The re-energising of street art at Canterbury Museum is a highlight as
Warren Feeney’s list of 10 must-see exhibitions in for the month returns in May. Plus the Physics Room’s
Bedrock helps us remember who we are, an Art Chemist opens in Ōtautahi with a promise of wellbeing... and there is more.
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Benjamin Work, Hakē: Street Art Revealed, Canterbury Museum, Rolleston Ave.
Auckland-born Tongan/Scottish street artist Benjamin Work’s 330 square metre floor-to-wall mural brings a newfound spirit to the Canterbury Museum’s Exhibition Hall – the site of its inaugural 2013 street art festival,
Rise. Work’s panoramic mural represents his response to a Tongan ‘Akau tau’ war club from the museum’s collection, given life anew in the company of