Courtney Johnston
More visiting Te Tiriti exhibit at Te Papa after damage
Te Papa says the number of visitors identifying its Te Tiriti exhibit as a highlight has jumped from 18 percent to 43 percent since December.
That's when a group of protestors damaged the wooden… Audio
Te Papa snags precious paintings at art auction
The first half of an art auction containing items from the Bank of New Zealand's collection has exceeded expectations, bringing in more than $13.5 million last night. It included the $2.45 million… Audio
Unusual inhabitants well looked after at Te Papa in lockdown
First Up producer Ellie Jay swears that Night at the Museum is a cinematic masterpiece, but what was happening inside 'our' museums at night when they were shut due to Covid? Courtney Johnston is Tumu… Audio
Covid-19: Te Papa to re-open on Tuesday after virus scare
Wellington's Te Papa museum will re-open to the public tomorrow.
It was closed last week after becoming a location of interest in the most recent Covid-19 scare.
The virus-positive Australian… Audio
Up to 2,500 isolating after Covid-19 case visited Te Papa
Wellington's Museum of New Zealand Te Papa has had to close for two days for a deep clean after a Covid-19 positive tourist from Australia visited the museum and its Surrealist Art Masterpieces … Video, Audio
Courtney Johnston reflects on year as chief executive
It's a year since Courtney Johnston took on the role of Te Papa's chief executive. There'd been quite the turnover of people in the role since the nation's museum and art gallery opened in Wellington… Audio
Keeping a museum alive in lockdown
We speak to Courtney Johnston the new Chief Executive at Te Papa about the needs of a museum in lockdown. Audio
Haere Ra 2019. A Decade in Review
Rod Oram, Siouxsie Wiles, Courtney Johnston and Gavin Ellis look back on the year in business, science, art and media. Audio
Haere Ra, 2019
Rod Oram, Siouxsie Wiles, Courtney Johnston and Gavin Ellis look back on the year in business, science, art and media Audio
Golden loo update, around the galleries this summer
Arts correspondent Courtney Johnston joins Kathryn for an update on Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan's missing solid gold toilet, and a trip around the motu highlighting exhibitions to see over the… Audio
Making Art Public exhibition and support of women artists
Arts correspondent Courtney Johnston joins Kathryn to talk about Sydney's exhibition of art that isn't there anymore; a Renaissance city remarkable for its support of women artists; and the Adam Art… Audio
Arts with Courtney Johnston
Courtney joins Kathryn to talk about the Dutch museum that's revising how the nation sees itself and an 18-carat artworld joke that was stolen from a British stately home - is the artist in on it? Audio
Redefining the international definition of 'museum'
Arts commentator Courtney Johnston looks at the debate stirred by the International Council of Museums releasing an update to their decades-old definition of what a museum is. She'll also talk about… Audio
Arts with Courtney Johnston
Jacqueline Fahey's survey 'Suburbanites' at the New Zealand Portrait Gallery in Wellington; Rembrandt's famous painting 'The Night Watch' is undergoing restoration in the Rijksmuseum; and a new study… Audio
Happy 150th Frances Hodgkins!
Arts commentator Courtney Johnston looks at the 150th anniversary of New Zealand painter Frances Hodgkins' birth, and an exhibition and several publications from the Auckland Art Gallery are the… Audio, Gallery
Exhibitions honour well-known modernist Guy Ngan
Arts commentator Courtney Johnston has a special focus on two exhibitions honouring the life work of Guy Ngan in Auckland and Wellington. Audio, Gallery
"The Room" and ideas for Notre Dame's spire replacement
Arts commentator Courtney Johnston looks at the final days of "The Room" exhibition at Objectspace in Auckland, photographer Edith Amituanai's new survey exhibition in Wellington and proposals from… Audio
Painter Carolee Schneemann and an Italian art heist foiled
Arts commentator Courtney Johnston looks at two very different art exhibitions about communities and connections; Italian police foil would-be art thieves; and remembering pioneering feminist artist… Audio
Watercolours of the World, a dodgy coffin and Māori Art Market
Arts commentator Courtney Johnston talks to us about two NZ museums joining a global effort to bring together watercolour artworks from before the era of photography. She'll also look at why the New… Audio
A year ahead in the Arts
Arts commentator Courtney Johnston previews the year to come, in major shows and major directorship changes around the country. Wastescape - Auckland Arts Festival - presented by Te Tuhi, Blood Earth… Audio