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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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Some things never change
One of the good things (yes, surprisingly there are a few) about being closed is that staff are doing all kinds of interesting behind-the-scenes tasks.
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This Blog is Starting to Smell
The Portaloos are leaving! According to recent reports, the City Council plans to have the trusty units off our streets in a couple of months. And everyone seems to agree that that's good news.
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And let it begin with me
September 21 is the International Day of Peace, first celebrated by the United Nations thirty years ago today.
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Aw bless
If you work in an office, you are probably familiar with the boxes of books and other items that are left for inspection and possible purchase by an anonymous salesperson. Here at the Gallery, we're not immune...
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E. Raphael Gully’s Pleasure Garden
This brilliant take on the Pleasure Garden incident appeared in the Nag's Head Press's Bookie No.2 in 1950.
Collection
Joe Sheehan Mother
Walking on Mākara Beach near Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington in 2008, sculptor Joe Sheehan found a crushed plastic milk bottle and a large greywacke stone. Here he combines those forms, transforming the age-old stone into a piece of throwaway rubbish. Its crushed, twisted body seems to reflect the pressure of human contact with the land. Formed over millions of years, the original stone has lost all sense of weight and substance. Empty, out-of-place and surplus to requirements, it is far easier to dismiss and discard.
(Te Wheke, 2020)
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All off water
We Christchurch folk have probably always been a bit smug about our delicious artesian water...
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I lived here
Some public art has been ruined by the earthquake: look at poor old Godley and Rolleston. But some has actually become better and more resonant – risen to the occasion, you might say. A prime example sits inconspicuously at the entrance to a suburban driveway on Breezes Road near the settling ponds, in the heart of the hard-hit east.
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Reopening Christchurch Art Gallery. Alas, tomorrow is too soon!
If I were given $1 (even 10 cents) every time I had been asked when the Gallery is reopening, I would be rich. And, make no mistake, when the Gallery does reopen, I'll be very happy. I loved the compelling nature of Warren Feeney's column (29 July), with its ten good reasons why the Gallery should open tomorrow. I agreed with each one – and could have supplied ninety more. But alas, tomorrow is too soon.