Kā Kaupapa o te Wā
What’s On
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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Late night Wednesday until 9pm
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Collection
Ralph Hotere Requiem
Writer Kriselle Baker has suggested that Ralph Hotere’s Requiem paintings sit somewhere between the Catholic mass for the departed and the waiata tangi with which Māori mourn the dead. The suicide of Hotere’s friend, the composer Anthony Watson, in May 1973, followed the death of the artist’s mother, Ana Maria Hotere, the previous year. The works Hotere made soon afterwards convey an enveloping darkness, relieved only by fine bands of intense colour. Some are spaced in precise lines that suggest musical chords, or shafts of breaking dawn light. Others are swept into curving forms that rise like birds in flight, an image associated in many cultures with the departure of the soul
(Absence, May 2023)
Notes
Connecting people with art
Christchurch Art Gallery volunteer guide Allanah James joined the team in 2020. She talks about her passion for art and how there’s always so much more to learn about an artwork.
