What’s On
Marilynn Webb: Folded in the Hills
A major survey exhibition of Ngāpuhi, Te Roroa and Ngāti Kahu artist Marilynn Webb.
From Here on the Ground
Populated places and cityscapes converge with backyards, factories and remote railway stops. Open now!
Cora-Allan: Encountering Aotearoa
A major body of new work that considers the whenua from the vantage point of the moana.
Open 7 days, 10am - 5pm
Late night Wednesday until 9pm
Free entry, free wifi
Seeing Things
Driving from Whitecliffs (where?) to the Gallery each day leaves a lot of time for idle thoughts.
Congratulations
This is to let you know that our senior curator Justin Paton has accepted a new position as Head Curator, International Art at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.
Justice
Roger Boyce's Painter Speaks was recently installed in Lichfield Street as part of the ongoing Stereoscope series.
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.
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.
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.
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.
50s Models Series by Vivian Lynn
This article first appeared as 'Ahead of her time' in The Press on 18 October 2013
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.