Kā Kaupapa o te Wā
What’s On
Made in the Pacific: A Collection of Tāoga
A selection of Pacific tāoga from the Canterbury Museum in conversation with contemporary artworks that highlight the continued strength in culture and traditional art forms.
Mark Adams: A Survey | He Kohinga Whakaahua
A comprehensive survey spanning the artist's career.
Ana Iti: Ngahere Behind a Pile of Metal
An immersive installation considering the legacies of deforestation and significance of kauri trees.
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Open 7 days, 10am - 5pm
Late night Wednesday until 9pm
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Free entry, free wifi
But is it art?
Strolling bobbies, mini skirts and Morris Minors, plus a zippy Ron Goodwin soundtrack – 1960s Christchurch comes back to life.
40 Years of Leo Bensemann
A wonderful collection of paintings by Leo Bensemann opened in Christchurch last night at W.T. MacAlister Gallery.
Discomfort zone
John Collie, our photographer, is the very careful owner of a Red Zone pass and he has been out and about keeping an eye on various pieces of public art.
Window treatments
We recently spotted these treatments applied to empty doors and windows. They are all in and around Cranmer Square.
Books, Beautiful Books
If any of our blog readers are in Melbourne over the next month or two we recommend a visit to the excellent exhibition Art and Adventure: the Fine Press Book from 1450 to 2011 which opened at the University of Melbourne's Baillieu Library last week and runs through to May.