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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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Cities of Remembrance
Nothing was more fascinating than ruins to me when I was growing up in one of the newest parts of the New World—new, anyway, to extensive buildings and their various forms of lingering collapse and remnant. The native people of California had mostly built ephemeral structures that were readily and regularly replaced and left few traces. Anything old, anything that promised to reach into the past, was magical for me; ruins doubly so for the usual aura of romance and loss that, like death, is most alluring to the young who have not seen much of it yet.
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Bright and shiny
While many things inside the red zone are now far from functional it's good to see public art still standing up to the challenges of this harsh environment.
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Battle of Solebay
Today is the anniversary of the Battle of Solebay, fought between the English and the Dutch in 1672.
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Want to own Zina's glasshouse?
Here's your chance. Edenlite Glasshouses are the generous supporters of the Breathing Room, which was on display at the NG space until 20 May, and they're offering Gallery supporters a unique opportunity to purchase this 2.55m x 5.1m glasshouse at a substantially discounted sponsors rate.
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Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness
Christchurch is at its most lovely in Autumn, and - despite the rubble, demolition equipment and ubiquitous, appropriately-toned road cones - this year is no exception.
Exhibition
Phantom City: Doc Ross's Christchurch 1998-2011
Back projected large onto a shop window in Colombo Street, Sydenham, Doc Ross's photographs create a haunting record of this city before its dramatic seismic demise.