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
Chapman’s Homer at Placemakers Riccarton
Following three months outside City Council's building on Worcester Boulevard – Christchurch's favourite bull can now be found at Placemakers Riccarton! That may sound a bit unusual, but these are strange times.
TWENTY YEARS, FORTY BOOKS - THE HISTORY OF THE HOLLOWAY PRESS
There's a great opportunity to hear Peter Simpson talk about his involvement with one of New Zealand's finest private presses, the Holloway Press, tonight. Peter's talk is being held at the WEA, 59 Gloucester Street at 6:00pm.
Clock tower
We note the recomissioning of the clock tower in Victoria Street reported in today's Press
Tracking Louise Henderson
I recently wrote about Louise Henderson's painting Addington Workshops (1930) for the Press, and wanted to locate the place in which she stood to make the sketch for the work. It's a complex image and I wanted to understand more about its internal space as well as its history, but the workshops were demolished twenty years ago.
Louise Henderson, Addington Workshops
For many years, the piercing whistle of the railway workshops off Blenheim Road was Addington's alarm clock.
Jonathan Ngarimu Mane-Wheoki CNZM, 1943-2014
We were all deeply saddened over the weekend to learn of the death of Jonathan Mane-Wheoki (Ngāpuhi ki Hokianga/Te Aupouri/Ngāti Kuri): eminent art historian, scholar, curator, arts leader and cultural advocate.