Art History

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

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

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

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

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 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 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 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

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

An auction house specialist spills the beans on the tactics and the secrets of the people who sell us art.  Audio, Gallery