Bunker notes

22 February 2012, Felicity Milburn

Light falling through a dark landscape

21 February 2012, Tim Jones

Buon anniversario

Today it's buon anniversario to Girolamo Nerli, born this day in Sienna, in 1863.

19 February 2012, Ken Hall

Domes, spires and fallen towers

It must be about letting go of towering ambitions in the new gothic Christchurch - or for the moment at least while we're stuck with faulty towers...

18 February 2012, Justin Paton

World's feeblest street artwork discovered in Christchurch

Move over, Banksy. Take a breather, Otis Frizzell. The Christchurch Art Gallery's elite force of street art archaeologists have located what is, according to our instruments, the world's feeblest work of protest art. Here it is:

17 February 2012

Art Wars

Easily the best MyGallery set has just been created.

17 February 2012, Tim Jones

Oxford Art Online

Oxford Art Online has recently added a large amount of New Zealand content.

16 February 2012, Neil Semple

Les taureaux en hiver

On Valentine's Day in Paris, He Korero Purakau mo te Awanui o Te Motu Story of a New Zealand River, the third of Michael Parekowhai's pianos from the Venice Biennale, was unveiled to the public.

15 February 2012, Felicity Milburn

In memory of David Cheer 1931–2012

'Still, but never static' is how one writer described the work of local artist David Cheer, who died on 4 February, aged 80.

15 February 2012, Justin Paton

Local colours

Every city with character has its own colour.

14 February 2012, Felicity Milburn

Hooked on a feeling

As we're all painfully aware, database searching is not always a straight-forward or precise operation.

13 February 2012, Justin Paton

The Burnside Biennale of Contemporary Art

What I fear along with many is that we're seeing the emergence of a so-called 'donut city', where all the social and commercial energy has been spun out to the malls and industrial parks on the edges. And you know where most of our existing public art would end up in a donut city? It would end up 'in the hole' – stuck in an empty centre.

12 February 2012, Airi Hashimoto

Stripes and checks

Adding labels to the works in our collection – so that you know what a painting depicts, describes or evokes – continues full steam ahead while we are closed.

11 February 2012, Lana Coles

The Street

The Street was an exhibition and a series of associated events held back in 1980. The questions it asked could scarcely be more relevant to the city in 2012.

10 February 2012, Ray Welsh