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
Sticky Fingers
Take some paper squares, some glue, and sparkly bits, add a child and see the creativity flow.
Supermarket of art
The new branch of the Louvre opened in December 2012 in the depressed, and I'm sorry to say depressing, former mining town of Lens in northern France. Tate Liverpool, Guggenheim Bilbao, and now Louvre Lens: industrial towns all in chronic decline given new life by art.
A Canterbury Landscape
The Gallery recently received a stunning painting by Archibald Nicoll which was bequeathed by Osborne Alfred (Alf) Taylor late last year.
Helter Skelter
When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide when I stop and I turn and I go for a ride...
The New Youle Wall
Seeking a way to entertain my nieces led me to NG Gallery on Sunday. The new Youle Wall (as opposed to the 'old' fabulous Youle wall mural in Sydenham) is this beauty in Christchurch Art Gallery's NG space in Madras Street.
A major boon to the Gallery in the direct aftermath of the earthquake
English artist Sarah Lucas was installing her show in Two Rooms, Auckland, when the 22 February earthquake struck.
Leo Bensemann's books
The Bensemann family presented many books from Leo Bensemann's library to the Christchurch Art Gallery in 2012.
