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Andrew Drummond room for Observation (detail) 2003. Mixed media. Reproduced courtesy of the artist. Photo: Brendan Lee
Andrew Drummond: Observation / Action / Reflection
14 May 2010 – 05 Sep 2010
Frances Hodgkins Pleasure Garden (detail) 1932. Watercolour. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, presented by a group of subscribers 1951
From the collection Pleasure Garden
‘Pleasure garden’ was the first work by Hodgkins to be acquired for the collection and remains one of the most ...
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Signing On
This Wednesday night our weekly late night tour is something a little different. It's the second of our quarterly Sign Language tours for the Deaf community.
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Roger Boyce Great White (detail) 2008–10. Oil and water-based mediums on hardwood ply. Reproduced courtesy of the artist, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch and Suite, Wellington
Trouble Ahead: Roger Boyce and The Illustrated History of Painting
If you want to get some perspective on the art of today, a good but grim way of doing so is to imagine it from the future's point of view. When the archaeologists of the year 2195 pick their way across the ruins of the city of Christchurch, what traces of art and culture will they find amongst the rubble? And more to the point, what fragments would we want them to find-if we had the choice?
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Larionov, Goncharova and the Russian ‘isms'
4 August
An overview of Russian performing and visual arts by Russian art expert Peter Stupples, who looks at how the country's turbulent history fuelled a whirlwind of artistic styles and ‘isms'.
Multimedia
Film
Watch the installation of Andrew Drummond's Counter Rotating and Earthing Device and Viewing Device, Counter Rotating in the Gallery foyer in March 2010.
Audio
Listen to a welcome message from Jenny Harper, director of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu since 2006.
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Philadelphia
Last Friday I visited the Philadelphia Art Museum for the day. PAM was founded 135 years ago (so is 10 years older than Dunedin Public Art Gallery and Auckland Art Gallery). But what a huge difference a great history of philanthropy and generous gifts in kind makes.