Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū

Edith Collier: Early New Zealand Modernist

A rare opportunity to view the work of one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most adventurous and experimental modernist artists.

Kā Kaupapa o te Wā
What’s On

Celebrate Matariki at the Gallery

Tatai Whetū Tatai Tangata.

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.

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

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Mōhiohio mā te Manuhiri
Visitor Info

I’ll pretend I’m writing this from Rome. I’ll pretend that I am still in my studio at the British school, the grey dusty floors that are never clean, my collected pebbles from the tennis court all over the floor. Small offcuts of marble; pastel greens, pinks and glittery whites collected near the Basilica di San Lorenzo leaning against the walls and in the sink.

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My Favourite

Jacqueline Fahey's Mother and daughter quarrelling

I first encountered Jacqueline Fahey’s Mother and daughter quarrelling (1977)—in reproduced form—in Art History class during my final year at Shirley Boys’ High. We’d just entered the new millennium and at some point amid that final year our entire form group lost access to our senior common room for a week because a couple of boys had sellotaped a selection of pages from some off-brand Penthouse onto the roll-up projector screen that hung from the ceiling. That’s just to give you an idea of the prevalent gender politics of the time and place.

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