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
BEST in show
I'm a few days late on this, but we're due some bragging after picking up two great wins in the BEST Design Awards in Wellington last Friday.
What's in a title page
Quite a lot if you happened to be a graphic designer working in London during the Victorian period as the three examples below highlight.
Buller's Birds
For all the bad press Walter Buller gets for his activities as a bird stuffer you've got to hand it to him, he pulled one out of the bag with his first edition of A History of the Birds of New Zealand.
Foresight
Our predecessor, the Robert McDougall Art Gallery, opened on 16 June 1932. By co-incidence, the premises we currently occupy opened the day after.
Morose Jester
An early work by Sydney Lough Thompson (1877-1973) is a recent addition to the collection, having been left to the Gallery by generous bequest.
Stronger together
We thought those of you who kept track of Sian Torrington's Outer Spaces project in Avonside might be interested to see what she has been up to recently.
The Art of Marbling
The art of marbling is alive and well in Christchurch. Well, at least among the kids that have been coming to our holiday programme.
South Island kōkako by Eileen Mayo
This article first appeared as 'Elusive grey ghost continues to evade' in The Press on 4 October 2013