Exhibitions
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On display
Clearing up after Rain, Foot of Otira Gorge by John Gibb
John Gibb Clearing up after Rain, Foot of Otira Gorge 1887 Oil on canvas. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, purchased 1964
Art Bite
Meet in the exhibition
Join visitor host supervisor Janet Abbott as she discusses John Gibb's Clearing up after Rain, Foot of Otira Gorge on display in He Kapuka Oneone - A Handful of Soil on the first floor.
Art Bites are 30-minute lunchtime presentations on a single work on display, presented by our staff, guides and guest speakers.
There's a new Art Bite to enjoy each Friday at 12 noon (except during public and school holidays).
Related reading: Free event
Exhibition
He Kapuka Oneone – A Handful of Soil
From 24 August 2024
Exploring the relationship between tākata and whenua – people and land – through Aotearoa New Zealand’s art history.
Collection
John Gibb Clearing up after Rain, Foot of Otira Gorge
From 1885 on, Scottish painter John Gibb took repeated sketching trips to Ōtira Gorge, a destination advertised in daily newspapers as offering “The Grandest Scenery in the World”. Travelling to Ōtira from Ōtautahi Christchurch at the time was quite an undertaking: a train journey to Tawera Springfield was followed by a jolting stagecoach trip through the Bealey district and Arthur’s Pass, and the accommodation options on arrival were basic. The horse-drawn travelling party pictured here had crossed Kā Tiritiri-o-te-moana Southern Alps, but were yet some hundred kilometres from their journey’s end at Hokitika on Te Tai Poutini West Coast.
He Kapuka Oneone – A Handful of Soil (from August 2024)
