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Christchurch Exhibitions

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Opening This Week

Desert Rose by Tyne Gordon at The Physics Room
Desert Rose
The Physics Room
13 June – 2 Aug
Opening Fri 12 Jun, 5:30pm

Current exhibitions

Breaking Reflection, Interior/Exterior by Nick Lowry at CoCA - Centre of Contemporary Art Toi Moroki
Breaking Reflection, Interior/Exterior
CoCA - Centre of Contemporary Art Toi Moroki
1 Feb 2025 – 23 Dec
Shona Rapira Davies: Ko te Kihikihi Taku Ingoa by Shona Rapira Davies at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū
Shona Rapira Davies: Ko te Kihikihi Taku Ingoa
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū
18 Apr 2025 – 27 June 2027
Kā Whakatauraki: The Promises at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū
Kā Whakatauraki: The Promises
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū
15 Nov 2025 – 7 Mar 2027
Ana Iti: Ngahere Behind a Pile of Metal by Ana Iti at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū
Ana Iti: Ngahere Behind a Pile of Metal
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū
7 Mar – 26 July
Mark Adams: A Survey | He Kohinga Whakaahua by Mark Adams at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū
Mark Adams: A Survey | He Kohinga Whakaahua
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū
7 Mar – 26 July
Made in the Pacific: A Collection of Tāoga by Louisa Afoa, Serene Hodgson, Jimmy Ma'ia'i, Sue Pearson, Pauline Reynolds + 1 more at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū
Made in the Pacific: A Collection of Tāoga
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū
28 Mar – 11 Oct
One Wall by Nicholas Burry, Marie Porter, Evelyn Fink, Jamie Price, Lily-Rose Claypole + 2 more at CoCA - Centre of Contemporary Art Toi Moroki
One Wall
CoCA - Centre of Contemporary Art Toi Moroki
11 Apr – 18 Dec 2027
Archive Lounge: The Art of the Map by Eileen Mayo at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū
Archive Lounge: The Art of the Map
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū
30 Apr – 30 Aug
Home Studio by Daegan Wells, Wendelien Bakker, Sophie Bannan, Megan Brady, Scott Brough + 7 more at Objectspace at Sir Miles Warren Gallery
Home Studio
Objectspace at Sir Miles Warren Gallery
2 May – 28 June
Two-Way Street by Morks, Luca McDonnell at The Central Art Gallery
Two-Way Street
The Central Art Gallery
7 May – 20 June
Edith Collier: Early New Zealand Modernist by Edith Collier at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū
Edith Collier: Early New Zealand Modernist
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū
9 May – 30 Aug
Boy, Away From Home by Chevron Hassett at CoCA - Centre of Contemporary Art Toi Moroki
Boy, Away From Home
CoCA - Centre of Contemporary Art Toi Moroki
23 May – 28 June
The Word Witch – Flights of Fancy by David Elliot, Margaret Mahy at Ashburton Art Gallery
The Word Witch – Flights of Fancy
Ashburton Art Gallery
7 Mar – 23 Aug
the cuckoo sings for me, for the mountain by Noel Meek at Ashburton Art Gallery
the cuckoo sings for me, for the mountain
Ashburton Art Gallery
2 May – 21 June
Tudor Hearth by Marian Maguire at PG gallery192
Tudor Hearth
PG gallery192
19 May – 19 June
Unreal Canterbury
Linwood Community Arts Centre
26 May – 20 June
The sun desires only you by John Pule at Jonathan Smart Gallery
The sun desires only you
Jonathan Smart Gallery
29 May – 27 June
Synergy by Elena Renker, Sue Scobie at Form Gallery
Synergy
Form Gallery
6 June – 27 June
Birds of a Feather by Kirsty Nixon, Fiona Garlick at Little River Gallery
Birds of a Feather
Little River Gallery
6 June – 29 June

Coming Soon

Bodega Mart
The Shed Gallery
20 June – 5 July
Opening Sat 20 Jun, 3pm–5pm
Observations by Brent Forbes, Tim Wraight, Ben Reid, Josh Bashford at Little River Gallery
Observations
Little River Gallery
26 Sept – 26 Oct

Past exhibitions

BOOST by Lisa Walker, Josephine Cachemaille at The National
BOOST
The National
7 May 2026 – 6 June 2026
Two Perspectives on Aotearoa Landscapes
Ashe
8 May 2026 – 4 June 2026
B42040A1A1A by Luke Willis Thompson at The Physics Room
B42040A1A1A
The Physics Room
18 Apr 2026 – 31 May 2026
A Place to Land by Andi Regan, John Hill at Form Gallery
A Place to Land
Form Gallery
2 May 2026 – 30 May 2026
Stride by Stride 2026 by Bethany McCone, Charlie Fox, Frances Caldwell, Gemma O'Neill, Gina Coatsworth + 3 more at Linwood Community Arts Centre
Stride by Stride 2026
Linwood Community Arts Centre
28 Apr 2026 – 23 May 2026
Kulimoe'anga Stone Maka by Kulimoe'anga Stone Maka at Jonathan Smart Gallery
Kulimoe'anga Stone Maka
Jonathan Smart Gallery
29 Apr 2026 – 23 May 2026
Jess Nicholson: Ka maumahara te uku (the clay remembers) by Jess Nicholson at CoCA - Centre of Contemporary Art Toi Moroki
Jess Nicholson: Ka maumahara te uku (the clay remembers)
CoCA - Centre of Contemporary Art Toi Moroki
11 Apr 2026 – 17 May 2026
Pueblo de Tambores by Kadambari Raghukumar at The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora
Pueblo de Tambores
The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora
6 May 2026 – 17 May 2026
Acts of Love by Charrette van Eekelen at PG gallery192
Acts of Love
PG gallery192
21 Apr 2026 – 15 May 2026
Cycles of a Southern Sea by Tom Field at PG gallery192
Cycles of a Southern Sea
PG gallery192
21 Apr 2026 – 15 May 2026
BARRY|HUSSEY|ROODT by Jane Barry, Sandra Hussey, Laurie Roodt at Chambers Art Gallery
BARRY|HUSSEY|ROODT
Chambers Art Gallery
16 Apr 2026 – 9 May 2026
Into The Slipstream by Georgina Hoby Scutt at Little River Gallery
Into The Slipstream
Little River Gallery
11 Apr 2026 – 4 May 2026