Kā Kaupapa o te Wā
What’s On
Tīrama Mai 2025
Tīrama Mai is back this winter to celebrate Puanga Matariki with an array of artistic lighting and cultural displays in the heart of Ōtautahi Christchurch.
Disruptive Landscapes: Contemporary Art from Japan
Quietly powerful and immersive video works revealing the politics behind our view of landscape.
John Vea: Ini Mini Mani Mou
Powerful new work examining the complexities of the immigration process in Aotearoa New Zealand.
E tuwhera ana te wharetoi i kā rā e 7 o te wiki, 10am - 5pm
Ka tuwhera ki te 9pm i kā pō Wenerei
Open 7 days, 10am - 5pm
Late night Wednesday until 9pm
Uruka utukore, ahokore utukore
Free entry, free wifi
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Streets of London
So here it is finally, our acknowledgment that most people are currently spending a lot of their time watching the Olympics.
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Reproductive cycle
We are receiving quite a few requests for reproductions of the works in our Reconstruction exhibition.
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A shot in the arm
Another work from the murky depths of our collection has revealed its back-story
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Nostalgia's not what it used to be
While we are closed, we are able to research some of the works in our collection whose stories have not been told.
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...and all that jazz
We offer warmest congratulations to our former colleague Janna van Hasselt who has been awarded a Fulbright New Zealand General Graduate Award to study at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Memories of Lili Kraus
Gallery guide Sara Newman remembers a performance given by Lili Krauss in Nelson in 1946.
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Felled
Words really are superfluous for this one, except to extend thanks to John Collie for photography, Simon Lawrence for editing and our good neighbours across the road at the WEA for allowing a camera to be placed on their property.