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!
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Late night Wednesday until 9pm
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Exhibition
Pressed Letters: Fine Printing in New Zealand Since 1975
An exhibition presenting some of the finest examples of letterpress printing produced in New Zealand from 1975 to the present.
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No. 9, No. 9, No. 9, No. 9…Barbour Street
Colin McCahon spent several years based in Christchurch between 1948 and 1953 during which time he rented a house in Barbour street in the inner city suburb of Phillipstown.
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Jekyll and Hyde
Next time you are passing the Gallery on Montreal Street take time to check out the latest instalment of Stereoscope, Jason Greig's Mr Hyde and Henry Jekyll MD. These two works are part of Jason's Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde suite of monoprints completed in 2010.
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Epsom Derby
Sybil Andrews colour linocut Racing captures the energy, motion and rhythm of horses and riders as they gallop round the bend of the Epsom race track in London.
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Year of the Cyclops
Keep an eye out for two new works by Rob Hood titled 'Year of the Cyclops' which have recently appeared on the bunker in front of the Gallery on Montreal Street.
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Heavy Metal #3
Check out this amazing Columbian printing press that was recently discovered in an English garden.
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Fernbank Studio
While currently curating an exhibition titled Pressed Letters: Fine Printing in New Zealand since 1975, which examines not only beautifully designed hand-printed books but also the collaborative nature that often exists between poets, artists and letterpress printers, I was...
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Across the bay
Henri Lebasque's (1865-1937) oil painting Across the bay was one of those landscape paintings in the collection with a title that gave nothing away as to its actual location.
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The Last Great Air Race, London – Christchurch 1953
On the 8th of October 1953 what has been described as the Last Great Air Race got under way when an assortment of both civil and military aircraft departed Heathrow Airport, London to race each other halfway round the world to Christchurch.
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Wainui, Akaroa by Rita Angus
This article first appeared as 'On view' in The Press on 15 June 2012.