Angels and Aristocrats

Angels and Aristocrats

Blair Jackson and I attended the opening of Angels & Aristocrats at Dunedin Public Art Gallery on Friday 27 April. It's spectacular.

One way traffic

One way traffic

Madras Street is open again! And we're very pleased about that, as the front door to our Outer Spaces gallery upstairs at NG happens to be on the one-way heading north, so it's even easier for you to get there and see Breathing Space.

Leo Bensemann's centenary

Leo Bensemann's centenary

Today is the centenary of the birth of Canterbury artist Leo Bensemann and Peter Simpson, Leo's biographer, has contributed an insightful article on the Christchurch Art Gallery's collection of Leo Bensmann's work which you can read here

Tea Mr Shifter?

Tea Mr Shifter?

Gallery staff shifted back into their offices this week. We'll be shifting again soon, but that's another whole story.

Happy Birthday Frances Hodgkins

Happy Birthday Frances Hodgkins

Our final birthday for April is Frances Hodgkins (1869-1947)

Singapore sling

Singapore sling

Our colleague Susie Cox is currently working in Singapore.

People in glasshouses

People in glasshouses

A few days ago, there were lots of little bits of glass and metal strewn (in a highly systematic way) across the floor of our NG gallery space.

Attack of the Stymphalian birds

Attack of the Stymphalian birds

"Dealing with network executives is like being nibbled to death by ducks" said the American news journalist Eric Sevareid (1912 - 1992).

Becordel AD1916

Becordel AD1916

The Canterbury artist Archibald Nicoll enlisted with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in December 1914 and arrived at the front lines of the Battle of the Somme on the 20th August 1916 as a member of the NZEF's 4th Reinforcements Field Artillery Unit.

Mona

Mona

Even while on holiday in Melbourne and Tasmania recently, I couldn't help myself visiting galleries and museums.

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