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
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.
Political platform
Cass gets another working over in the urban art show Oi, you! currently on in Nelson.
The men with the midas touch
They've done it again. Our seriously awesome web designers Sons & Co scored a gold award in the interactive category for our new mobile web version of the Gallery's site.
The empire strikes back?
Stormtroopers in the Gallery? Are these pieces of a yet-to-be-constructed Imperial army?
Observation/Action/Replanting
I'm finding the demolition of buildings in Lyttelton (from the Timeball to the dairy) a very visible and unpleasant process. Where, for me, much of the loss in the central city is at present only made real through photographs and irate letters in the press, in Lyttelton - with no sealed off 'red zone' to conceal change - every new building that comes down leaves a very visceral gap in the fabric of my town. The stump of a tooth in a battered mouth.
It's a mug's game
Spotted in the Gallery shop, these new coffee mugs are sure to appeal to a certain type of customer...