Kā Kaupapa o te Wā
What’s On
Tīrama Mai 2025
Tīrama Mai is back this winter to celebrate Puanga Matariki with an array of artistic lighting and cultural displays in the heart of Ōtautahi Christchurch.
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.
E tuwhera ana te wharetoi i kā rā e 7 o te wiki, 10am - 5pm
Ka tuwhera ki te 9pm i kā pō Wenerei
Open 7 days, 10am - 5pm
Late night Wednesday until 9pm
Uruka utukore, ahokore utukore
Free entry, free wifi
Aw bless
If you work in an office, you are probably familiar with the boxes of books and other items that are left for inspection and possible purchase by an anonymous salesperson. Here at the Gallery, we're not immune...
E. Raphael Gully’s Pleasure Garden
This brilliant take on the Pleasure Garden incident appeared in the Nag's Head Press's Bookie No.2 in 1950.
All off water
We Christchurch folk have probably always been a bit smug about our delicious artesian water...
I lived here
Some public art has been ruined by the earthquake: look at poor old Godley and Rolleston. But some has actually become better and more resonant – risen to the occasion, you might say. A prime example sits inconspicuously at the entrance to a suburban driveway on Breezes Road near the settling ponds, in the heart of the hard-hit east.
Snowgnome
With the Gallery closed, and the staff all at home, what else could security guard Richard Jeffs do with his day...
Collecting Cards
That the latest set of collectable cards in boxes of Weetbix features the All Blacks isn't really surprising, given that the Rugby World Cup is about to kick off on our shores and Weetbix are the official breakfast sponsors of the All Blacks.
Ferne Every R.I.P.
Gallery staff were saddened to hear the news that Ferne Every, one of the Gallery's favourite supporters, had passed away on Monday.
What to call your gallery
Are art dealers egomaniacs, or can they just not lay their hands on a decent dictionary?