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2:49 PM.In the world of museums, libraries and galleries these days, we're regularly reminded we have to keep up with current trends. And that means harnessing technology to attract audiences, to keep them -… Read more Audio

2:40 PM.Macrame pot plant holders, Tupperware, cork tiles and corduroy beanbags, and the yearning soundtrack provided by the Carpenters. In Tracey Slaughter's poetry collection Conventional Weapons the… Read more Audio

2:25 PM.A year ago saw the closure of Dunedin's long-running Fortune Theatre. A review has started on the state of Dunedin theatre, and in April consultants Charcoal Blue reported back on phase one, noting… Read more Audio

1:46 PM.Recently it was announced that the hotly-debated statue of Captain James Cook atop Titirangi Hill in Gisborne is to be moved to the local Tairawhiti Museum. The move coincides with the equally… Read more Audio

1:31 PM.The beloved Christchurch Arts Centre - built in the 1870s - has slowly been reopening after repairs and restoration. An open day last weekend saw the public getting their first look into the complex's… Read more Audio

12:40 PM.Children's television has changed. These days, kids are as likely to be glued to YouTube as they are to be watching old-fashioned linear TV. And that's a worry for some, and it's why parents demanded… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.This Sunday on Standing Room Only, your arts and culture radio show from 12.30pm Mark Amery is standing in for Lynn Freeman Read more

2:40 PM.Its Mother's Day, and a mother is the inspiration behind a new book of essays just out this week. In an era of endless blogs, tweets and posts, what room is there for the personal published essay… Read more Audio, Gallery

2:25 PM.Hollywood maverick John Milius was a good example of the old warning: "keep your politics out of the movies". A self-proclaimed right-wing anarchist Milius seems to be the direct link between Dirty… Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

1:50 PM.New Zealand ratepayers own half a billion dollars worth of art, say local public art organisation Urban Art, but incredibly only about seven per cent of that work is on public display. Urban Art are… Read more Audio, Gallery

1:33 PM.One of the unexpected benefits of the explosion of entertainment available on streaming services like Netflix is that many people have lost a fear of subtitles. Successful TV shows are now coming from… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.For the past five years the Kai Mau Festival in Wellington has been encouraging exciting works, engaging with Maori, Pasifika and indigenous companies from across the Pacific. But Standing Room Only's… Read more Audio, Gallery

12:30 PM.This weekend saw New Zealand's official contribution to the Venice Biennale open, Dane Mitchell's installation Ad Hoc, but Dane isn't the only New Zealand artist exhibiting in Venice. Also opening… Read more Audio, Gallery

12:00 PM.Lynn Freeman is in Venice with Auckland sculptor Virginia King, so Simon Morris is in the presenter chair. Simon’s surprised to find a Samoan-based dance show by Tupua Tigafua inspired by the works of… Read more

2:38 PM.Alexander Chee is a guest at the upcoming Auckland Writers Fesitval, Lynn Freeman asked him how attitudes towards homosexuality have changed since he started writing about it. Read more Audio

2:25 PM.Robyn Notman is the Head Curator of Pictorial Collections. She tells Simon Morris she's been delving into unknown territory for this exhibition of rare, interesting and beautiful artefacts and art. A… Read more Audio, Gallery

1:44 PM.Traditional Maori myths and legends have been retold as contemporary stories in a new collection called Purakau. Lynn Freeman speaks with Apirana Taylor and Whiti Hereaka, who explains how Witi… Read more Audio, Gallery

1:31 PM.An exhibition of those early black and white images are going on show as part of Wellington's Photival Photography Festival. Simon Morris talks to Art historian Geoffrey Batchen and to Senior Science… Read more Audio, Gallery

12:47 PM.Simon Morris chats with Chris Priestley and to two of his contributors - the pretty legendary Seventies pop star John Hanlon and former TV journo Cameron Bennett. Chris started his music career as an… Read more Audio, Gallery

12:36 PM.The Hamiltoin Zinefest starts on May 11. Simon Morris talks with Craig McClure who's a zine maker, fan and former Zinefest organiser, and with one of New Zealand's top comics creators Dylan Horrocks… Read more Audio, Gallery

3:41 PM.From Hastings to Hobart, Santiago to Rarotonga, 41 galleries from across New Zealand and from seven cities from around the Pacific come together this week to show their wares at the Auckland Art Fair… Read more Audio

2:49 PM.For many overseas writers invited to New Zealand as Auckland Writers Festival guest speakers, the attraction is often the lure of an exotic, faraway place, or somewhere they've always wanted to visit… Read more Audio

2:38 PM.Writer Nikki-Lee Birdsey was brought up in Piha and studied in the United States - at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, as well as working on her BA at New York University. She writes about her impressions… Read more Audio

2:25 PM.It's the first thing many of us see in a movie - it's certainly one of the major things attracting us, particularly to low-budget ones! It's the poster - and it was only a matter of time before… Read more Audio, Gallery

1:46 PM.Melbourne artist Patricia Piccinini is one of Australasia's most popular contemporary artists. In 2016 the tour of one of her exhibitions in Brazil attracted more than one million visitors. Patricia's… Read more Audio, Gallery