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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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Open 7 days, 10am - 5pm
Late night Wednesday until 9pm
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Free entry, free wifi
Zoology
I'm pretty sure the kids at my daughters pre-school haven't seen Cai Guo-Qiang's Heritage, which was commissioned for his show Falling Back To Earth at the Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane last year.
Painting on the wall
Between the late 1940s and 1960s there was a significant number of new murals, both painted and sculpted, created to adorn buildings in Christchurch.
How close is too close?
We've been trying out some zoomable high resolution images which allow you to see amazing details in works from our collection.
Four years ago
Four years ago today, disgruntled stallholder Mohamed Bouazizi's immolation sparked revolution in Tunisia, leading directly to revolutions in other Arab countries.
Van der Velden's Rotterdam
I've been delving into the University of Canterbury's art collection recently, as it has been made available on the University's web site, and was stoked to come across the two Petrus van der Velden drawings below.
Time Out
Currently in Sydney installing Bill Culbert's Pacific Flotsam at the National Art School Gallery in Darlinghurst, Exhibitions and Collections Team Leader Sean Duxfield noticed the show being promoted in Time Out.
To you and your kin, etc
It's that time of year; if you're not buying, writing or posting them, you're plucking them out of the mailbox.
Irises by Rita Angus
This article first appeared as 'The meticulous small world of Rita Angus' in The Press on 9 December 2014.
100 years of the Cass field station
Last weekend the University of Canterbury Biology Department celebrated the 100th anniversary of the field station at Cass with a symposium on Cass followed up with a field trip to the station.
Happy Birthday Akaroa Museum
Big Congratulations to Akaroa Museum on their 50th anniversary which they are celebrating this weekend.