What’s On
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!
Cora-Allan: Encountering Aotearoa
A major body of new work that considers the whenua from the vantage point of the moana.
Open 7 days, 10am - 5pm
Late night Wednesday until 9pm
Free entry, free wifi
The sloping deck by William Wyllie
This article first appeared as 'Painting makes up for size in drama' in The Press on 4 April 2016.
Private lodgings by W.A. Sutton
Private Lodgings is a portrait of a lost Christchurch building that dates most probably from the 1860s.
When Bill Sutton painted it in 1954, it was an increasingly decrepit boarding house, on the corner of Manchester and Southwark streets, just out of the central city - opposite the much more famous Coker's Hotel.
'The Reid Children Aggie, Constance, Stewart, Douglas, Egerton by John Horsburgh
This article first appeared as 'Mystery of portrait' in The Press, 9 March 2016.
Five years on
Today is the fifth anniversary of the February earthquake of 2011 which devastated Christchurch. During that time, we and our city have been through so many different phases.
Persimmon (Study of a Racehorse) by Elizabeth Harrison
This article first appeared as 'A quietly classical presence' in The Press on 19 January 2016.
The House of Wellbeing
On Saturday, I spoke at the launch of a major new work of art in public space—Wayne Youle's installation The House of Wellbeing ALL WELCOME, at the CPIT Aoraki campus on Madras Street.
Art makes me fly
Simon Turcotte, GM of Singapore Airlines New Zealand, writes on art, Christchurch and why Singapore Airlines partner with the Gallery.
The listening post
Gallery librarian and archivist Tim Jones has been working with director Liz Grant to research and record around forty new audio pieces on works in the collection. I sat down with Tim and Liz to talk about the delights and challenges of the audio guide project.
What sort of city do we want our children's children to live in?
Martin Trusttum, project manager for Ōtākaro Art by the River, and founder of temporary gallery space ArtBox, writes on the role of art in Christchurch.