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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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Paratene Matchitt (1933 - 2021)
Te Puna o Waiwhetū Christchurch Art Gallery recognizes the passing of Paratene Temokopuorongo Matchitt (Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Te Whakatōhea and Ngāti Porou).
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Rata Lovell-Smith Looking North from Clifton
An early advocate of regionalist painting in Waitaha Canterbury during the 1920s and 30s, Rata Lovell-Smith’s paintings were admired by the Shurrocks. They owned her 1929 painting Back Country, Lake Selfe Area, which they gave to the Gallery and can currently be seen in the exhibition He Kapuka Oneone—A Handful of Soil upstairs. Lovell-Smith relished the Canterbury landscape, particularly the foothills and mountains inland such as those seen in the distance of this view overlooking the Ōtautahi Christchurch suburbs of Southshore and New Brighton.
(Dear Shurrie: Francis Shurrock and his contemporaries, 8 March – 13 July 2025)
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Kulimoe'anga Stone Maka: Toga mo Bolata'ane
Following its star appearance in the 2020 Biennale of Sydney, a monumental work by local Tongan artist Kulimoe'anga Stone Maka is on display at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū from 21 August.
