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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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Late night Wednesday until 9pm
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Free entry, free wifi
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Counting Down
Only 3 more sleeps! No, not Christmas, but just about the next best thing. Burster Flipper Wobbler Dripper Spinner Stacker Shaker Maker is set to burst onto the scene!
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The Incredible Cinematography of Wasteland
Screening free at Alice Cinematheque on Wednesday 12 February at 6pm, this award-winning film tracks the development of a 2008 series of monumental photographic portraits made from trash. Called Pictures of Garbage they were created by artist Vik Muniz in collaboration with the garbage pickers who separate recyclable materials in Jardim Gramacho, a 321 acre open-air dump just outside Rio de Janiero.
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Senior curator
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū – one of New Zealand's foremost galleries, widely regarded for its innovative and engaging exhibition programme – is seeking a senior curator.
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When more really is more
Some artists pick up a pencil when beginning a work. Lionel Bawden picks up a bunch, then transforms them into gorgeously morphing honeycomb sculptures.
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Doris Lusk Okains Bay, Banks Peninsula
“When the Pākehā arrived, much of the peninsula was heavily forested with Podocarp. You can still see old fossilised tōtara stumps lying all around the tops of the hills. As I understand it, Christchurch was built off those forests.” —Tā Tipene O’Regan
In this work, Doris Lusk draws attention to the dead trees commonly seen around Horomaka Banks Peninsula, painting several above the settlement of Kawatea Okains Bay. The surrounding area is shown as ordered and controlled, divided into the individually owned parcels of land that are common for European-style sedentary farming. Both Māori and Pākehā burned forests for settlement – Aotearoa New Zealand’s forest cover had dropped from more than eighty percent to roughly fifty-three percent by 1840, and stands at just thirty-three percent today.
Pākehā ~ New Zealander of European descent
He Kapuka Oneone – A Handful of Soil (from August 2024)
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Family Fun Day 15 February
I'm getting very excited as the day of the Burster Flipper Wobbler Dripper Spinner Stacker Shaker Maker exhibition opening draws near.
We've got some great things planned and here's a sneak preview of one of the activities. Spin Art involves highly sophisticated equipment and know how...
