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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Lawrence Baigent and Robert Erwin
While much has been written about the wrecked buildings in Christchurch's cbd and the loss of some of the city's iconic heritage buildings, demolition work also continues in the suburbs, often on a more personal scale.
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Salamander Gallery Closes
The recent news that the Salamander Gallery will not be re-opening brings an end to a gallery with a long and productive history in Christchurch.
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Getting Older - Flying Nun
November sees the 30th anniversary of my favourite record label, Flying Nun Records.
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Muka Studio
Muka Studio, Auckland's renowned lithographic workshop, closed on 3o September this year after operating for the past 25 years.
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Finale
I bike past this relatively new building on the corner of Peterborough and Victoria streets every morning and marvel at its demise.
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A view from the Hilltop
A quick trip to the Akaroa Museum yesterday reminded me that the view overlooking Akaroa Harbour from the hilltop is still as breathtaking today as it was when colonial artists chose to paint the scene in the nineteenth century.
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George Harrison
Can't wait to see the new movie George Harrison: Living in the Material World by Scorsese which is released this month. The Beatles are a popular band here at the Gallery - we even have our own tribute wall in the staffroom.
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Len Castle (1924 – 2011)
The Gallery was sad to hear of the death of Len Castle, one of New Zealand's pioneering potters. Castle began working as a potter in the 1940s and was to become the leading light of New Zealand's pottery movement for over six decades. In the 1950s he worked with Bernard Leech in England and during the 1960s he began potting professionally, travelling and studying in China, Japan and South Korea.
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Didn't get to sleep last night
The title of Jim Speers's sculpture rang true yet again the other night. But this time it wasn't aftershocks keeping me and half the neighbourhood awake – it was a roadwork crew.
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Renaissance Town
Christchurch seems abuzz with demolition and construction crews working throughout the city at the moment. Over 2000 tons of demolition material is removed from the CBD daily. Just as post-quake Napier is depicted in Roland Hipkins' excellent painting of Napier, Renaissance, Christchurch has become New Zealand's renaissance town.