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
Another Look At The Clock
Christian Marclay's groundbreaking 24-hour video collage The Clock was recently shown in Sydney as part of the MCA's reopening celebrations.
Margaret Mahy 1936 - 2012
Once there were three witches flying over the world and looking down on it from their broomsticks. One had white hair, one had black hair, and one had hair like wild bright flame, and all three had gleaming golden eyes.... They were looking for mischief to do.
Tune up
Michael Parekowhai's piano not only looks good – it sounds fantastic. I spoke to Christchurch piano tuner Wytze Hoekstra, who's the man whose job it has been to keep the instrument sounding its best throughout its time here.
A new Cathedral
New to the Gallery: an etching dated 1922 by John Mills Thomasson (1893–1969) was purchased recently for the collection.
Christchurch in the Mist
Not even dark, cold, grey weather on Sunday could deter the citizens of Christchurch coming out to hear art historian John Wilson as he walked and talked among the magnificent Reconstruction panels on Worcester Boulevard.
Dressed to play
I briefed some of the many pianists who put their names forward to play Michael Parekowhai's wonderful red piano on 27 June just before On first looking into Chapman's Homer opened here in Christchurch.
Extended opening hours for Michael Parekowhai installation
Our presentation of internationally-renowned New Zealand artist Michael Parekowhai's On First Looking into Chapman's Homer has proved so popular amongst Christchurch residents that its opening hours will now be extended.
Jekyll and Hyde
Next time you are passing the Gallery on Montreal Street take time to check out the latest instalment of Stereoscope, Jason Greig's Mr Hyde and Henry Jekyll MD. These two works are part of Jason's Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde suite of monoprints completed in 2010.
Nostalgia's not what it used to be
While we are closed, we are able to research some of the works in our collection whose stories have not been told.
...and all that jazz
We offer warmest congratulations to our former colleague Janna van Hasselt who has been awarded a Fulbright New Zealand General Graduate Award to study at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.