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Travelling Through Art
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Travelling Through Art

How a project that started as a truck in Aotearoa has become a vehicle to promote NZ artists both at home and on the other side of the world.

Lowdown on Defying Convention
The Lowdown

Lowdown on Defying Convention

The biggest week of the year for writers, history made, records smashed and cultural buildings in sharp focus. Mark Amery with a bumper arts news bulletin.

Not on Board
The Lowdown

Not on Board

Turmoil at the top of a key cultural organisation comes with plenty of questions - as Mark Amery launches into the Lowdown on resignations, festivals, appointments and milestones.

Lowdown on Week of Scandal
The Lowdown

Lowdown on Week of Scandal

Naming, shaming and heated debate has gripped the creative community by the throat this week. Mark Amery rips into the biggest issues in your arts news bulletin.

New Ways to Go Global
The Lowdown

New Ways to Go Global

Arts news doesn't get fresher - Mark Amery reports on writers, artists and theatre finding new ways to attend events in the Lowdown.

New Works, Old Controversies
The Lowdown

New Works, Old Controversies

New performance companies are backing local talent, while one of NZ's best known explains their link to a disgraced choreographer in this week's packed arts news bulletin.

Wake-up Call
The Lowdown

Wake-up Call

The Lowdown is back and straight on the front foot - Mark Amery highlighting a brave stand on the lack of Māori in institutional roles in the first new arts media bulletin of 2021.

Lowdown on 2020
The Lowdown

Lowdown on 2020

What. A. Year. Mark Amery breaks down the arts in 2020 as it happened, headline by headline, with the Lowdown.

Artists Infiltrate Parliament
The Lowdown

Artists Infiltrate Parliament

The Beehive's artistic influx, a major contemporary art space under threat and positive signs in the regions and in print media. Mark Amery has this week’s arts news Lowdown.

No Mercy
The Lowdown

No Mercy

Emotions are boiling over after a contemporary art project showed up art world complacency and the danger of social media, writes Mark Amery in this week’s arts news Lowdown.

Arts Political Powerbrokers Shake Up
The Lowdown

Arts Political Powerbrokers Shake Up

There's a new face at the top of the Government's arts, culture and heritage ministry - but what does it mean to the sector? Mark Amery has the latest arts news bulletin.

"We are Not All Going to Survive This”
The Lowdown

"We are Not All Going to Survive This”

Different views on how much time the government should take giving out the biggest arts package in a generation in this week’s arts news Lowdown.