What’s On
Edith Amituanai and Sione Tuívailala Monū: Toloa Tales
New video works trace migratory threads across Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa as the artists return to their ancestral homeland.
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!
Open 7 days, 10am - 5pm
Late night Wednesday until 9pm
Free entry, free wifi
Meanwhile, outside...
The guys from Adgraphix are still hard at work installing our new Dick Frizzell mural.
Best in a Supporting Role
Guilty Gallery Pleasure #23: Adding to my running tally of the number of scenes effortlessly stolen by virtue of a canine companion's carefully cocked ear or discretely averted gaze.
Exclusive Snowden Flood products
The sun is back but the gallery shop has just recieved beautiful products from a UK supplier aptly named Snowden Flood!
Ruins
We think we live in a riuned city here in Christchurch, but the ultimate 'city in ruins' experience can be enjoyed in Pripyat in Ukraine.
Lizard's Lounge
I stumbled into their lair on accident, and found myself in a madhouse of reptilian decree. I immediately froze, in a vain hope they had not noticed me in my peculiarity, but my attempts were feeble, I had been seen. I felt a cold sweat and a shiver ran down my spine as they glared at me with beady black eyes from a nebulous of smoke and dust that choked the room. I was their intruder. One of the lizards mockingly hissed a welcome, 'Please take a seat, you look weary.'
Eternal Gaze
At the hot forge, I thought of her face frozen in time... a perfect oil painting, every stroke, every colour ... so serene as she fell, the wind dancing around her dress and hair, momentarily turning her into an angel, then the crack of water breaking apart to let her descend into the depths of the sea, disappearing forever from sight.
The Hanging Sky in Wellington
Having been lucky enough to attend the intimate opening of our exhibition Shane Cotton: The Hanging Sky at the IMA in Brisbane in December it was great to be part of the Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū whanau again last Friday evening in Wellington.
Aotearoa
A texture-rich new exhibition at Oxford showcases the considerable talents of six Canterbury artists.
The Gnomes of Virook
The smell of molten metal filled the caverns, the smelter working overtime. Sweat dripped from many rows as the forge was manned without end, the echoes of hammer on anvil continuing well on into the night. The miners laboured tirelessly to bring new materials. No one could sleep. There was only one week left. They were all preparing for the day of Black Rain.