What’s On
Leo Bensemann: Paradise Garden
A collection of Leo Bensemann’s extraordinary Mohua Golden Bay landscape paintings.
He Kapuka Oneone – A Handful of Soil
Our new collection exhibition is now open.
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.
Open 7 days, 10am - 5pm
Late night Wednesday until 9pm
Free entry, free wifi
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A not-so-fond farewell
Whenever I see this painting by Michael Smither I'm struck by two things: how knowingly and accurately he conveys domestic life and how much I hate highchairs.
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New Gallery Space for Christchurch
Christchurch's visual artists have been doing it tough of late, but there's at least one bright spot on the horizon with the opening of a new gallery, Chambers@241, on 20 July.
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Sharks in the Water
Here in Christchurch, some motorists seem to be counteracting the challenges of earthquake-affected roading (bumps, potholes, closures, detours, decoratively-configured traffic cones) with a nifty new driving style.
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It's a very gourd sign
One painting I was very pleased to see again recently isn't from the Gallery's collection, but will be very familiar to many Christchurch people.
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Day Tripping?
There are many good reasons to visit Oxford, North Canterbury, but here are 117 more:
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Moon Illusion
The moon, particularly the full one, has been getting a bit of bad press lately in (questionable) relation to 'recent events' in Christchurch.
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Pot-pourri
It's certainly not easy being closed, but if there is a bright side it's that we've had a chance to get on to some of those projects that have been previously relegated to a long 'to do' list.
Exhibition
Séraphine Pick: Tell Me More
Séraphine Pick's original and imaginative practice has made her one of New Zealand's most highly regarded painters.