Collection Tarot

Collection Tarot

One of the things I've really missed in these post-earthquake days is contact with collection works in the storage areas.

Lorton, Cumberland by Tom Chadwick

Lorton, Cumberland by Tom Chadwick

This article first appeared as 'Wood engraving artist finally won recognition' in The Press on 27 June 2014.

Hacked Off

Hacked Off

A topical (or recently topical at least) work from our collection today, from none other than William Hogarth.

If a tree falls in a forest

If a tree falls in a forest

but a conservation minister doesn't hear it fall, does it make a dollar?

Judgment Day

Judgment Day

You can't judge a book by its cover is how the saying goes.

Hello, my name is...(#2)

Hello, my name is...(#2)

It's time to meet another of our wonderful visitor hosts. Here are Andrew Shepherd's answers to my ten questions:

Goosebumps

Goosebumps

It's sixty years today since Christchurch's most notorious murder.

NEW! FREE!

NEW! FREE!

Shane Cotton guided tours have started!

This will make your head hurt

This will make your head hurt

The hardest working video-making musicians OK Go (and, presumably, a fairly large team of helpers) are at it again.

Rehang

Rehang

Back in our newly refurbished storerooms, the collections team are hard at work getting our historical paintings safely back on their racks.

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