Kā Kaupapa o te Wā
What’s On
Edith Collier: Early New Zealand Modernist
A rare opportunity to view the work of one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most adventurous and experimental modernist artists.
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.
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Open 7 days, 10am - 5pm
Late night Wednesday until 9pm
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Free entry, free wifi
Exhibition
The Art of the Dust Jacket
This exhibition brings together a selection of book covers created by some of New Zealand's most respected artists: Colin McCahon, Ralph Hotere, Don Peebles and many others.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Sara Hughes in Cathedral Square
Sara Hughes's spectacular flag wall in Cathedral Square was brought to completion this week...
Collection
Elizabeth Kelly Laura
Elizabeth Kelly (née Abbott) made this sculptural portrait bust while at the Canterbury College School of Art, where she studied from 1891–1901. She won regular prizes for her modelling from life, including at the 1906–07 Christchurch International Exhibition. Kelly later became one of New Zealand’s leading society portrait painters, in the 1930s showing her work in exhibitions in London, Edinburgh and Paris.
Laura was modelled on the artist’s younger sister, Laura Maude Cox (née Abbott, 1884–1957). One of the earliest sculptures in the collection by a New Zealand born artist, it is a recent gift to the city from Margaret Abbott, a great-niece of the two sisters.
(Treasury: A Generous Legacy, 18 December 2015 – 27 November 2016)
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30 years ago today...
...Bill Sutton was in the Boboli Gardens in Florence where he painted this exquisite arrangement of wild flowers.
