4-28 Nov: PHILIPPA BLAIR (1945–2025) – Constant Weave Opening: Tues 4 Nov, 5,30pm Floortalk: Sat 22 Nov, 11am 2-19 Dec: XMAS ’25 – Nigel Buxton, Stan Bowski, Tom Field, Polly Gilroy, Rebecca Harris, Maurice Lye, Marian Maguire, Vivienne Murchison, Simon Ogden, Jenna Packer, Chris Pole, John Reynolds, Chloe Summerhayes, Grant Takle, Philip Trusttum OPENING: Tues… View more
Three Wise Men – Monday 8 December, 5:45pm Lumiere presents three locally produced short documentaries on three fascinating men. I Know I’m Going to Paint Directed by Oliver Dawe Is an exploration of the life and career of contemporary painter Philip Trusttum. Purchase your tickets here
PHILIPPA BLAIR (1945-2025) – Constant Weave Join curator, Marian Maguire, for a discussion about this exhibition of major paintings plus drawings, watercolours, collages and prints, some dating back to 1985. Maguire has a unique understanding of Blair’s creative process, having worked with her on print projects between 1985 and 2004, visited her studio in many… View more
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Visit us at the gallery on Canterbury Anniversary day Friday 14 November Open: 10:30am – 3pm
In August, WARREN FEENEY’s list of 10 exhibitions include an encounter with a remote coral atoll in the Cook Islands, an exhibition playing with the idea of walking through a drawing, and three artists collectively making multimedia works. 1. Jenna Packer, Paper Road PG Gallery192, 192 Bealey Ave, Christchurch. Until August 8. Paper Road is an… View more
Art New Zealand, #193, Autumn 2025 Edward Hanfling reviews Jenna Packer’s exhibition Toro at Ashburton Art Gallery in October, 2024 Packer imagines a post-capitalist future that is eminently credible, where people subsist in campsites put together with leftovers from the age of consumerism – old cars and plastic tarpaulins for shelter, white plastic chairs, metal drums… View more
ARTIST TALK Join us on Saturday 26 July at 11am to hear Jenna Packer & Vivienne Murchison speak about their individual exhibitions & ideas Jenna Packer – Paper Road Vivienne Murchison – Fluid Dynamics
Join us on Tuesday 24 June at 5:30pm for the Opening night celebrations & on Saturday 28 June at 11am for the Artist Talk Hear Graham Bennett talk about his residency in Okayama, Japan and the themes and creative processes behind PRECIPICE
Multi-disciplinary artist Julia Holden is better known for her live performance art, clay work and animated paintings so when she started painting pets and animals, it wasn’t a turn she saw coming. But after a year of personal grief, it was the one practice that restored her. Julia Holden speaks to Culture 101 at RNZ, listen here. Holden has… View more