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Happy New Year
The Ancient Romans dedicated this day to their two-faced god Janus – the deity of gates, doors and beginnings.
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Piss off 2011
Our good friends at Strategy Design and Advertising produced this wrapping paper for the festive season. We couldn't have put it better ourselves.
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A poet in our midst
Portrait of an Unknown Man – one of the earliest portraits in the collection – has recently been identified as a portrait of the seventeenth century English poet Edmund Waller (1606–1687).
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Where in the world is our next outer space?
Now that Wayne's mural in Sydenham is complete, its time to look at our next Outer Space.
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Then and now
Last year the Gallery acquired this magnificent early work by Petrus van der Velden:
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Shine on you crazy public art diamond
Just one last weather report, before this blog starts looking like a franchise of metservice.com...
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Sweet Caroline
I've enjoyed Albert James Rae's moody mezzotint landscapes and finely observed and etched portraits since a large folio of his work was acquired for the collection in 2001.
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Boom time for Akaroa
This early view of the seaside town of Akaroa is a world away from the heaving masses of tourists that are dominating the town this summer.
