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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.
Ana Iti: Ngahere Behind a Pile of Metal
An immersive installation considering the legacies of deforestation and significance of kauri trees.
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Museums Australia Publication and Design Awards announced
On Tuesday night the annual Museums Australia Publication and Design Awards were announced in Adelaide. And we were thrilled to be winners - not once, not twice, but four times!
Starry Night
On visiting the current Site Santa Fe exhibition More Real? Art in the Age of Truthiness I had a moment that reminded me of home during exhibition installs.
Black, White, and Orange (Pt. II)
What are these black metal frames doing stacked in a back corridor of Christchurch Art Gallery?
Wai-te-ata Press
On a recent trip to Wellington I was fortunate enough to visit Wai-te-ata Press at the University of Victoria with local letterpress printer Brendan O'Brien.
Framed
Have you ever visited one of the Rolling Maul exhibitions on it's final day and then attended the opening of the next show five days later?
On your marks
Anyone visiting the Central Library Peterborough during the past 2 months will have noticed the impressive Richard Killeen art work The inner binding which looms large above the library entrance.
Artists in Uniform or not just another visit to an art gallery on a wet Sunday afternoon
Following on from the article appearing in todays Press on Russell Clark's Japanese Planes, Rekata Bay, Santa Isabel, 1945 it's interesting to see some film footage of Clark, and others, discussing art in 1944 which you can view here.
X marks the spot
A word that has been bandied about in and out of Christchurch, left, right and centre post February 22 is Resilience, a word that has little impact now whenever I hear it mentioned in relation to the earthquakes.
Inland Empire
I spent some time on the weekend just been with a couple of mates scouting out a few good fishing and camping spots in South Canterbury.
Don Binney 1940-2012
It was a shock to read of Don Binney's sudden death over the weekend and our thoughts go out to his family.