The Lowdown

Pharos. Image by Leroy Beckett for NZ Herald
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Lowdown #29: They came, they queued, and they got WOWed

Emma Johnson takes us on a tiki tour of Aotearoa’s latest sensations and ambitions, achievements and explorations.
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The Big Idea Editor
Queen Kapussi by Hohua Ropate Kurene
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Lowdown #28: Haere ra / and so it goes

Some very bright and beautiful stars left us this week. Janet McAllister bids them farewell, and shares more news from Aotearoa's art world.
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The Big Idea Editor
Evan Woodruffe. Image courtesy of Art New Zealand
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Lowdown #27: Art and about

James Littlewood rips open Pandora’s box of this week’s shenanigans.
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James Littlewood
LitCrawl 2017 Vanessa Rushton Photography - Slow Boat Records
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Lowdown #26: Who's scoring the moolah?

While the overseas news has us on the edge of our seats, Emma Johnson sure knows how to remind us how good we have it here with her whistle stop tour of NZ's latest art news and opportunities.
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Emma Johnson
Buckwheat Cowley. Photo by Mark Tantrum.
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Lowdown #25: The Tale of the Flying Chicken

The politics of new NZ theatre, Francis Upritchard's 'Wetwang Slack', and celebrating our Pasifika artists: Mark Amery broadcasts the latest news and cultural tensions from across the arts in Aotearoa
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Mark Amery
Alien Weaponry. Image courtesy of their Australasian manager Hammerhead
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Lowdown #24 - Brokering the big time

Indies going global! Mark Amery’s back with all the arts news and weather in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Mark Amery
Marc Ruaix - Unsplash
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The Lowdown #23: Media, money and marginalisation

By James Littlewood.
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James Littlewood
Lakiloko Keakea's Fafetu exhibition opening at Objectspace. Image by David St George
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The Lowdown #22: Nobody gets what they want anymore

Another major arts funding resource goes into hiatus. From Arts Foundation to the Silver Scrolls, Emma Johnson gets you what you need.
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Emma Johnson
Mark Adams Chalfont Crescent, Mangere, South Auckland. Jim Taofinu’u. Tufuga tatatau: Su’a Sulu’ape Paulo II, 30 June 1985. Courtesy the artist © Mark Adams
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The Lowdown #21: The arts are starving, but we’re feeding Hollywood

Tertiary arts resources are closing down everywhere while the government extends hefty subsidies to foreign blockbusters. James Littlewood tucks in for the Lowdown #21.
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James Littlewood
Jessie McCall and Rose Philpott: HEALR, photo courtesy the artists and Tempo Dance Festival
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The Lowdown #20: Co-design triumphs in rebuild centrepiece.

Community ownership, co-living, and Peter McLeavey: publisher and writer Emma Johnson taps the wires for the art news and weather from Aotearoa.
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Emma Johnson