It's that magical time of year. Fish are jumping, birds are singing, and we're up to our balls in jugglers. Cityscape has your picks for some of the most anticipated acts of Bread & Circus World Backyard Buskers Festival 2021.
Anthony Wright, director of Canterbury Museum and art collector extraordinaire, takes a moment with Cityscape to answer some questions on life, history, and art.
Organic Matters, the work of Wellington-based artist Chimp, is one of the most striking features of Christchurch’s Justice and Emergency Services Precinct.
From February, Royal New Zealand Ballet will bring hope, magic, emotion and a little bit of mischief to theatres across Aotearoa - created by some of the country's, and the world’s, best-loved dance masterminds.
A relative newcomer to the Christchurch street art scene, Jacob Root uses stencils, screens, acrylic and aerosols to create works scaling from small canvas to massive murals.
Wongi Wilson is a street artist with a reputation for high-quality, large-scale works in prominent positions around Christchurch.
After wowing punters on Wellington’s waterfront in August 2020, the wildly popular Van Gogh Alive exhibition is returning to Christchurch in 2021.
A mainstay of the DTR street art crew, Dcypher cut his teeth in Canterbury before spending a decade in Los Angeles working as a freelance artist and developing mural art for TV shows like Sons of Anarchy, Silicon Valley and NCIS.
Heather Straka’s art series Dissected Parlour is not in a gallery, but rather on the walls at Mod’s Hair in Merivale. Cityscape talks to the artist about the works, her previous exhibition Bloodlust, and powerful women.
SCAPE Public Art has been adorning Christchurch for 22 years, and has been with us through thick and thin. Executive director Deborah McCormick tells Cityscape about the importance of art through adversity.
Melbourne artist Rone’s Worcester Street artwork on the side of Cathedral Junction is one of our faves.
Urban artist TOGO is notorious for his defiant acts of vandalism – he's plastered his name in impossible spots on buildings overlooking Christchurch's city centre. As he moves into post-vandalism installations, the pseudonymous artist talks to Cityscape about his motivations, his methods, and how it feels when his art sells out in a matter of hours.
The depictions on Christchurch’s exterior walls are a massive part of the city’s post-quake identity. Cityscape talks to a few of the artists who have marked our streets and watched the city evolve.
Gerard Smyth has become a chronicler of the earthquake recovery, recording hundreds of hours of historical footage and releasing two feature-length docos on Christchurch’s up-and-down decade.
Canterbury has a thriving arts scene, with ultra-talented local veteran and newcomer artists filling Greater Christchurch's many galleries. Here's our pick of spots to get your fill of art works.
Spanning almost three decades, The Wrightmann Collection comprises nearly 1000 works of art and objects by Aotearoa New Zealand artists, signifying an ‘alignment of the stars’ for Selene Manning and Anthony Wright.
Christchurch-based illustrator Jacob Yikes is a staple of the city’s street art scene, and also illustrates and paints in his home studio. He’s a member of the prolific DTR street art crew.
Canterbury Museum’s doors first opened on October 1, 1870, and over the past 150 years its collection has swelled from 25,000 items to more than 2.3 million. To celebrate the anniversary, Canterbury Museum is releasing House of Treasures: 150 Objects from Canterbury Museum Ngā Taonga Tuku Iho, a book showcasing some of the museum’s most incredible artefacts.
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