Bird Land: Te Kāhui Manu
The islands of Aotearoa New Zealand were once inhabited by birds. Shrieking, warbling, tinkling, booming. Forest, river, marsh, mountain, ocean, shore—everything charged with their mauri, life force.
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.
He Kapuka Oneone – A Handful of Soil
Exploring the relationship between tākata and whenua – people and land – through Aotearoa New Zealand’s art history.
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
Gone in (under) 60 seconds
For the past 11 months we've displayed a large scale copy of the Dick Frizzell work Contacts on the rear wall of the Centre of Contemporary Art next door to the gallery.
Director mucks in
Back in 1986, when exhibition crates arrived, not only did they have to be manhandled through the front-door, but the Director himself got up on the back of the truck and supervised the operation.
Now that's what I call sound art
OK, so yesterday we heard about ""sound art"", today let's record the birthday of Richard Wagner, the world's greatest composer of opera, in 1813. Happy 201st.
Strips Club
University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts 4th year Design students are launching their new journal 'Strips Club' tomorrow night (15th May) at the Dark Room - well worth the effort if you can make it down.
first printing presses in Canterbury
If you are interested in cast iron printing presses, early Canterbury history or just at a loose end at mid-day tomorrow our curator Peter Vangioni is delivering a talk titled 'A Thousand Pities: being a history of the first printing presses in Canterbury' to the Friends of the Christchurch City Libraries... Fendalton Library at 12.30pm.
School's back
You may have noticed this week that traffic is bad again – that means term two has begun! As usual we have a busy education programme planned. Since the opening of Burster Flipper Wobbler Dripper Spinner Stacker Shaker Maker, school groups have been taking guided tours and lessons at ArtBox. Below is a review the exhibition by local home schooler Tierney Reardon.
