Art History
Raising rock art awareness for future kaitiaki
On the ceiling of a limestone cave in South Canterbury, a long, elegant sea creature has been drawn. Centuries after this taniwha [supernatural being] was carefully illustrated, the artist's pigments… Audio
Raising rock art awareness for future kaitiaki
On the ceiling of a limestone cave in South Canterbury, a long, elegant sea creature has been drawn. Centuries after this taniwha [supernatural being] was carefully illustrated, the artist's pigments…
AudioAlice Procter: getting real about 'colonial loot' in museums
Alice Procter is an art historian, tour guide and museum enthusiast who thinks institutions need to be more honest about how they came to acquire their collections. She runs "Uncomfortable Art Tours"… Audio
Dick Frizzell: 'I'm a habitual isolator by nature'
Artist Dick Frizzell has been busy during lockdown putting the finishing touches on his new book Me, According To The History Of Art. The self-described 'habitual isolator' joins the show to discuss… Audio
Greg O'Brien publishes on painter Melvin Day
Three years after his death, a new book offers for the first time a comprehensive look at the life, work and legacy of painter Melvin Day - also known as Pat. Encompassing seven prolific decades of… Audio, Gallery
Māori art historian Ngarino Ellis
Dr Ngarino Ellis is New Zealand's only Maori art history lecturer and she's on a mission to change the discipline. She's a senior lecturer in art history at the University of Auckland and specialises… Audio
Simon Schama - Historian and author's love affair with words
Simon Schama is Professor of Art History and History at Columbia University in New York. He has written and presented forty television documentary films for the BBC, PBS, and The History Channel… Audio
Gretchen Albrecht, Luke Smythe: Between gesture and geometry
Gretchen Albrecht is one of New Zealand's most prominent painters. A forerunner of the women's art movement, Albrecht's work of the 1960s and 70s anticipated key aspects of feminist art practice. Art… Audio, Gallery
Emma Jameson - History in watercolours
Emma Jameson is an assistant curator of historic international and New Zealand Art at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki. She has curated the exhibition 'First Impressions: 19th-century… Audio
The legacy of Jonathan Mane-Wheoki
Jonathan Mane-Wheoki has been described one of New Zealand's most important and influential art historians. He made a huge contribution to this country's Maori and Pacific art history in particular… Audio
The art of the art dealer
An auction house specialist spills the beans on the tactics and the secrets of the people who sell us art. Audio, Gallery
Art Crimes with Arthur Tompkins : Rose Valland
District Court Judge, and member of Interpol's DNA Monitoring Expert Group with a special interest in crimes involving artistic masterpieces, discussing Rose Valland, the most decorated woman in… Audio
Art Crime with Arthur Tompkins: Tissot theft
District Court Judge and member of Interpol's DNA Monitoring Expert Group, who has a special interest in crimes involving artistic masterpieces. He discusses the 1998 theft from the Auckland Art… Audio
Art with Mary Kisler: a restored Langot
Senior Curator at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki discussing restored engraving The Mocking of Christ, after Sir Anthony van Dyck by François Langot. Audio
Art Crime with Arthur Tompkins: Portrait of Wally
District Court Judge and member of Interpol's DNA Monitoring Expert Group, discussing the theft of Portrait of Wally, the 1912 oil painting by Austrian painter Egon Schiele. Audio
Art Crime with Arthur Tompkins
District Court Judge, and member of Interpol's DNA Monitoring Expert Group, discussing the theft of the 1907 portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer, painted by Gustav Klimt. Audio
Art with Mary Kisler: Pontormo and Rosso Fiorentino
Senior Curator at the Auckland Art Gallery, discussing the exhibition, Pontormo and Rosso Fiorentino: Diverging Paths of Mannerism, at Palazzo Strozzi in Florence. Audio
Art with Mary Kisler: Frances Hodgkins
Senior Curator, Mackelvie Collection, International Art, at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, discussing her upcoming project on Frances Hodgkins. Audio
Art with Mary Kisler: What Jane Saw
Senior Curator at the Auckland Art Gallery discussing an online recreation of the 1813 London exhibition of paintings by Sir Joshua Reynolds at the British Institution, as viewed by Jane Austen. Audio
Art with Mary Kisler: Turner
Senior Curator at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, discussing the exhibition Turner from the Tate: the Making of a Master. Audio, Gallery