This week's
stories
Eassayist, poet, editor, wit and lexicographer - Dr
Samuel Johnson was undoubtedly one of the leading lights of Eighteenth
Century England. And Scottish writer James Boswell's greatest hit was
his comprehensive biography of Doctor Johnson. But Otago University
Senior English lecturer Dr Paul Tankard became curious about Boswell's
less recognised journalistic writing for the British press in the late
1700s. Boswell wrote more than 600 items for 14 newspapers and
magazines of London and Edinburgh - most of them anonymously, as was
the norm. Dr Paul Tankard's been awarded the William L. Mitchell Prize for
Bibliography or Documentary Work on Early British Periodicals or
Newspapers for his new book Facts and Inventions: Selections from the
Journalism of James Boswell. Lynn Freeman discovered that many of the
stories hadn't been republished for more than 200 years.
Feb 25, 2018
02:40 pm
 
In the mid 1970s, a painting by American artist John
McLoughlin went missing while it was moving between art galleries in
New Zealand. Not only did it disappear. Before that, it had been badly
damaged - even spat at by a member of the public. Now Los Angeles based
Kiwi artist Fiona Connor has turned detective and created a film and
exhibition - Object Classrooms - that trace the movements of John
McLoughlin's long-lost painting. The Govett-Brewster Art Gallery in New
Plymouth, which organised the exhibition in the first place,
commissioned Fiona's film and opened up its archives to her.
Feb 25, 2018
02:26 pm
Continuing our series on people who work behind the
scenes of the arts, Lynn Freeman meets two Christchurch Symphony
Orchestra volunteers. They may be separated by about 50 years in age
but they're totally united in their love of music and the orchestra.
Meet Philippa Graham, in her early 70s, and 24 year old Caitlin
Godfrey.
Feb 25, 2018
01:47 pm
An exhibition representing 20 years of Graham Fletcher's
paintings - some rescued from obscurity in his mother's garage - is about
to go on show in Auckland. The Third Space: the Art of Graham Fletcher,
which is part of the Auckland Festival programme, opens March 2 2018 at
the Gus Fisher Gallery and is curated by Linda Tyler.
Feb 25, 2018
01:32 pm
Artist Bronwyn Holloway-Smith spent years getting enough
scuba-diving experience so that she could touch the Southern Cross
Cable on the sea floor. It's New Zealand's mainline internet connection
cable, running across the top of the North Island. But while there was
a huge fanfare when it was commissioned in 2000, Bronwyn's found it's
now heavily protected - to the point where she wasn't allowed to create
public art works around the key logistical sites. She's taken a
different direction in The Southern Cross Cable : A Tour, opening March
3 2018 at City Gallery Wellingon.
Feb 25, 2018
12:46 pm
Will virtual reality, VR, help filmmakers craft a new
kind of experience for film fans? That's being explored by some of the
next generation of filmmakers at Victoria University's new Miramar
Creative Centre. Director of the Centre is award-winning film director
and producer Dr Paul Wolffram.
Feb 25, 2018
12:34 pm
It's taken two years of work so far and there'll be more
years ahead as archaeologists sort though almost 10-thousand objects
unearthed from a swamp at the Waitaki River mouth more than 50 years ago.
The Willetts Collection takes pride of place in the North Otago Museum
where it was donated by the family of the farmer who lovingly collected
the stone tools, flakes and artefact fragments. Richard Walter and
Chloe Searle from the North Otago Museum discuss why the Willetts
collection is so remarkable.
Feb 25, 2018
12:16 pm
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