Artbank with Theo

On this week's Artbank: Christopher Ulutupu discusses Hidden amongst clouds, a new video work commissioned for the exhibition I Multiply Each Day, at Gus Fisher Gallery. Later on, Yona Lee joins Theo live via phone to talk about developing An Arrangement for 5 Rooms at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. Finally, August Ward speaks about Transvestite Paintings at LOVER <3. Plus a review of the new film Bergman Island!

In this excerpt from Artbank's February 27, 2022 broadcast, poet Frances Samuel discusses and reads from Museum, her new poetry collection out now from Te Herenga Waka University Press.

This week's Artbank features three interviews. First, artist Li Si-Rong discusses her Depot Artspace exhibition with Jenny Zhong, And So, We Build An Amusement Park On The Uninhabited Island. Later, poet Frances Samuel talks about writing Museum, her new poetry collection out now from Te Herenga Waka University Press. Finally, art writer and gallerist JJ Harper describes founding the new artist-run space LOVER <3 .

In the first half of the broadcast, artist Philip Kelly joined Theo to talk about MUTED, Philip's exhibition at Audio Foundation.  In the second hour, Nigel Borell discusses the opening of Whangārei's Wairau Māori Art Gallery, for which Nigel has curated the exhibition Puhi Ariki.