Kā Kaupapa o te Wā
What’s On
Celebrate Matariki at the Gallery
Tatai Whetū Tatai Tangata.
Made in the Pacific: A Collection of Tāoga
A selection of Pacific tāoga from the Canterbury Museum in conversation with contemporary artworks that highlight the continued strength in culture and traditional art forms.
Mark Adams: A Survey | He Kohinga Whakaahua
A comprehensive survey spanning the artist's career.
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Late night Wednesday until 9pm
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But is it art?
Strolling bobbies, mini skirts and Morris Minors, plus a zippy Ron Goodwin soundtrack – 1960s Christchurch comes back to life.
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Kiwi fortune hunters
It was surprising for many of us to read in the Press recently about the planned replacement for the broken BNZ in Cathedral Square.
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Digital forensics
I'd been meaning to nail the location of Petrus van der Velden's moody 1890 charcoal drawing, 'Near Sumner', for a while...
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A poet in our midst
Portrait of an Unknown Man – one of the earliest portraits in the collection – has recently been identified as a portrait of the seventeenth century English poet Edmund Waller (1606–1687).
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4 December 1835: Happy Birthday, Mr Butler
Samuel Butler's 1873 self-portrait is one of a number of works that has been identified as needing conservation repairs – as well as a new photograph.
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Christchurch Cathedral in 1878...
...feels remarkably close to Christchurch Cathedral at this present moment. I have no idea of what the lesson is here, but there surely is one. Any suggestions?
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1923, Christchurch Cathedral Square
The Rustle of Silk is showing at Everybody's. Foolish Wives, starring Eric von Stroheim, is screening at the Strand.
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Doc Ross: photographing the red zone
Sydenham-based photographer Doc Ross and his camera have been investigating the Christchurch urban environment for the past 14 years.
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Ode to Shag Rock / Rapanui
We had followed its progress. Reduced to easily half its size after February 22, Shag Rock was made Shagpile as well as something ruder.