand Art Julia Waite. Sofia spoke to Julia about the show, her curation process, and how the exhibition uncovers themes of women's artistic practices in the 20th century.

Guest Host Anne Keala Kelly (Kanaka Maoli) speaks with Dan Taulapapa McMullin — an artist and poet from Sāmoa i Sasa'e (American Samoa) and an expert on the subject of the colonization of Pacific cultures. Keala and Dan spend time talking about American exploitation via tiki bars, a subject that Dan explored in his film, “100 Tikis.” “100 Tikis” is a 45-minute film/video appropriation art piece, part of an ongoing installation of works on the intersection of tiki kitsch and indigenous sovereignty. “100 Tikis” looks at Hollywood, colonialism, gender, militarism, and activism, through films, cartoons, songs, paintings, photographs, television shows, tourist ads, military propaganda, pornography, tiki bars, activist videos, home movies, and social media. Dan's artist book “The Healer's Wound: A Queer Theirstory of Polynesia” (2022) was published by Pu'uhonua Society and Tropic Editions of Honolulu for HT22 the Hawai'i Triennial. Their artwork has been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Native Art, Metropolitan Museum, De Young Museum, Musée du quai Branly, Auckland Art Gallery and Bishop Museum. Their film “Sinalela” (2001) won the 2002 Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival Best Short Film Award. “100 Tikis” was the opening night film selection of the 2016 Présence Autochtone in Montreal and was an Official Selection in the Fifo Tahiti Film Festival. Dan's art studio and writing practice is based in Muhheaconneock lands / Hudson, NY, where they live with their partner, and Lenape lands in Hopoghan Hackingh / Hoboken, NJ. More about Dan and links to his writing, films (including “100 Tikis”), paintings and sculpture/performance works: https://www.taulapapa.com/. For copies of “The Healer's Wound” (2024 2nd Edition) go to: https://tropiceditions.org/The-Healer-s-Wound-2 Production Credits: Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Lakota), Host and Executive Producer Anne Keala Kelly (Kanaka Maoli), Guest Host Liz Hill (Red Lake Ojibwe), Producer Karen Martinez (Mayan), Studio Engineer, Radio Kingston Tiokasin Ghosthorse, Audio Editor Kevin Richardson, Podcast Editor Music Selections: 1. Song Title: Tahi Roots Mix (First Voices Radio Theme Song) Artist: Moana and the Moa Hunters Album: Tahi (1993) Label: Southside Records (Australia and New Zealand) 2. Song Title: Pe A E Silva Artist: Pacific Soul CD: Pacific Soul (2012) Label: Pacific Dream Records AKANTU INTELLIGENCE Visit Akantu Intelligence, an institute that Tiokasin founded with a mission of contextualizing original wisdom for troubled times. Go to https://akantuintelligence.org to find out more and consider joining his Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/Ghosthorse

The 50 years between 1920 and 1970 were full of societal and political upheaval. Now a new exhibition at Toi o Tamaki, Auckland Art Gallery, seeks to explore the role women artists had at shaping the art of the time. It's called Modern Women: Flight of Time, and combines more than 80 paintings, sculptures, prints and textiles from well-known artists like Rita Angus and Frances Hodgkins - to those who are lesser known. The exhibition takes its name from the book that accompanies it, offering more detail of the featured artists and their work. Julia Waite has curated the exhibition and talks to Paddy about its significance.

Auckland art gallery has been gifted 15 masterpieces worth $178 million, in what is considered to be one of the most significant philanthropic gifts in local history.  Included are works by Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse and Paul Cezanne, in the gift from the late American collectors Julian and Josie Robertson. More than 300 guests gathered for the exhibition opening on Thursday night. Auckland Art Gallery curator Kenneth Brummel spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

Berlin-based New Zealand artist Simon Denny likes to explore and play with the intersections of art, power and new technology. He represented New Zealand at the 2015 Venice Biennale with "Secret Power" inspired by the fallout from Edward Snowden's NSA leaks and Five Eyes surveillance technology. His 2018 exhibition "The Founder's Paradox", used the language and logic of board games to highlight competing utopian political visions for New Zealand's future. Denny's latest work "Optimism" is currently on view at Auckland Art Gallery. It consists of two hanging megastructures which are enlarged 3D-printed models of patent diagrams of rocket engine parts by Rocket Lab.

Auckland Art Gallery's coordinating curator of the exhibition Guo Pei: Fashion, Art, Fantasy, Margaret Young-Sanchez is in the studio to chat about the iconic designer's work.

Auckland Art Gallery's coordinating curator of the exhibition Guo Pei: Fashion, Art, Fantasy, Margaret Young-Sanchez is in the studio for Fashun. We listen to a chat Rachel had with Julie Byrne about her recent record, The Greater Wings, and her show in Auckland in the new year. On Loose Reads Jenna reviews Booker Prize-longlisted author Anna Smaill's novel, Bird Life. Whakarongo mai nei!

New Zealand's most internationally acclaimed living artist, Simon Denny has built his career on extremely close reading of and responding to the impact of technology on society and culture. On the eve of a major new work at Auckland Art Gallery, he joins Duncan Greive for a conversation about the original mass media, and how technology has informed his practice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kennedy will be discussing two outstanding art exhibitions which are showing in Auckland at the moment. Ever Present: First Peoples Art of Australia, at the Auckland Art Gallery, is the largest overview of art by First Peoples of Australia to be presented in Aotearoa. Always Song in the Water is a salute to Moana Oceania, the Pacific and its people. Both exhibitions are immersive experiences of place with relevance what's going on in the world today.

First up we talk with Professor Annie Goldson about her new film premiering in the international film festival “Red Mole”, a story about a radical theatre troupe which emerged out of New Zealand's counterculture in the early 1970s.  Liam had a chat with Ned Wenlock about his new graphic novel Tsunami, releasing on August 1st. Frances talks to Mark Williams, Director of CIRCUIT Artist Moving Image about their film screening and publication launch for Otherwise Worlding, a new reader on Artists Animation happening tomorrow evening at Te Uru.  Liam chats to Nathan Pōhio at Toi o Tamaki, the Auckland Art Gallery, about Ever Present, focusing on the art of Australia's First Peoples.

Matariki is next Friday and there's celebrations all across Tāmaki Makaurau. If you're in the CBD, feel free to head over to the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, where there's plenty going on! They have a free event going on where you can purchase kai, shop at te mākete (market), and keep the tamariki busy making crafts inspired by Matariki, as well as performances from Taane Mete and Grammy Award Winner Jerome Kavanagh. Joe spoke to Krissy Taylor, the Senior Manager for Public Programmes at the Auckland Art Gallery about the event.

Before I launch into the usual litany of woe, and really, the stories making the news headlines are indeed indicative of a woeful state of affairs, I do think we should acknowledge some of the good news around.  Zoe Hobbs was magnificent in Sydney over the weekend; the Tarankai raised, Auckland based sprinter has officially become the first New Zealand woman to run under 11 seconds for the 100 metres. Hobbs created history at the Sydney Track Classic by running 10.97 to scalp one-tenth of a second from her Oceania women's 100m record with an exhilarating performance. Sticking with sport, in the third game of their second season in Super Rugby Pacific, the Fijian Drua have claimed one of the biggest upsets in the competition's history beating the Crusaders 25-24 which has to be good news for rugby full stop. We also had three sold out concerts on Saturday night showcasing New Zealanders eclectic music tastes: BackStreet Boys, Snoop Dogg, and My Chemical Romance. So many beautiful emos in the central city on Sunday… and there's a great exhibition from the Tate Gallery on at the Auckland Art Gallery which is a must see.  There was sunshine and people flocking to beaches, and I could pretend for just a moment that we'd had a summer up north. So that's the good news. We return now to our regular scheduled programming. How on earth is the government and Andrew Coster going to spin this? Retail crime is up nearly 40 per cent —nearly 300 incidents every single day— and that's just the reported crime. 292 incidents every day in 2022, up from 140 per day in 2018. Why? Because the crims know they'll get away with it.  There's been a 400 per cent increase in ram raids in five years, 76 per cent of those caught under the age of 18. Why? Because the crims know they'll get away with it.  If you're on any neighbourhood FB page you'll see the footage of crims coming up driveways looking for homes to break into, cars to steal, opportunties to take stuff they're not willing to work for - why? Because they know they'll get away with it.  Violent gun crime is on the rise. Police data reveals that while the number of firearm offences has risen and fallen over the past 15 years, 2021 was the worst over that period with 1,308 firearms offences recorded. It surpassed 2019 when there were 1,142 incidents, including the mosque terror attacks. So 2021 worst year in 15 years - until 2022.  That was on track for being the worst year ever.   Data released by police under the Official Information Act shows 10 murder or manslaughter deaths in 2022, up until 31 July. There were 11 in total in 2021. Injuries are also running at a record rate, on track to exceed 300 firearm-related injuries for the first time. In 2021, there were 298 gun-related injuries recorded by police, the highest ever.  Why?  You know the chorus - repeat after me. Because they know they'll get away with it.  And all we get from the Police Commissioner and this government is gaslighting: New Zealand is a safer place because of the gun buyback. There is no increase in crime.  Ram raids have decreased since I became PM. There are more police on the streets. Fog cannons will make a difference. Utter, utter BS from a government that will not draw a line in the sand and say enough. No more. In a civilised society this is simply not acceptable and those who transgress, those who don't or won't observe the rules of civilised society need to be punished. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Art lovers will get the chance to get up close to some of the world's greatest artists at a new exhibition opening shortly in Tamaki Makaurau, Auckland. Light from Tate: 1700s to Now is a multi-sensory blockbuster exhibition from Britain's premier art gallery that'll be on display at Auckland Art Gallery. It features nearly 100 works by celebrated artists working across different media - including paintings, photography, sculpture, drawing, and moving image. It features iconic artists - Sophie Matthiesson, Auckland Art Gallery's Senior Curator, International Art - joins Suzie to talk about them.

THE BEST BITS IN A SILLIER PACKAGE (from Thursday's Mike Hosking Breakfast) Still No Snow Though/Bad Fuel Brings Back Bad Memories/No Love for Planes/Unsurprising Person of the Year/Art Isn't Going AnywhereSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On today's edition of The Huddle, Nick Leggett, Chief Executive of Transporting NZ and NZ Herald senior writer Simon Wilson joined in on a discussion on the following issues of the day: Nanaia Mahuta was in favour of the Three Waters entrenchment clause despite Cabinet agreeing against it back in May. National Leader Chris Luxon is calling for her to be sacked because of this- was she out of line?  Wayne Brown has come out against the Auckland Art Gallery, comparing the lack of visitors to customers at a dairy and describing it as "the most uneconomic building in the city". Does he have a point? Wellington mayor Tory Whanau says she's concerned for her personal safety and wants to boost her personal security once she's officially put the rates up. Is this fair, or is she inviting more hate? LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There are lots of ways to look at art...but it unless you're an art buff it can be quite hard to know what you're looking Today's expert is renowned art curator and author Mary Kisler - curator Emerita and Auckland Art Gallery.

Auckland Art Gallery's Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera Art and Life in Modern Mexico exhibition saw the highest visitation numbers on record for a ticketed exhibition's opening weekend since 2011. Kathryn is joined by Kirsten Lacy, who's the director of the Auckland Art Gallery, to talk about the pair's popularity.

Artist Andrew Bogle has embraced the opportunity to market his art online, on the website "Artfull" which profiles the work of New Zealand artists to a national and international audience. Former curator at the Auckland Art Gallery, Andrew started out as as a printmaker before experimenting with painting on wood panels. He talks to Lynn Freeman about the pros and cons of selling art online.

The Francis-Lee Duo bring us European Journeys, an exciting programme inspired by the special exhibition of the same name at the Auckland Art Gallery in 2019, celebrating works by New Zealand artist, Frances Hodgkins. The Duo start the journey at Manheim with the first movement of Mozart's violin sonata k. 301, a perfect example of Mozart's more mature style. This is followed by the second ofTwo Romances by the pioneer Swedish woman composer Elfrida Andree, lyrical pieces inspired by Nordic music literature. Keeping on the Nordic theme are the Folk Dances Op. 62 by Danish composer Niels Gade. The journey concludes at Transylvania with the iconic Romanian Folk Dances by Bartok, brilliantly transcribed for violin and piano by Zoltán Székely. This is a programme that will transport you to foreign lands.

Arts commentator Julia Waite joins Susie to talk about senior painter Barbara Tuck's show Delirium Crossing and 1800s photographer William Harding's exhibition Between Skin and Shirt, which is on now at the National Library. Julia Waite is Curator, New Zealand Art at the Auckland Art Gallery.

Frances Chan rejoices in the genius of Pharoah Sanders, gets down with guitars and speaks to Nathan Haines about his upcoming music-meets-visuals performance at the Auckland Art Gallery. Set list: Binker and Moses with Max Luthert – Accelerometer Overdose Alice Coltrane ft Pharoah Sanders – Lord Help Me to Be Pharoah Sanders – The Golden Lamp Mark de Clive-Lowe ft Dwight Trible – Elevation June Christy – Love Turns Winter to Spring Zara McFarlane – Future Echoes The Kahil El'Zabar Quartet – Eddie Harris Lee Morgan – Angela Manfredo Fest - Jungle Cat Nathan Haines interview Nathan Haines & Steve Carr – Untitled (inspired by McCahon House residency) Floating Points, London Symphony Orchestra & Pharoah Sanders – Movement 4 Joe Kaptein – Spaced Out Dorothy Ashby – Myself When Young Kahil  El'Zabar's Ritual Trio ft Pharoah Sanders – Africanos/Latinos Tom Misch – Cranes in the Sky (Quarantine Sessions) Nick Granville Group – Pablito's Chicken Amancio D'Silva – What Maria Sees Pharoah Sanders – Pharomba Pharoah Sanders – Astral Traveling

Anne Else reviews Robin White, Something is Happening Here Edited by Sarah Farrar, Nina Tonga and Jill Trevelyan, published by Te Papa Press and and Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki. The book was published to accompany the major retrospective exhibition featuring more than 70 works from across Robin White's 50-year career - Robin White: Te Whanaketanga Something is Happening Here - which will open at Te Papa on 4 June, followed by Auckland Art Gallery in late-October 2022.

In this episode we take a deep dive into creativity and environmental sustainability in contemporary Aotearoa New Zealand. NZ took the Covid-19 pandemic very seriously in early 2020, locking its borders and foregoing international tourism to protect its people. After two years, and a mass vaccine roll-out, this beautiful island nation on the edge of the Pacific is once again open to international visitors. Stoke your wanderlust, and learn a bit more about what makes New Zealanders tick in this dive into the local culture and concerns of Aotearoa. 02.15 Love Letter to New Plymouth, New Zealand by a recovering addict, advocate, author and artist Rawiri James. 08.20 Creative cultures with Peter Dragicevich, a food & travel journalist, and director at Ockham Collective, a charitable trust supporting creativity and education in New Zealand. 14.10 Sustainability in New Zealand with Elloise Strang. The former editor of ideolog magazine, Elly is currently creating content for sustainable packaging company no issue, and hosted the podcast Conscious Commerce. LINKS & RESOURCES Rawiri mentions the Wind Wand in New Plymouth, and the ancestral mountain Taranaki. Peter mentions New Zealand's I-site visitor centres, the Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art at the Auckland Art Gallery in 2021, and No. 8 Wire. Elly mentions Chia Sisters solar powered, zero carbon juicery; no issue sustainable packaging company; Flight of the Conchords; Taikia Waititi and the spiritual perspective on nature of New Zealand's Māori population captured in the Visit Auckland: Papatūānuku (our earth mother) is Breathing. Producer: Tasmin Waby Presenters: Tasmin Waby & Doug Murray Sound editing: Ali Lemer & Doug Murray Theme Music: Instant by Nettson Thanks also to Belinda Dixon & Kate Armstrong & Simon Richmond

Arts commentator Julia Waite talks about two exhibitions of textile art, The Search Party on now at McCahon House in Titirangi, and There Is No Other Home But This at Govett-Brewster Art Gallery. Julia Waite is Curator, New Zealand Art at the Auckland Art Gallery.

Arts commentator Nina Tonga reflects on the role artists have in shaping how we perceive things and associate ourselves with a shifting sense of our place. She'll talk about a few of shows, including the knockout exhibition Declaration: A Pacific Feminist Agenda at Auckland Art Gallery, which opened last month, a new installation by Sione Monu and Manu Vaeatangitau Kindred: A Leiti Chronicle. Sione recently opened an exhibition in Poneke at Robert Heald Gallery entitled 'Volver'. She'll also profile a major retrospective of Dame Robin White opening at Te Papa in partnership with Auckland Art Gallery in first week of June called 'Something is Happening Here'.

Episode 88 features Kate Fowle, the Director of MoMA PS1. From 2013-2019 she was the inaugural chief curator at Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow and director-at-large of Independent Curators International (ICI) in New York, where she was the executive director from 2009-13. Prior to this she was the inaugural international curator at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing (2007-08). In 2002 she co-founded the Master's Program in Curatorial Practice for California College of the Arts in San Francisco, for which she was the Chair until 2007. Before moving to the United States, Fowle was co-director of Smith + Fowle in London from 1996-2002. From 1994-96 she was curator at the Towner Art Gallery and Museum in Eastbourne, East Sussex. Fowle's recent projects include solo exhibitions with David Adjaye, Rasheed Araeen, John Baldessari, Sammy Baloji, Louise Bourgeois, Marcel Broodthaers, Urs Fischer, Rashid Johnson, Irina Korina, Robert Longo, Anri Sala, Taryn Simon, Juergen Teller, and Rirkrit Tirivanija, as well as extended essays on Ilya Kabakov, Sterling Ruby, and Qiu Zhijie, and numerous extended articles on curating and exhibition histories. Fowle has written three books: Exhibit Russia: The New International Decade 1986-1996 (2016); Rashid Johnson: Within Our Gates (2016); and Proof: Francisco Goya, Sergei Eisenstein, Robert Longo (2017) Photo by James Hill MoMA Bio https://www.moma.org/about/senior-staff/kate-fowle PS1 https://www.moma.org/ps1 NYTimes https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/14/arts/design/greater-new-york-new-museum-performa-biennial.html Artnet News https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-world-works-home-kate-fowle-1892064 Architect Magazine https://www.architectmagazine.com/practice/kate-fowle-appointed-director-of-moma-ps1_o Call for Curators https://callforcurators.com/blog/kate-fowle-appointed-director-of-moma-ps1/ Auckland Art Gallery https://www.aucklandartgallery.com/page/judge-announced-for-the-walters-prize-2021-opening-this-weekend-at-auckland-art-gallery-toi-o-tamaki

In the 1960s Mary Quant broke the mould of conventional fashion with her creative and playful designs that personified the energy of Swinging London. Famously credited for creating the mini skirt, Quant also popularised brightly coloured tights and tailored trousers - revolutionising the way women thought about dressing. A businesswoman as well as designer, Quant grew her brand so that it burst from her tiny boutique on King's Road, her clothing finding its way onto shelves of department stores across the UK, US, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Heather TilburyPhillips was a director of Mary Quant Limited in the 1970s, and an advisor for the V&A exhibition Mary Quant: Fashion Revolutionary which is showing at Auckland Art Gallery until March.

In the 1960s Mary Quant broke the mould of conventional fashion with her creative and playful designs that personified the energy of Swinging London. Famously credited for creating the mini skirt, Quant also popularised brightly coloured tights and tailored trousers - revolutionising the way women thought about dressing. A businesswoman as well as designer, Quant grew her brand so that it burst from her tiny boutique on King's Road, her clothing finding its way onto shelves of department stores across the UK, US, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Heather TilburyPhillips was a director of Mary Quant Limited in the 1970s, and an advisor for the V&A exhibition Mary Quant: Fashion Revolutionary which is showing at Auckland Art Gallery until March.

Shopping and popping double-bubbles are on the cards for Auckland next week. Cabinet has agreed in principle to move the region to alert level 3 step 2 at 11.59pm on Tuesday 9 November, allowing retail and public buildings to open. It means shops, museums and libraries can reopen with mask-wearing and social distancing, and the outdoor gathering limit will be increased to 25. Auckland Art Gallery director Kirsten Lacy, Newmarket Business Association chief executive Mark Knoff-Thomas and Manukau Business Association general manager Kerry Burridge spoke to Susie Ferguson.

Many museums and art institutions offer online kids programmes in the best of times, and this has been ramped up since lockdowns first began in March last year. This year's final school term, started last week, with nearly 400,000 children in Auckland, Northland and Waikato still learning from home. To provide a couple of hours relief from lockdown home-schooling - Auckland Art Gallery senior manager operations and audiences Richard Wormley says they are offering kid-friendly versions of virtual exhibit tours, as well as ideas for creative projects that don't involve staring at a screen. And New Zealand Maritime Musuem Public Programmes Manager Alison Roigard says they have baking, craft-making and knot tying activities to engage children and their whanau.

Many museums and art institutions offer online kids programmes in the best of times, and this has been ramped up since lockdowns first began in March last year. This year's final school term, started last week, with nearly 400,000 children in Auckland, Northland and Waikato still learning from home. To provide a couple of hours relief from lockdown home-schooling - Auckland Art Gallery senior manager operations and audiences Richard Wormley says they are offering kid-friendly versions of virtual exhibit tours, as well as ideas for creative projects that don't involve staring at a screen. And New Zealand Maritime Musuem Public Programmes Manager Alison Roigard says they have baking, craft-making and knot tying activities to engage children and their whanau.

In this podcast Aimee Ralfini talks with Emma Jameson – Assistant Curator of international and New Zealand historic art for the Auckland Art Gallery. The discussion revolves around Danish Design, to which Jameson is co-ordinating curator. Recorded with the help of Liquid Studios, Auckland 2019. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/art-ache/message

Natasha Conland – curator in contemporary art at the Auckland Art Gallery talks about current exhibition Groundswell: Avant-Guard Auckland 71-79. When a broad and deep undulation of the ocean, caused by a distant gale or seismic disturbance occurs it's called a groundswell. When a rapid spontaneous growth in support of a political opinion occurs, it's called a groundswell. So what happened when a group of Auckland artists started making highly experimental art in the 70's? Groundswell: Avant-Guard Auckland 71-79. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/art-ache/message