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Wed 27 The Hole, the Cap and the Claw: Contemporary Jewellery in Aotearoa6pm / Philip Carter Family Auditorium / free An illustrated talk by art historian and curator Dr Damian Skinner, who explores the history and practices of adornment in Aotearoa during the past forty years. Sponsored by The Press Sat 30 Breakfast: Exploring The Vault: Neil Pardington8.30am / Alchemy / Friends $20 / public $30 / book by 27 Jan: (03) 941 7356 Exhibition curator Ken Hall discusses Neil Pardington's photographs of rarely seen gallery and museum collection storage spaces. Summer School Holiday Events – Last Days
Summer Sand ArtUntil 23 January / weekdays only / 10am–11.30 or 1–2.30pm / Education Centre / $5 / bookings tel: (03) 941 7382 Transform sand into beautiful, colourful works of art by creating your own super sand picture to take home. Wear your old clothes. Materials supplied. Explore & DrawUntil 24 January / 10am–4pm / collect from the front desk / free Explore the new collection display Brought to Light with this fun activity. Enter the draw to win a set of art materials. Current ExhibitionsTalismanUntil 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 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 sixteenth-century Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi. Tait Electronics Gallery
Ricky Swallow WatercoloursUntil 21 February Australian artist Ricky Swallow is best known as a maker of meticulous sculptures that reinvent the still-life tradition on contemporary terms. But he is also a maker of playful and atmospheric watercolours. Featuring more than eighty works, this exhibition surveys the full range of these ‘atmospheric presentations’ – from early science-fiction scenarios and still-life studies through to his recent haunting portraits of members of the Kelly Gang. Touring Gallery C A UQ Art Museum touring exhibition 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
The Naked and the NudeUntil 18 April The unclothed human figure is one of art’s oldest subjects, yet it still catches attention and ignites debate. This exhibition brings together dozens of bodies from the collection, from languid academic nudes to the fragmented bodies of recent art. Along the way, the exhibition charts the growing tension between the nude and the naked – between works of art that idealise the body and those that try to tell it like it is. Touring Gallery A and B 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 Brought to Light: A New View of the CollectionOpen now The collection display has undergone a complete refreshment. The spectacularly reconfigured exhibition spaces feature a dynamic mix of new and seldom-seen works, as well as new conversations among old favourites. For any art institution charged with conserving the past, registering the present and offering suggestions for the future, the challenge to ‘bring to light’ is at once daunting and inspiring. Brought to Light: A New View of the Collection is our response to that challenge. Read more about Brought to Light.
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