Kā Kaupapa o te Wā
What’s On
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.
Ana Iti: Ngahere Behind a Pile of Metal
An immersive installation considering the legacies of deforestation and significance of kauri trees.
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
Exhibition
In Modern Times
Exploring the expanding impact of cubism through works in the collection.
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Beasts
A generous, multimedia selection of animal-themed works, both lively and thoughtful.
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Treasury: A Generous Legacy
Stunning proof of the impact of generosity on the Christchurch collection.
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Kā Honoka
Cross-cultural encounter in the Pacific shows whaling as central to the local story.
Notes
Study (Woman in a wide black hat) by Raymond McIntyre
This article first appeared as 'The Muse' in The Press on 25 August 2015.
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Maori Carved Figure. Rotorua. N.Z.
This article first appeared as 'Picture perfect postcards of our prominent places' in The Press on 25 March 2015.
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A Reading from Plato by Gertrude Hammond
This article first appeared as 'Mulling matters of inequality' in The Press on 3 February 2015.
Exhibition
David Cook: Meet Me in the Square
Cathedral Square, Centennial Pool, Lancaster Park, schoolboys, punks, nuns – a photographic journey through 1980s Christchurch.
Notes
An architectural modernist relic
With so many 'old dungers' banished to oblivion in these parts, it's now difficult to find evidence, within the four avenues at least, that Christchurch had existed at all before, say, about 1983...