Arts

Listener feedback for 19 March 2022. Audio

The awards season is well underway in the US - the Oscars is in less than two weeks, and voting starts on Thursday. 

World Watch's Max Towle spoke to NZ film commentator - Dan Slevin Audio

Wai Ching Chan and Tessa Ma'auga chat to us about their new exhibition Kapuia nga aho Using the language of threads and knots, the exhibition explores ancient Chinese narratives in connection with… Audio

Once you get past the Kardashian tantrums, the scheming castaways on Survivor and the Real Housewives histrionics, there's much to learn about ourselves in reality TV, says sociologist and TV-lover… Audio

Linda tells us about Mary Berry Loves to Cook (TVNZ on Demand), Spencer on Neon and Landscapers which is available on Netflix and Neon . Audio

Feminine Eye is a celebration of women directors, showcasing their artistry behind the camera. Billie Rogers talks to Jesse.  Audio

Graeme Lay's new novel, Larry & Viv, is different to anything else he's ever written. The book tells the story of two of the 20th Century's most glamorous stars of stage and screen, Laurence Olivier… Audio

It began in 1858 as a humble ferry crossing. Now the Canterbury town of Ashburton, made rich through agriculture, is in the midst of a large scale revitalisation project, with new buildings springing… Audio, Gallery

Auckland's famous madam Flora MacKenzie has now inspired a trilogy of crime novels by writer Jen Shieff. The first two in the series The Gentleman's Club and The Vanishing Act were both finalists in… Audio

Family members descended from Aotearoa's first professional portrait artist, William Beetham, are bringing together paintings he made of himself, his wife and his ten children for an exhibition called… Audio, Gallery

For a decade Timothy Wayne-Wright travelled the world performing hundreds of concerts with Britain's Grammy award winning The King's Singers. Now he and his family have settled in Aotearoa, where Tim… Audio

The classic requiem form is the springboard for a new work that reflects on how Kiwis have been experiencing loneliness, distance, and uncertainty under lockdown and border restrictions. Where Will… Audio

The renowned Australian visual artist Amanda Parer is bringing 'Fantastic Planet' - giant inflatable luminous white 'humanoids' who land at different sites across the globe - to Auckland as part of… Audio

A new work by Waiheke Island artist and sculptor Anton Forde has been revealed to the public today. The installation, made up of 55 individual pou, can be viewed clearly as people come and go via… Audio, Gallery

All children deserve to see themselves in a book, but in Aotearoa this isn't always happening. That's the key point made in the acceptance speech by the country's most recent winner of the Storylines… Audio

A new novel invites us to fast forward four years. State surveillance is everywhere in Aotearoa, and if you dare to search for evidence of government corruption you could end up on the Kill List… Audio