What’s On
Dear Shurrie
The art, influence and friendships of sculptor and teacher Francis Shurrock
One O'Clock Jump: British Linocuts from the Jazz Age
Dynamic and vibrant prints from a fast-changing world.
He Kapuka Oneone – A Handful of Soil
Exploring the relationship between tākata and whenua – people and land – through Aotearoa New Zealand’s art history.
Open 7 days, 10am - 5pm
Late night Wednesday until 9pm
Free entry, free wifi
Rainbow Warrior
It's been great to see the majestic Rainbow Warrior out on Lyttelton Harbour over the past few days.
Movie Palace Meets Art
The curtain has just come down on the films we've been showing at Alice Cinematheque – only temporarily I'm pleased to say, until next month when our next series of films start.
Holiday reading
Herman Melville's Moby Dick, first published on 14 November 1851, is a whale of a book...
Lakeside
Unsurprisingly, there are some stellar paintings of Canterbury high-country lakes in our collection.
Naughty boys
Visiting places depicted in the works in the Gallery's collection can be very rewarding, but on this occasion the reality thoroughly undid the artist's efforts.
Christchurch Hills
Keep an eye for our latest outerspaces project, Christchurch Hills 2010 - 2012 by Brenda Nightingale.
Uncanny, Canny Scot and Saint
Puerile I know, but I was astounded by the similarity of Leo Bensemann's portrait of St Francis and the Scots actor Alan Cumming.
Sticky Fingers
Take some paper squares, some glue, and sparkly bits, add a child and see the creativity flow.
Supermarket of art
The new branch of the Louvre opened in December 2012 in the depressed, and I'm sorry to say depressing, former mining town of Lens in northern France. Tate Liverpool, Guggenheim Bilbao, and now Louvre Lens: industrial towns all in chronic decline given new life by art.