Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū is here to keep us basking wonderment all season long with the All Art All Summer programme.
Some of the sensational exhibits are already up and running, but the season in earnest kicks off with the Hello Summer! Family Fun Day on Saturday 5 December featuring Levity Beet, lei-making, waiata, spin art and tours, All Art All Summer runs through to March 2021. It will include a whole range of exhibitions, performances, music, family days, workshops, shopping and more.
Here’s what we’re most looking forward to:
Judy Darragh and Sean Kerr: In Kahoots
28 November 2020 – 21 February 2021
Combining artificial intelligence, highbrow concepts, lowbrow humour, dance and retro pop music, In Kahoots is an unforgettable summer experience, unique to each visitor.
Pauline Rhodes: Blue Mind
Saturday 28 November 2020 – Sunday 7 March 2021
The new exhibition puts the focus on our natural environment in a very appropriate way – using and reusing familiar materials to create arresting art.
Conor Clarke, Emma Fitts, Oliver Perkins: Touching Sight
31 October 2020 – 21 February 2021
Touching Sight showcases exciting new work from three contemporary Ōtautahi artists, with a twist – it also enables people with blindness or low vision to experience contemporary art.
Areta Wilkinson: Moa-Hunter Fashions
18 September 2020 – 8 February 2021
Artist Areta Wilkinson recalls whakapapa (genealogy links and relationships) through object making to elevate her lineage as a maker from Te Waipounamu.
As Time Unfolds
5 December 2020 – 7 March 2021
Take a trip through time this summer with some of Christchurch Art Gallery’s rarely seen treasures – works of art dating from Greek and Roman antiquity to the present. To glean some fantastic inside knowledge, head along to a floor talk held by Ken Hall and Ōtautahi artist Helen Calder at 3pm on Saturday 5 December. Another floor talk will be held on at 3pm on Saturday 23 January 2021, focusing on the earliest works in the exhibition, accompanied by music from the Baroque and Renaissance periods.
Image credits (top to bottom):
Jeffrey Harris Grandparents at Okains 1976. Oil on board. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, purchased 2011.
Brent Wong Recession 1969–70. Acrylic on hardboard. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, presented by Peter Stuyvesant Trust, London, 1971
Artist unknown (after Carlo Dolci) The Martyrdom of Saint Andrew date unknown (after 1646 original). Oil on canvas. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, purchased 2020