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
An invitation to discover the Outer Spaces
While the Gallery doors remain closed to the public, there's still plenty to see outside with Outer Spaces – an ongoing programme of artworks 'outside the box'.
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...
Competition time!
It's a titanic struggle between the giants of their fields, where opposing teams pit their wits against each other in a do or die competition. No, for once not the RWC. It's the annual Best Design Awards.
Millennium Park in Chicago
Thinking of urban renewal (as we do in Christchurch at present), I recall visiting Millennium Park in Chicago in June last year. There's no doubt it has become a key example of a successful public space with a range free activities in the park.
