This week Ayesha talks to Yolunda Hickman about her residency in Canada, and Anita Frost, one of the organisers of the recently opened DEMO. We hear from a range of artists about the worst artwork they've ever made, and in studio Tom, Theo, and Ayesha describe their own worst artworks. We discuss The Cure's upcoming concert in Auckland, Anthony Byrt's Metro Magazine article about Auckland's need for a dedicated contemporary art space, and the allegations against Bowerbank Ninow. Finally, there's the weekly exhibition guide.

Theo speaks to Daisy Wells about her show at Audio Foundation. Mark O'Donell and Daphne Simons reflect on their time running Canape Canopy, the outdoor art space in Central Auckland. Tom dicusses the Welsh play Under Milk Wood. We mull over the Panama Papers, and the deep ties between the world of art and the crooked corporate realm. Plus a bunch of (good) art-related songs, and the weekly exhibition guide.

This week we discuss what's happening in Wellington, focusing upon a screening of Matthew Barney's River of Fundament organised by Adam Art Gallery in conjunction with the New Zealand Festival. Theo talks to Stephen Cleland, curator of Adam Art Gallery, about the process of assembling this screening and it's associated gallery installation. We talk to Mark Williams about CIRCUIT's plans for the coming year, and interview artist Isabella Dampney about moving image, paranoia, and River of Fundament.

This week we touch down in Ōtautahi/Christchurch. Tom talks to Aaron Kreisler from the Canterbury School of Fine Arts about the city and its art. We catch up with Sophie Bannan about her work at the recently reopened CoCA Gallery, and her experiences at North Projects, the Christchurch Art Gallery and in Sendai, Japan. We talk to Rachael Welfare of Gapfiller, the group invigorating the city's demolishion sites and hopefully its people. Also Naoya Hatakeyama talks about photographing his hometown, and Ayesha and Tom talk about Nathan Pohio's work in SCAPE.

Kia ora. This week Cushla speaks to artist Claudia Jowitt about her new paintings in current show "Liberal Application". Theo and Cushla did a speed tour of "White Nights" Auckland (apologies to events we didn't have time to visit or mention) and had a freakishly good time. To cap it off we play some tracks by Black Cracker who has been gracing us with their music as part of "The Bill" exhibition at Artpace.

Today in the studio we are joined by Lana Lopesi, Jeremy Leatinu'u and Bonnie Tamati. In celebration of Tautai's 30th anniversary we chat about Pacific art and the role that Tautai has played over the years. Ayesha speaks with Dagmar Dyck about the history of Tautai and Salome Tanuvasa gives us an insight to her role at Artspace as the education intern. A massive shout out to Leafa Wilson who curated Tautai | Navigate, an exhibition of 50 Pacific artists which is not to be missed.

This week Theo reviews Prince's first Auckland concert, in which the crowd got to their feet and danced. We talk about Friedensreich Hundertwasser. Who was he? Why is he relevant in NZ culture today? Tom talks to Grant Faber, who is in a battle to make the Hundertwasser Art Centre and Wairau Maori Art Gallery a reality. Lastly, we discuss the latest shows and upcoming events in Tāmaki Makaurau.

Today is Robins last show before she wings her way to the eye of the storm in the U.S. Kick some ass Rob we will ms u dearly!! On this special show Theo talks to the epic Fiona Clark on the opening of her show "For Fantastic Carmen" as part of "The Bill" program at Artspace marking the 30th Anniversary of the 1986 Homosexual Law Reform Act in Aotearoa New Zealand. Cushla talks to Julia Croft about her performance piece at the Basement Theater "If there's not dancing at the revolution I'm Not Coming" 23-27thFeb. Jaimee Stockman-Young is also live in the studio discussing her contribution to "The Bill" program at Artspace.

Happy Valentines Day! Today we talking about SEX... oh yes. Today Theo tackles his relash with the new bFM studio system unchaperoned! He talks to Lily Emerson in the studio about her thesis on the development of Sadomasochism as a sexual identity as well as queer representation and other sexual identities. He also interviewed artist Anna Sisson this week about her practice and interests. Ayesha interviews Li-Ming Jimi Hendrix about her work at Canape Canopy which is currently on show.xx

Kia ora Artbank Whanau. Today we acknowledge Waitangi day and Tiriti o Waitangi by talking to Robin, who traveled to Waitangi, about the celebrations there, the TPP Hikoi, the TPP protests and #dildogate. We also have artworld power-couple, Liz Maw and Andrew Mccloud in the studio, talking about their work, experience of making art and representational painting.