Kā Kaupapa o te Wā
What’s On
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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Exhibition
Shifting Lines
Six artists use line to investigate space and structure in unexpected ways.
Notes
Justice
Roger Boyce's Painter Speaks was recently installed in Lichfield Street as part of the ongoing Stereoscope series.
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Spruce Up
With public art taking centre stage in Christchurch at the moment thanks to the latest installment of the Scape Biennial, it was good to see an old stalwart getting a bit of a scrub and tickle the other morning.
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Probably not a sign of good parenting
con·flict.ed
kənˈflikt'ed
1. Explaining to your kids that writing on other people's property is wrong while getting out of the car to take a picture for the work blog.
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It was 100 years ago today...
There are not many works in Christchurch Art Gallery's collection that can be pin-pointed to the exact date in which they were completed but Petrus van der Velden's Self-portrait with Otira Gorge is one and it was completed exactly 100 years ago today.
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50s Models Series by Vivian Lynn
This article first appeared as 'Ahead of her time' in The Press on 18 October 2013
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Horsing around
Curator Peter Vangioni has posted a couple of blogs in the last week or so in relation to the exhibition New Zealand Illustrated: Books from the Victorian Age which is coming up soon at Peterborough Street Library.
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Philip Trusttum's visit to St Mary's School
Philip Trusttum and I had a great time at St Mary's school on Tuesday morning.