Kā Kaupapa o te Wā
What’s On
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.
Dear Shurrie
The art, influence and friendships of sculptor and teacher Francis Shurrock
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Late night Wednesday until 9pm
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Notes
Happy New Year
The Ancient Romans dedicated this day to their two-faced god Janus – the deity of gates, doors and beginnings.
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Sweet Caroline
I've enjoyed Albert James Rae's moody mezzotint landscapes and finely observed and etched portraits since a large folio of his work was acquired for the collection in 2001.
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Focused
Rudolf Gopas, who was born on 13 December in 1913, is perhaps best known for his expressionist paintings.
Exhibition
Graham Bennett: Reasons for Voyaging
Graham Bennett's Reasons for Voyaging is a gateway sculpture which welcomes visitors to the Gallery.
Notes
Going Bush
As we're constantly reminded by a somewhat strident billboard campaign, the Christchurch We Love Is Still Here.
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Killer work, Cheryl
Huge congratulations to Lyttelton-based artist Cheryl Lucas, who took away the inaugural $10,000 Sculpture on the Peninsula Award last Friday night.
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A date to remember
At 11.11.11 on 11.11.11, the time and date will be a perfect same-numbered palindrome, reading the same backwards as forwards, an event which can only happen on one day every 100 years.
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Trick AND Treat
Hist and hark! Draw near and tremble,
for 'tis this night that ghosts assemble!