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What’s On
Raymond McIntyre: A Modernist View
New exhibition now open.
Living Archives
Archives that tell stories about artists and history in Aotearoa
Whāia te Taniwha
Māori artists consider the enduring relevance of taniwha in Aotearoa.
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Late night Wednesday until 9pm
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Toss Woollaston born this day
Sir Toss Woollaston (1910-98) seldom painted urban landscape, and is best known for his characteristically energetic, atmospheric fusion of natural earth, water and sky. Greymouth with Tower is one of a small number of paintings dating from the 1950s painted from the elevated vantage point of his Greymouth home.
Statute of Anne
On this day in 1710 the Statute of Anne received Royal Assent, establishing many of the principles of copyright that are still with us today.
Making space
Apparently "storeroom" is the magic word that will draw Registrars and Collection Managers like moths to a flame, to use a slightly inappropriate figure of speech. Neither moths nor flames are generally permitted in our storerooms, unless they are of the more symbolic kind.
Seek Stillness in Movement
If you've forgotten what exactly a 'hectic city-scape' looks like, head down to our space at 209 Tuam Street from this Saturday.
Sara Hughes in Cathedral Square
Sara Hughes's spectacular flag wall in Cathedral Square was brought to completion this week...
30 years ago today...
...Bill Sutton was in the Boboli Gardens in Florence where he painted this exquisite arrangement of wild flowers.
From First Aid to Favourite Art
For the safety of our visitors, it is a requirement that the Gallery's permanent Visitor Services staff have a current First Aid certificate, so I recently attended a day's training at Red Cross to revalidate mine.
What You're Saying About Burster Flipper
Positive, bright, colourful, fun and stunning are words that our audiences are using to describe our current ArtBox exhibition Burster Flipper Wobbler Dripper Spinner Stacker Shaker Maker. Here are some comments from our visitors book: