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World's feeblest street artwork discovered in Christchurch
Move over, Banksy. Take a breather, Otis Frizzell. The Christchurch Art Gallery's elite force of street art archaeologists have located what is, according to our instruments, the world's feeblest work of protest art. Here it is:
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Les taureaux en hiver
On Valentine's Day in Paris, He Korero Purakau mo te Awanui o Te Motu Story of a New Zealand River, the third of Michael Parekowhai's pianos from the Venice Biennale, was unveiled to the public.
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In memory of David Cheer 1931–2012
'Still, but never static' is how one writer described the work of local artist David Cheer, who died on 4 February, aged 80.
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Hooked on a feeling
As we're all painfully aware, database searching is not always a straight-forward or precise operation.
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The Burnside Biennale of Contemporary Art
What I fear along with many is that we're seeing the emergence of a so-called 'donut city', where all the social and commercial energy has been spun out to the malls and industrial parks on the edges. And you know where most of our existing public art would end up in a donut city? It would end up 'in the hole' – stuck in an empty centre.
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Stripes and checks
Adding labels to the works in our collection – so that you know what a painting depicts, describes or evokes – continues full steam ahead while we are closed.
