What’s On
Coming soon.
From Here on the Ground
Our Design Store is having a revamp!
The shop is closed instore and online while we’re getting a fresh new look. Visit us again from 9 May.
Exhibition closing soon.
Spring Time is Heart-break: Contemporary Art in Aotearoa
Open 7 days, 10am - 5pm
Late night Wednesday until 9pm
Free entry, free wifi
Making Ligurian Lace by H H La Thangue
This article first appeared as 'Artist chased the sun for the right light, warmth' in The Press, 19 October 2016.
Where In The World?
We have recently been pleased to accept this work into our collection as a gift from Audrey Parker. It is a lithograph, from 1934, by J.M. Thomasson. Thomasson taught at Christchurch Technical College and in 1937 became head of art at the recently opened Papanui High School.
Head of the Waimakariri by Charles Blomfield
This article first appeared as 'Mainland inspiration for Blomfield' in The Press on 12 September 2016
Onekaka Estuary by Doris Lusk
This article first appeared as 'Lusk grabbed any chance to draw the power of places' in The Press, 20 July 2016.
May Day by Fred Roe
This article first appeared in The Press as 'The whole is less than the sum of painting's various parts' on 22 September 2016
Spring by Joan Dukes
This article first appeared in The Press as 'Spring, a breath of fresh air' on 7 July 2016.
Abstract design by Frank Weitzel
This article first appeared in The Press as A lesser-known Kiwi talent on 22 June 2016.
Mischa Levitzki
Our exhibition Bad Hair Day includes a caricature by Leo Bensemann of the Ukrainian-American pianist Mischa Levitzki (1898-1941), who toured New Zealand in 1921 and again in 1931.
Reviews suggest he was a superlative technician and a poor communicator and his popular reputation has not really lasted. Vladimir Horovitz was scathing: 'Just fingers, and you cannot listen only to fingers. There is a difference between artist and artisan. Levitzki was an artisan.'
Listen below to his performance of his own Valse de Concert, opus 1, recorded 23 May 1924.
Untitled (Taylors Mistake) by William Sutton
This article first appeared on Stuff as 'Modernism by motorbike' on 28 June 2016 and as 'Artist stumbled upon striking scenery on morning motorbike rides' in The Press on 30 June 2016.
Innocence by Evelyn Haig
This article first appeared as 'Sweet portrait belies tough protestor's tragic tale' in The Press on 24 May 2016.