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What’s On
Hye Rim Lee: Swan Lake
An immersive, dreamlike digital reinterpretation of the classic Tchaikovsky ballet.
Fred Graham: Toi Whakaata / Reflections
The long and distinguished practice of Aotearoa New Zealand artist Fred Graham (Ngāti Korokī Kahukura, Tainui) is celebrated in this selection of significant sculptures and relief works from 1965 to 2013.
He Kapuka Oneone – A Handful of Soil
Exploring the relationship between tākata and whenua – people and land – through Aotearoa New Zealand’s art history.
E tuwhera ana te wharetoi i kā rā e 7 o te wiki, 10am - 5pm
Ka tuwhera ki te 9pm i kā pō Wenerei
Open 7 days, 10am - 5pm
Late night Wednesday until 9pm
Uruka utukore, ahokore utukore
Free entry, free wifi
Gallery update
This is something of a good news / bad news message. Unfortunately it has now become abundantly clear that our much-hoped for reopening in July is not going to happen. Rest assured, the Gallery building is still sound, and will reopen.
A message from the ancestors
The most memorable sculptures of 2011 were made five hundred years ago.
Manchester Street
Manchester Street, Christchurch by Louise Henderson was painted in 1929 and shows a streetscape that remained largely unchanged until the earthquake of 22 February.
Easy as abc…
One of the books I remember vividly from studying NZ lit at Canterbury University in the early 1990s is the Murray Edmond and Mary Paul-edited anthology The New Poets of the 80s.
Words to build on
Disasters mean loss and loss means remembrance and remembrance means memorials and monuments.
Hooked on art
When exhibitions and collections team leader Sean Duxfield and his team got back into the Gallery building after February's earthquake, one of the first tasks on their list was to check and make safe the collection.
Godley House
The Press announced today that another iconic Banks Peninsula building is to be demolished, Godley House at Diamond Harbour.
Art News and the Gallery
The new issue of Art News New Zealand is out now, and features a run down of the state of the arts in post-quake Christchurch.
Lessons on wheels
This term I am in the car taking lessons out and about to schools around Christchurch as part of our outreach programme.
Open House – our opening (and reopening) exhibitions
It's an open house. Come in. That's the simple message we'll be sending when the Gallery reopens later this year.