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Taniwha Talks: Artist Kōrero
Join artists Lisa Reihana, Maungarongo Te Kawa, Francine Spencer, Kahurangiariki Smith and Madison Kelly for a lively kōrero.
Whāia te Taniwha Book Launch
Bring your whānau and join the writers of our new pukapuka as they read excerpts from their taniwha tales.
Te Pō Taniwha
It’s party time. Celebrate the opening of Whāia te Taniwha with a night of music and kai.
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
The Street
The Street was an exhibition and a series of associated events held back in 1980. The questions it asked could scarcely be more relevant to the city in 2012.
Billy taking the Mickey
Keen-eyed observers of Billy Connolly's Route 66 TV show may have noticed the t-shirt Billy was wearing in the latest installment.
A gift!
Just when you think there's something to celebrate, there turns out to be something else to celebrate.
Saved
Artworks at Christchurch's Convention Centre were finally rescued yesterday by Sean Duxfield and his team from the Gallery after being inaccessible for almost 12 months.
'This place that we're in now...'
In the next issue of Bulletin, Christchurch writer Sally Blundell talks to artist Julia Morison about her post-quake sculptures and 'liqueurfaction' paintings, which go on show on Friday in Christchurch Art Gallery's latest Outer Spaces project. Here's a little of what Julia has to say:
When is a dog a mouse?
Throughout the centuries man has delighted in creating representations of his canine companions.
Surrealism lives (beside the red zone)
If you've done your Modern Art 101, then you'll probably remember the famous line of Comte de Lautréamont (aka Isidore Ducasse) that inspired Andre Breton and Co. back in the heady early days of Surrealism. 'As beautiful', Lautréamont wrote, 'as the chance encounter on an ironing board of a sewing machine and an umbrella.'