Courtney Johnston

Do museums need saving from themselves, and should artists be able to take photos of you inside your home? Audio

Looks at conserving art using lasers and videos, and museums in surprising places. Audio

Courtney Johnston discusses Californian modernism at Auckland Art Gallery, an under-recognised champion of New Zealand design at Rotorua Museum, and a Romanian mother who might have destroyed seven… Audio

How our cultural institutions are trying to make their collections more accessible for people, and many people are a;sp keen to be able to download material, but the thorny issue of copyright is… Audio

The life of New Zealand painter Ian Scott, who died in late June; The new underwater exhibition at Auckland Museum 'Moana - My ocean'; Amazon's move into the art market. Audio

Shane Cotton's new exhibition at the City Gallery in Wellington; and a little case of the curse of the pharaohs. Audio

Dark and powerful shows at the Adam Art Gallery, is Amazon launching an art gallery and China's museum-building boom. Audio

The opening of the Auckland Triennial and a show of geek art. Audio

An artist visits The Matrix, the Turner Prize nominees are announced, and 3D printing in museums. Audio

Exhibitions at movie theatres, missed connections in New York museums, and two exhibitions at the Sarjeant Gallery. Audio

A brave new hang of the national museum's permanent collection; promises for the future; and a new online venture. Audio

The Met in New York snaps up a bargain, an amazing database of art in Britain, and a quick round-up of New Zealand gallery happenings. Audio

Rediscovered artworks, an amazing database of art in Britain, and vacuum-cleaning visitors to the Sistine Chapel. Audio

An exhibition of art that's no longer 'art', a conclusion to the squabble between the American tax department and the heirs of a New York art dealer, and different approaches to showing collections in… Audio

Graduate art and design exhibitions around the country, the clean-up for dealer galleries after Hurricane Sandy, and "art genes". Audio

The new Ben Cauchi show at City Gallery, 'Angels & Aristocrats' at Te Papa, and the latest international attempt to sell high-price art online. Audio

The defacing of a Mark Rothko painting at the Tate Modern, and the Metropolitan Museum releases its publication backlog online. Audio

The Len Lye Centre in New Plymouth gets its funding, Gustav Klimt's last studio is reconstituted in Vienna, and Rob Cherry, Joe Sheehan and Peter Trevelyan, who have shows at Pataka in Porirua. Audio

Two very different exhibitions by two artists with true clarity of vision: Fiona Connor and Kobi Bosshard; and an Internet cat video film festival at an American art gallery. Audio

A magical visit to Te Papa and a respected American art gallery draws 10,000 visitors by showing cat videos. Audio