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
Crane in place
A concrete pad has been poured and the demo crane for our neighbours has been installed.
1923, Christchurch Cathedral Square
The Rustle of Silk is showing at Everybody's. Foolish Wives, starring Eric von Stroheim, is screening at the Strand.
Austen Deans at war
While the recently deceased painter Austen Deans is best known for his paintings of the Canterbury High Country, he also produced an important body of work while serving with the New Zealand Army during World War II. In particularly his paintings of life as a prisoner of war in Germany provides a rare glimpse into the life of Allied POWs.
It's a fake!
Four members of the Gallery staff recently attended the New Zealand Conservators of Cultural Materials (NZCCM) conference in Wellington.
By Guy
We think that this drawing of Andrew Drummond's Counter Rotating and Earthing Device, by Guy is fantastic!
Killer work, Cheryl
Huge congratulations to Lyttelton-based artist Cheryl Lucas, who took away the inaugural $10,000 Sculpture on the Peninsula Award last Friday night.
A date to remember
At 11.11.11 on 11.11.11, the time and date will be a perfect same-numbered palindrome, reading the same backwards as forwards, an event which can only happen on one day every 100 years.
Doc Ross: photographing the red zone
Sydenham-based photographer Doc Ross and his camera have been investigating the Christchurch urban environment for the past 14 years.
Lawrence Baigent and Robert Erwin
While much has been written about the wrecked buildings in Christchurch's cbd and the loss of some of the city's iconic heritage buildings, demolition work also continues in the suburbs, often on a more personal scale.