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Wed 25 Film: Louvre City6pm / Philip Carter Family Auditorium / free This film by Nicolas Philibert takes viewers behind the scenes at the Louvre, letting us in on the museum's secrets. Go behind-the-scenes and see staff hanging paintings and reorganising rooms. Discover a city within a city as Philibert mixes the everyday with the outstanding, the prosaic with the sublime and the comical with the dreamlike. Sponsored by The Press Wed 2 Opening the Vault6pm / Philip Carter Family Auditorium / free Exhibition curator Ken Hall examines The Vault: Neil Pardington in relation to earlier bodies of work, influences and the work of others who have entered similar conceptual or thematic terrain. Sponsored by The Press New!
Talisman5 December - 14 February Talismans are found in many cultures throughout the world. In this exhibition twelve contemporary New Zealand jewellery artists have made new work responding to the enduring power of the talisman. Ritual, superstition and transformation, aspects often forgotten or lost in secular society, are explored. The inclusion of twelve rare and important historic talismans from Canterbury Museum's Oceanic collection highlights an exchange across times and cultures, and reinforces not only the connections between jewellery and the body, science, magic and nature, but also the idea that jewellery accrues meaning through use. Monica Richards Gallery Sponsored by Creative New Zealand and in partnership with Canterbury Museum
Current ExhibitionsCloud9Until 29 November Strange dreams, imaginary landscapes, celestial structures and the outside world are themes central to the practices of these nine contemporary New Zealand artists. Exploring new directions in contemporary painting techniques, the exhibition shimmers with colour and form and explores the potential for art to transport us to other realms. Monica Richards Gallery Exhibition Support: Coffey Projects
Chris Heaphy: Untitled (bleu)Until 14 February Screening to coincide with the exhibition Blue Planet, this video work from the Gallery's collection is of the waters of Lake Taupo, near the mouth of the Hinemaia River. Chris Heaphy has turned the rich-blue waterscape on its side to create an enigmatic image suggesting ghostly figures. The soundtrack is a mixture of Gregorian chanting and sacred music by 16th-century Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi. Tait Electronics Gallery The Vault: Neil PardingtonUntil 14 March Working behind the scenes in museums and galleries throughout New Zealand with his large-format camera, Neil Pardington reveals the hidden collection storage spaces that are normally closed to the public. William A. Sutton and Ravenscar Galleries A Christchurch Art Gallery Touring Exhibition Blue PlanetUntil 7 November Blue is a feeling, a place to dream, an endless idea and the colour of our amazing planet as seen from space. Looking at the ways artists have used the colour blue, Blue Planet celebrates imaginative art making and thinking, as well as different cultural and global perspectives. Blue Planet is shaped with younger audiences in mind. Burdon Family Gallery Shop Sale
Wednesday 25 November10am - 9pm Get 15% off all items at the Gallery Shop.* Choose from a wide range of unique gift ideas and art books. *excludes postage stamps
Other Events in Christchurch
From Thu 26 Film: The Man in the Hat5.30pm daily / Academy Cinema Art dealer Peter McLeavey talks about his life, including his early love of art, his discovery in London of a New Zealand identity and his return home where he became one of our most outstanding art dealers. Rather than being a documentary about New Zealand art, The Man in the Hat is about a man putting a stake in the ground. Filmed by award-winning cinematographer Leon Narbey.
Fri 27 Engaging museum audiences10am - noon / Philip Carter Family Auditorium, Christchurch Art Gallery / free American museum designer Nina Simon presents a free seminar on how to incorporate visitors' voices into institutional programmes. Aimed at museum exhibition developers, educators, marketers, technologists and anyone working in museums and art galleries. Presented by National Services Te Paerangi. RSVP to tamarap@tepapa.govt.nz or 0508 678 743
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