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Some things never change
One of the good things (yes, surprisingly there are a few) about being closed is that staff are doing all kinds of interesting behind-the-scenes tasks.
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This Blog is Starting to Smell
The Portaloos are leaving! According to recent reports, the City Council plans to have the trusty units off our streets in a couple of months. And everyone seems to agree that that's good news.
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And let it begin with me
September 21 is the International Day of Peace, first celebrated by the United Nations thirty years ago today.
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Aw bless
If you work in an office, you are probably familiar with the boxes of books and other items that are left for inspection and possible purchase by an anonymous salesperson. Here at the Gallery, we're not immune...
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E. Raphael Gully’s Pleasure Garden
This brilliant take on the Pleasure Garden incident appeared in the Nag's Head Press's Bookie No.2 in 1950.
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All off water
We Christchurch folk have probably always been a bit smug about our delicious artesian water...
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I lived here
Some public art has been ruined by the earthquake: look at poor old Godley and Rolleston. But some has actually become better and more resonant – risen to the occasion, you might say. A prime example sits inconspicuously at the entrance to a suburban driveway on Breezes Road near the settling ponds, in the heart of the hard-hit east.
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Reopening Christchurch Art Gallery. Alas, tomorrow is too soon!
If I were given $1 (even 10 cents) every time I had been asked when the Gallery is reopening, I would be rich. And, make no mistake, when the Gallery does reopen, I'll be very happy. I loved the compelling nature of Warren Feeney's column (29 July), with its ten good reasons why the Gallery should open tomorrow. I agreed with each one – and could have supplied ninety more. But alas, tomorrow is too soon.
