Bird Land: Te Kāhui Manu
The islands of Aotearoa New Zealand were once inhabited by birds. Shrieking, warbling, tinkling, booming. Forest, river, marsh, mountain, ocean, shore—everything charged with their mauri, life force.
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.
He Kapuka Oneone – A Handful of Soil
Exploring the relationship between tākata and whenua – people and land – through Aotearoa New Zealand’s art history.
E tuwhera ana te wharetoi i kā rā e 7 o te wiki, 10am - 5pm
Ka tuwhera ki te 9pm i kā pō Wenerei
Open 7 days, 10am - 5pm
Late night Wednesday until 9pm
Uruka utukore, ahokore utukore
Free entry, free wifi
Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite
Letterpress + wood-engraving + John Lennon + Sgt Peppers = a Beatles obsessive meets fine printing
Reconstruction: Conversations in a magazine
This weekend the Reconstruction: Conversations on a City exhibition on Worcester Boulevard closed. But that's far from the end for the show. We've had so many requests to turn it into a publication that we felt we really couldn't say no.
Heritage is still worth something
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū won a Civic Trust Award last night for the outdoor exhibition Reconstruction: conversations on a city. The exhibition on Worcester Boulevard closes this Sunday - the Reconstruction publication will be available within the next few days...
CASS
André Hemer's exhibition CASS is well worth a visit if you are near the Christchurch Art Gallery's space above NG on Madras street.
Would you like a view of the art gallery with that?
Sometimes you find pictures of fast food restaurants inside art galleries...
Old Persons Home
On a recent rip to Sydney I had the pleasure of visiting the Sherman Foundation in Paddington and saw a work by Sun Yuan and Peng Yu titled 'Old Persons Home' from the collection of well-known contemporary chinese art collector, Uli Sigg.
