What’s On
Leo Bensemann: Paradise Garden
A collection of Leo Bensemann’s extraordinary Mohua Golden Bay landscape paintings.
Edwards + Johann: Mutabilities—propositions to an unknown universe
Transformation, unpredictability and magic happen when unrelated worlds meet.
He Kapuka Oneone – A Handful of Soil
Exploring the relationship between tākata and whenua – people and land – through Aotearoa New Zealand’s art history.
Open 7 days, 10am - 5pm
Late night Wednesday until 9pm
Free entry, free wifi
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Opening postponed
Okay, it's officially horrible outside. We've reluctantly decided that is would be best to postpone the opening of Wayne Youle's Sydenham mural until Monday at 4pm.
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Trumpet blowing time!
The Museums Australia Multimedia and Publication Design Awards (MAPDAs) were announced in Perth the other day.
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The Social Network
As of yesterday afternoon, the Gallery spells Friend with a capital letter.
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The men with the midas touch
They've done it again. Our seriously awesome web designers Sons & Co scored a gold award in the interactive category for our new mobile web version of the Gallery's site.
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The empire strikes back?
Stormtroopers in the Gallery? Are these pieces of a yet-to-be-constructed Imperial army?
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Observation/Action/Replanting
I'm finding the demolition of buildings in Lyttelton (from the Timeball to the dairy) a very visible and unpleasant process. Where, for me, much of the loss in the central city is at present only made real through photographs and irate letters in the press, in Lyttelton - with no sealed off 'red zone' to conceal change - every new building that comes down leaves a very visceral gap in the fabric of my town. The stump of a tooth in a battered mouth.
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Competition time!
It's a titanic struggle between the giants of their fields, where opposing teams pit their wits against each other in a do or die competition. No, for once not the RWC. It's the annual Best Design Awards.
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Host a brooch
A number of Gallery staff are planning to take part in the final Host a Brooch event this weekend.