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Going to Venice
When I mentioned Neil Semple would be in Venice for the dismantling of Michael Parekowhai's On first looking into Chapman's Homer, I was a bit shy to say that I would be there too!
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To Russia with love
The Gallery owns an assortment of British eighteenth-century prints copied from paintings at Houghton Hall in England.
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Touring On first looking into Chapman’s Homer
Michael Parekowhai's extraordinary sculptural installation On first looking into Chapman's Homer, New Zealand's official presentation at this year's Venice Biennale, finished its triumphant outing at this amazing exhibition on 23 October.
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Decline and fall
Here we have Hamilton Palace, one of Scotland's finest houses, as depicted in its final moments by the Australian actor/artist W.S. Percy.
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Finale
I bike past this relatively new building on the corner of Peterborough and Victoria streets every morning and marvel at its demise.
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Coming unstuck
Darryn George's The Lambs' Book of Life (Folder Wall) has been taken down again, apparently for the last time.
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Painting free
School groups in Christchurch have been learning about abstract art as part of the Gallery's outreach programme.
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Heart in the high country: Austen Deans (1915 - 2011)
For Austen Deans, OBE, painting was an expression of his love of the outdoors and, in particular, the Canterbury high country.