Julia Waite
New exhibition exposes hidden history of modern women artists
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… Audio
Original artworks by Frida Kahlo to be shown in Auckland
Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera: Art and Life in Modern Mexico encompasses Kahlo's striking self-portraits and Rivera's prized easel paintings, alongside more than 150 artworks by leading Mexican… Audio, Gallery
Arts with Julia Waite: Barbara Tuck and William Harding
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… Audio
Arts with Julia Waite
Julia Waite looks at what's happening in the space of Māori portraiture around the country, including at the New Zealand Portrait Gallery in Wellington with its Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award, the… Audio
Arts with Julia Waite
Julia joins Kathryn to look at Tai Moana Tai Tangata by MÄori sculptor Brett Graham at the Govett Brewster Art Gallery in New Plymouth, on until 2 May. She'll also look at Ralph Hotere: Ä€tete (to… Audio, Gallery
Exhibitions: Tender Brick and Touching Sight
Arts correspondent Julia Waite joins Kathryn to talk about two current exhibitions in which artists challenge a traditional use of materials and draw attention to the tactility of fabric and clay… Audio
Galleries re-awakening and sharing their collections and exhibi
Arts correspondent Julia Waite joins Kathryn to talk about how Covid-19 has been an opportunity for galleries have 'leaned in' to their own art collections, and are sharing more of the art here in New… Audio, Gallery
Art: Representing historical art narratives
Arts correspondent Julia Waite talks about some exhibitions she's seen lately that have found new narratives when it comes to abstraction. She'll also talk about how women are being increasingly… Audio
Celebrating French NZ artist Louise Henderson
Artist Louise Henderson (1902-1994) worked alongside major New Zealand art figures including Rita Angus, John Weeks, Colin McCahon and Milan Mrkusich and developed a bold, colourful and distinctive… Audio, Gallery
The music of Gordon Walters' artistic New Visions
Julia Waite, co-curator of Gordon Walters: New Vision, a major retrospective of art by one of New Zealand’s foremost modern artists at Auckland Art Gallery, plays five pieces of music to illustrate… Audio, Gallery
A new vision of Gordon Walters
In 1966, artist Gordon Walters had a breakthrough moment when he first showed a series of 12 radically abstract geometric paintings in Auckland. Audio, Gallery
Julia Waite - Cubism in Aotearoa
Freedom and Structure: Cubism and NZ art 1930 to 1960, is a travelling Auckland Art Gallery exhibition, curated by Julia Waite. It explores the impact of Cubism on the work of six artists, including… Audio
The Us in I
Life’s complexities in New Zealand between the 40s and 80s are presented in a photographic exhibition at the Auckland Art Gallery. The series The Us in I documents a period of upheaval and optimism… Audio, Gallery
