Name: Francis van Hout – Grey, Red (Getting Older) // Henk Tomkins – Sacred to the memory of Itself
Start: 2026-05-26T07:30:00+12:00
End: 2026-05-26T09:00:00+12:00
Location: 96 Disraeli Street, Christchurch, New Zealand 8023

$Francis van Hout \u2013 Grey, Red (Getting Older) \/\/ Henk Tomkins \u2013 Sacred to the memory of Itself$

City Art Depot warmly invites everyone to attend the opening of 'Grey, Red (Getting Older)' by Francis van Hout.
Opening preview: 5.30–7pm Tuesday 26th May 2026 in our gallery at 96 Disraeli Street, Christchurch.
Beer kindly provided by Three Boys Brewery.
Ōtautahi Christchurch-based painter Francis van Hout crafts geometric abstractions with adept sensibilities to paint materiality, colour and surface texture. These paintings are imbued with the characteristics that define van Hout's practice – attention to tone, grain, quality of structural lines and indeed his signature wit.
'Grey, Red (Getting Older)' runs 26 May – 22 June 2026 at City Art Depot.
Also opening in our new Up Stairs gallery space: 'Sacred to the memory of Itself' by Henk Tomkins.
Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland-based painter Henk Tomkins' work fuses gestural abstraction with screen printing to explore the complexity of human emotion. His paintings exist in a suspended space between sensation and image, inviting viewers into a dialogue with vulnerability, grief and connection.
'Sacred to the memory of Itself' runs 26 May – 22 June 2026 at City Art Depot.