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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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Collection
Brenda Nightingale Untitled
Brenda Nightingale’s view from Awaroa Godley Head looks across the entrance to Whakaraupō Lyttelton Harbour to Te Piaka Adderley Head and the coastal headlands of Koukourarata Port Levy, Pigeon Bay and Menzies Bay beyond. Inspired by the landscapes of Whakaraupō where she lives and works, Nightingale has been influenced by earlier women watercolour artists working in Waitaha Canterbury, such as Olivia Spencer Bower and Margaret Stoddart. Her view from Awaroa is disrupted by the trig beacon that marks the geodetic survey pin hammered into the ground at this point. Trig beacons such as this are scattered throughout Aotearoa New Zealand and serve as stark reminders that surveying the land was a key tool of the colonisation process, serving to bring about legal titles to the land and in effect commercialising it for settler gains.
(He Kapuka Oneone – A Handful of Soil, 2025)
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International Nostalgia Day
...is one they haven't identified yet, but we'll have some anyway.
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Away past elsewhere
An exhibition of books and ephemera produced at Wellington's Fernbank Studio has just opened at the Peterborough Street library to coincide with National Poetry Day, which is today.
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Public 'Back the Bull' campaign launches today
Today sees the launch of a major initiative that the organisers believe could in time become a key landmark for Christchurch.
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Thorndon Hotelier tips hat to Hotere and Culbert
Saw this interesting display in the foyer of a Thorndon hotel the other day which immediately reminded me of one of New Zealand's great art collaborations.