Art History
The Cave of the Taniwha
French and New Zealand archaeologists are collaborating to study Maori rock art in the central South Island Audio
Early New Zealand portrait artist William Beetham
Before Goldie, before Lindauer, William Beetham was being commissioned to paint the portraits of Maori, as well as Pakeha settlers. So why have most of us have never heard of him? The curator of an… Audio
Art with Mary Kisler : Modernisme and Modernism
Senior Curator at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, discussing Modernisme and Modernism in Spanish architecture. Audio
A Quaker's View
Curator Paul Diamond on why a collection of watercolours painted from 1843 to 1845 by an English Quaker and potential colonist, is exclusively of Maori subjects. The exhibition is called 'Head and… Audio
Art with Mary Kisler: Hundertwasser
Senior Curator, Mackelvie Collection, at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, discussing the life and work of Austrian artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser. Audio
Art with Mary Kisler
Senior Curator at the Auckland Art Gallery - Toi o Tamaki, discussing Napoleon: Revolution to Empire, an exhibition that showed recently at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV International). Audio
Art with Mary Kisler: Spanish masterpieces
Discussing leading painters of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries whose works are featured in the exhibition, Portrait of Spain: Masterpieces from the Prado, at the Queensland Art Gallery. Audio
Selling the Dream
The art of early tourism and its place in this country's art history with art historian Warren Feeney and editor Peter Alsop. Selling the Dream is a Craig Potton publication. Audio
Pat Hanly
Gregory O'Brien, talking about his book on a painter with one of the brightest palettes in New Zealand art history, Pat Hanly. Audio
Southern Story for 28 June 2012 - South Island Maori Rock Art Project
Sage Forest ventures into the cave of the Opihi Taniwha and learns about the South Island Maori Rock Art Project. Audio
Art with Mary Kisler: Henry Fuseli
Discussing the 18th century Romantic painter Henry Fuseli, whose drawings from the Auckland Art Gallery's collection are featured in the exhibition, Henri Fuseli: Dark Chambers of the Mind. Audio
Art with Mary Kisler : Vincent van Gogh
Senior Curator, Mackelvie Collection, International Art, at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, discussing the life and work of Vincent van Gogh, including two paintings in the Degas to Dali… Audio
Art with Mary Kisler : Degas to Dali
Senior Curator, Mackelvie Collection, International Art, at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki. She will discuss the Degas to Dali exhibition, featuring masters from the National Galleries of… Audio
Art with Mary Kisler: Renaissance paintings
Senior curator at the Auckland Art Gallery, discussing the exhibition, Renaissance: 15th and 16th Century Italian Paintings from the Accademia Carrara, Bergamo. Audio
Canterbury Society of the Arts
Warren Feeney talks about the often turbulent history of the Canterbury Society of the Arts, which still has its fair share of critics who believe it was too conservative and favoured British work to… Audio
Art with Mary Kisler
Senior Curator at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki discusses the exhibition, Surrealism: The Poetry of Dreams currently showing at the Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane. Audio
Geoffrey Batchen
Victoria University Professor of Art History giving open lecture about the as yet unwritten history of vernacular photography. Audio
Mary Kisler: angels and aristocrats
Mackelvie Curator of International Art at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, and author of Angels and Aristocrats: Early European Art in New Zealand Public Collections. Audio
Mary Kisler: children in Dutch art
Mackelvie Curator of International Art at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, discussing images of children in Dutch art. Audio
Art with Mary Kisler: local revolutionaries
Mackelvie Curator of International Art at the Auckland Art Gallery - Toi o Tamaki discussing selected works from the gallery's exhibition, Local Revolutionaries: Art and Change 1965-1986. Audio