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Raymond McIntyre: A Modernist View
Dynamic and progressive paintings and woodcuts from one of Aotearoa’s New Zealand foremost modernist artists.
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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Notes
Spooky
Maybe it's just a Halloween hangover, but there's something strange in the neighbourhood.
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Chapman’s Homer at Placemakers Riccarton
Following three months outside City Council's building on Worcester Boulevard – Christchurch's favourite bull can now be found at Placemakers Riccarton! That may sound a bit unusual, but these are strange times.
Collection
Robyn Kahukiwa Mourning Woman
The female body is tapu, or sacred, in te ao Māori, and known as he whare tangata, the house of humankind. Hair, in particular, is associated with mana and power. A woman’s hair might be cut during tangihanga (funeral rites) in order to be placed with the tūpāpaku (deceased) as an act of intense grief. Robyn Kahukiwa is connected through her mother to a matriarchal Māori lineage and seeks to affirm and resurrect the customary status of wāhine Māori in her art. This was undermined during the colonisation of Aotearoa due to patriarchal Victorian beliefs about gender roles.
(Perilous: Unheard Stories from the Collection, 6 August 2022- )
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TWENTY YEARS, FORTY BOOKS - THE HISTORY OF THE HOLLOWAY PRESS
There's a great opportunity to hear Peter Simpson talk about his involvement with one of New Zealand's finest private presses, the Holloway Press, tonight. Peter's talk is being held at the WEA, 59 Gloucester Street at 6:00pm.
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Clock tower
We note the recomissioning of the clock tower in Victoria Street reported in today's Press