What’s On
Edith Amituanai and Sione Tuívailala Monū: Toloa Tales
New video works trace migratory threads across Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa as the artists return to their ancestral homeland.
Marilynn Webb: Folded in the Hills
A major survey exhibition of Ngāpuhi, Te Roroa and Ngāti Kahu artist Marilynn Webb.
From Here on the Ground
Populated places and cityscapes converge with backyards, factories and remote railway stops. Open now!
Open 7 days, 10am - 5pm
Late night Wednesday until 9pm
Free entry, free wifi
Staying, Going, Gone
The favoured view of Christchurch Art Gallery is from Montreal Street, the familiar glass façade that populates postcards, tourist photos, and – for a while there – nightly news bulletins.
But is it art?
I'm sure Justin Paton would not be alone in saying 'no', but nevertheless, here is a bit of a trip down memory lane. All these creations, art or not, have now been destroyed.
Watch for me by moonlight
Guilty pleasures come in forms other than reality TV, so here's my tribute to that rollicking narrative poem 'The Highwayman' by Alfred Noyes and the recent perigee moon, thanks to the CAG collection and swashbuckling street artist Banksy.
Demo Town
Demolition of Christchurch's CBD has really stepped up over the past few months with whole blocks transforming into vast wastelands...
Making Way for Art
Last Saturday, a dedicated crew of ten from the Student Volunteer Army in association with Gap Filler came out to improve the view of Wayne Youle's Sydenham mural, I Seem to Have Temporarily Misplaced My Sense of Humour.
Halswell that ends well
This term while Susie is off in Singapore for six weeks at the Asian Civilisations Museum, I have the pleasure of taking the Gallery's education programme out to schools around Christchurch.
Multi-tasking god
The Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapore is packed with interesting artifacts, but to me the most beautiful things are the statues that depict deities from different religions.