Eeling in the Ōtakaro. Francis Upritchard
In the Valley. Ngaio Marsh
Bird of Unknown Affinities. Dane Mitchell
Fragment of a Simon Denny illustration for Founders' Paradox. 2017/2018. on a wall displaying one of several Denny assemblies, this one, The Game of Life. Christchurch Art Gallery. 2019. Photograph by Stephanie Beth. 2019.
Founders Paradox, by Simon Denny, was commissioned by Michael Lett Gallet, Auckland in 2017.
see extended reading here
Of Interest
UPDATE 2026 on the RED PIANO
More information on the Steinway, the RED PIANO that Michael Parekowhai carved and lacquered.A master's thesis from the elder sister of Michael Parekowhi, Cushla Parekowhai *(See images. GALLERY)https://viviennemorrell.wordpress.com/2016/05/21/the-piano-at-te-papa/
The piano was a gift from the Hungarian refugee Lili Kraus to New Zealand in 1959. After surviving wartime imprisonment in a Japanese internment camp in Indonesia, Lili Kraus arrived in New Zealand. From June 1946 to December 1947, she made a number of intensive national tours travelling all- over small- town New Zealand, playing any piano.
The piano was a gift from the Hungarian refugee Lili Kraus to New Zealand in 1959. After surviving wartime imprisonment in a Japanese internment camp in Indonesia, Lili Kraus arrived in New Zealand. From June 1946 to December 1947, she made a number of intensive national tours travelling all- over small- town New Zealand, playing any piano.
Lilly Krause and Frederick Page. in the Journal. 1986 **
* https://www.bing.com/search?pglt=929&q=Michael+Parekowhai.+First+looking+into+Chapman%27s+Homer.&cvid=1745a4882347483cac63f02ed5951212&gs_lcrp=EgRlZGdlKgYIABBFGDkyBggAEEUYOdIBCDE0OTBqMGoxqAIIsAIB&FORM=ANSPA1&PC=EDGEDSE
** A musician’s journal; ed J M Thomson & Janet Paul, John McIndoe, 1986, p. 93). WordPress.com
Note. With great respect, I acknowledge the Christchurch Art Gallery, Te Puna O Waiwhetu, for its Directorship and its collection.
Stephanie Beth
Stephanie Beth
Update. 2026
Of interest
An anticipatory document on Fiona Pardington at Venice Biennale via this exhibition at the Dowse. Focus on the extinct Huia. Article. 2022.
https://dowse.org.nz/exhibitions-and-events/exhibitions/2022/fiona-pardington-te-whitinga-o-te-po-the-shining-lady-of-the-night
Since May 2026, artist Fiona Pardington was the selected representative artist from New Zealand to be exhibited in Venice Biennale. The Christchurch Art Gallery was selected by Creative New Zealand to convey Pardington. Her specialty. Photography. Her Biennle theme was 'loss'.https://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/
Pardington. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiona_Pardington#Early_life_and_education