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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Toy Love
Big congratualtions to Toy Love on their New Zealand Herald Legacy Award, which was presented to the band at the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards last week.
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All things must pass
Last Friday evening saw two Christchurch noise bands take to the rooftop of the Physics Room building on Tuam street to perform a short set to the wider cbd and anyone who cared to listen.
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Florence Akins 1906 - 2012
Florence Akins, an artist with a very long association with Canterbury art, passed away peacefully on 18 October, aged 106.
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thirst quenchers
We enjoy the odd bottle of craft beer here at the Christchurch Art Gallery, especially when the labels have been created by our own staff.
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Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite
Letterpress + wood-engraving + John Lennon + Sgt Peppers = a Beatles obsessive meets fine printing
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CASS
André Hemer's exhibition CASS is well worth a visit if you are near the Christchurch Art Gallery's space above NG on Madras street.
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Margaret Stoddart: born Diamond Harbour 3 October, 1865.
While the Gallery remains closed to the public the permanent collection continues to grow with several generous gifts and bequests being received recently.
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Wai-te-ata Press
On a recent trip to Wellington I was fortunate enough to visit Wai-te-ata Press at the University of Victoria with local letterpress printer Brendan O'Brien.
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Artists in Uniform or not just another visit to an art gallery on a wet Sunday afternoon
Following on from the article appearing in todays Press on Russell Clark's Japanese Planes, Rekata Bay, Santa Isabel, 1945 it's interesting to see some film footage of Clark, and others, discussing art in 1944 which you can view here.