What’s On
Edith Amituanai and Sione Tuívailala Monū: Toloa Tales
New video works trace migratory threads across Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa as the artists return to their ancestral homeland.
Marilynn Webb: Folded in the Hills
A major survey exhibition of Ngāpuhi, Te Roroa and Ngāti Kahu artist Marilynn Webb.
From Here on the Ground
Populated places and cityscapes converge with backyards, factories and remote railway stops. Open now!
Open 7 days, 10am - 5pm
Late night Wednesday until 9pm
Free entry, free wifi
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Ansel Adams: Photographic Frontiers
Legendary American photographer Ansel Adams' images of the natural world reveal a lifetime devoted to capturing its changing beauty. This exhibition presents a selection of photographs the artist considered his best.
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Ape To Zip: Adventures in Alphabet Art
A light-hearted art alphabet adventure bringing together a curious assortment of artworks in an exhibition designed to captivate the young and the young at heart.
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Facing an Era
A remarkable collection of early-twentieth-century portrait postcards of anonymous New Zealanders, capturing the faces of a newly forged nation.
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kelcytaratoa: myspace
Populated with self-portraits, action toys and superheroes, the large-scale urban scapes of Kelcy Taratoa introduce an arresting new presence in New Zealand art.
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Of Deities or Mortals
This exhibition takes eight objects from the University of Canterbury's James Logie Memorial Collection and invites eight contemporary New Zealand artists to respond to the works.
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Art Detectives
From the collections comes this delightful interactive exhibition for children of all ages, encouraging younger visitors to explore and connect with artworks.
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I See Red
Through a selection of eclectic, mainly contemporary artworks for the Gallery's collection, this interactive children's exhibition explores some of the strong meanings and ideas associated with the colour red.
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Art School 125: 125 Years of the School of Fine Arts at the University of Canterbury
The University of Canterbury's School of Fine Arts celebrates 125 years in 2007 and the Gallery's major summer exhibition will survey selected highlights from the history of the School's artistic and cultural achievements.
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Ben Cauchi: Dead Time
Ben Cauchi deftly manipulates light sources, studio effects and darkroom techniques to create a mysterious, illusory zone. Known for his use of mid-nineteenth-century photographic processes, Dead Time reveals the results of a recently completed residency as Frances Hodgkins Fellow in Dunedin.
Catalogue and iPod Audio Tour available.
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White on White
New for children and families, White on White is the thought-provoking replacement to I See Red. Includes new works by contemporary artists, and works from the permanent collection by Ando Hiroshige, Eileen Mayo, Jude Rae and Peter Robinson.