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.
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Late night Wednesday until 9pm
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Lyttelton from the water
The Gallery holds two ink drawings by William Holmes (1825–1885) including this intensely detailed view of Lyttelton from the water which he drew in 1852, just 15 months after the first four ships arrived with the Canterbury Association settlers.
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Books books everywhere and not a word to read
The Gallery's library currently has the appearance of some sort of intervention.
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Another nor’wester descends on Canterbury
Some people fear them, others revel in the unforgiving dry heat – love them or hate them the legendary Canterbury nor'wester is one of the defining features of this region in the summer months and there is a real doozy blowing outside at the moment.
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Do It Yourself
One of the defining features of the early Flying Nun releases was the DIY aesthetic.
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Black Painting
Ralph Hotere's recognition as a Member of the Order of New Zealand in the New Year was a fitting tribute to an artist whose work has truly reflected social, political and environmental issues relating to New Zealand and the wider international community throughout his career.
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Night light
Ronnie van Hout's latest film, The creation of the world, is a nocturnal highlight on Worcester Boulevard at present.
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Boom time for Akaroa
This early view of the seaside town of Akaroa is a world away from the heaving masses of tourists that are dominating the town this summer.
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Don Driver 1930-2011
Our thoughts go out to the family of Don Driver, one of New Zealand's most respected artists, who recently passed away.
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Pressed Letters
Two recent additions to the Gallery's library highlight letterpress printing is alive and well in Australasia.
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Songs from Robert Burns
One of the highlights acquired for the Gallery's library recently is this beautiful 1925 Golden Cockerel Press edition of Songs From Robert Burns, illustrated throughout with wood-engravings by Mabel Annesley (1881–1959).