Mark Amery
Arts News for December 15, 2024
Renowned Māori actor and filmmaker Cliff Curtis has been honoured with the prestigious International Federation of Film Producers Associations Award at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards.
The event, held… Audio
Arts News: City to Sea bridge to be demolished
What has been described of the arts this week on RNZ Audio
Te Whare o Rehua Sarjeant Gallery
Te Whare o Rehua Sarjeant Gallery at Pukenamu Queen's Park in the centre of Whanganui is finally reopening this morning after being closed for a decade. Audio
Arts News: Quasi on the move, live performance contributes $17.3 bil and a Yorkshire Pud halloween costume
Arts News: Quasi on the move, live performance contributes $17.3 billion and a Yorkshire Pud halloween costume Audio
Arts news: new NZ film winning international awards, Salman Rushdie's memoir Knife, and a Picasso uncovereed
Our soundtrack today is another piece of music nominated for a APRA Silver Scroll songwriting award. 'Drifting' has been composed by Anita Schwabe, and its performed here by the Royal New Zealand Air… Audio
Arts News for 22 September 2024
Arts News: Parekowhai's controversial giant kangaroo, Te Unua Museum of Southland's cost blowout and extinct animal discovered in rock art. Audio
Arts News: a giant teardrop, an enormous road cone and a new home for dance
Arts news for 15 September 2024. Audio
Arts news: NZ art lights up Piccadilly Circus
The feature film - The Lie has topped the streaming platform Netflix as the #1 most viewed content across both New Zealand and Australia - a first for a New Zealand film to achieve this simultaneous… Audio
Arts News for 18 August 2024
Arts News: Injury at the Museum of Ice Cream, a #1 Netflix hit for NZ, Artbeat closes & kids books winner Stacey Gregg Audio
Arts news: Arts as a 'nice to do', Parkin prize and Electric Avenue
Arts news: Arts as a 'nice to do', Parkin prize and Electric Avenue Audio
Lisa Warrington: Supporting Aotearoa theatre past, present and future
Dunedin teacher, academic, director, producer, actor and author, Lisa Warrington reflects on her longstanding advocacy for Aotearoa New Zealand drama and what it means to receive a Kings Birthday… Audio
Flash Fiction: Storytelling for the short attention spans of our time?
Some say attention spans are not what they were. We scroll images and film and shuffle songs. Even cricket games can be over in 40 overs. So, could flash fiction be the written storytelling form of… Audio
The return of Auē: fast favourites with Becky Manawatu
It’s rare for an Aotearoa New Zealand writer to appear at book festivals about a novel, months out from its release. But then the sequel to a book as beloved and devastating as 2019’s Auē by Becky… Video, Audio
City Gallery may have to temporarily close due to construction
A leading New Zealand public art gallery may have to temporarily close due to construction work.
Wellington's City Gallery will have its main access shut off in June when demolition of the… Audio
When art and film become entwined: painter Sandro Kopp
In 2018, Sandro Kopp was tasked by film director Wes Anderson with creating ten monumental paintings for the film The French Dispatch in less than three months.
Kopp’s works needed to look like the… Audio