The South Island’s third largest art museum, the Aigantithe in Timaru Photo: supplied
A well known arts critic, historian and commentator, Andrew Paul Wood in Timaru fills us in on ‘drama’ around the Timaru Theatre Royal redevelopment, which includes a new venue for South Canterbury Museum and some functions of the Aigantighe Art Gallery - one of the South Island’s most significant public galleries.
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Wood says a ballooning council overspend on the redevelopment has resulted in the appearance of a “semi-anonymous” group called Conscious South Canterbury, who have been placing big double-page advertisements in the two local newspapers.
Earthquake strengthening of the Aigantighe Art Gallery’s historic 118-year-old category 2 heritage-listed building began last year after almost six years of closure due to high seismic risk.
Andrew Paul Wood’s latest book Shadow Worlds: A History of the Occult and Esoteric in New Zealand was published by Massey University Press last year.
