Petrus van der Velden The Dutch Funeral 1875. Oil on canvas. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, gifted by Henry Charles Drury van Asch 1932

Gallery to reopen in mid-2013

In the meantime we will continue to offer art and art-related programmes beyond our walls. Read the full story here.

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There's still plenty to do on the site while you're here:

The Gallery holds two ink drawings by William Holmes (1825–1885) including this intensely detailed view of Lyttelton from the water which he drew in 1852, just 15 months after the first four ships arrived with the Canterbury Association settlers.

No thank you, Your Majesty

A list of those Britons who declined honours between 1951 and 1999 has just been ...

Another nor’wester descends on Canterbury

Some people fear them, others revel in the unforgiving dry heat – love them or ...

Books books everywhere and not a word to read

The Gallery's library currently has the appearance of some sort of intervention.

People that look like other people

It has to be a tribal thing - a certain kind of British look that ...

Where in the world is this year's first outer space?

So Wayne's wall is all done (and gloriously untagged) and Ronnie's peering out nightly over ...

If walls could talk...

... we'd all need ear plugs. Three smart locals talking about walls, though – that ...

A second birthday post in as many days?

Well, kind of... Happy birthday for tomorrow to Swedish artist Edward Friström, who came to ...

Rhona Haszard's birthday

Rhona Haszard was born today in 1901, in Thames.

Things that look like other things

This is not difficult - and hugely rewarding, actually. If you're willing to work at it, ...

A tour of someone else's collection

Working in an art gallery, I have been lucky enough to have art readily available ...

Earthquakes and Ducklings

Is it sheer, poetic coincidence that the number of the latest Landfall journal is 222?

Plain sailing

Another palpable hit in our project to clear copyright is the British artist Hellmut Sail ...

Do It Yourself

One of the defining features of the early Flying Nun releases was the DIY aesthetic.

Progress?

It's been quite noisy around here the last couple of days.

Black Painting

Ralph Hotere's recognition as a Member of the Order of New Zealand in the New Year ...

Out for the count

While we remain closed, sometimes it's hard to remember how it was when the Gallery ...

Katie Thomas: new work

Up the sloping driveway: there are fissures on the corner of the house, but these ...

Night light

Ronnie van Hout's latest film, The creation of the world, is a nocturnal highlight on ...

Chase the blues away

The first day back at work after a holiday is always a bit rubbish isn't ...

Plus ça change...

Petrus van der Velden brilliantly captured the Canterbury nor'wester back in the 1890s