Christchurch Art Gallery publishes a range of high-quality titles based on and around the Gallery's collection and exhibition programme. From the quarterly Bulletin magazine to the award-winning The Vault: Neil Pardinton and Bill Hammond: Jingle Jangle Morning, Gallery publications explore the breadth of New Zealand art.

Coming Soon

The Hanging Sky
Published to accompany the solo exhibition The Hanging Sky, scheduled for April 2012, this major book will offer readers and viewers a journey through the atmospheric and haunting skyscapes that Shane Cotton has created in the past five years, and showcase two extraordinary new bodies of work created for the exhibition.

Recently Published

Van der Velden: Otira
Petrus van der Velden is one of New Zealand’s keystone artists, and this sumptuous publication brings together major examples of his ground-breaking Otira series from public and private lenders throughout New Zealand. Highlighting the manner in which van der Velden’s art has resonated throughout the twentieth and into the twenty-first century, it explores the fascination his Otira works continue to exert on art lovers and artists. This richly illustrated publication, designed by award-winning artist and designer Aaron Beehre, is a long overdue addition to the scholarship on a truly international artist. Buy your copy at the Gallery Shop now.
96 pages / hardcover / $49.99

Andrew Drummond: Observation / Action / Reflection
A spectacular new book on an exceptional artist whose uncompromising perspective and artistic energy have led him to the forefront of art in New Zealand. Buy it here

Gallery wins at MAPDA 2010

A little bit of blowing our own trumpet here, but the Gallery recently scooped the prize for Best Major Catalogue at the Museums Australia Multimedia and Publication Design Awards for The Vault: Neil Pardington. The judges commended the ‘outstanding production values, understated but with a brave use of silver papers and well balanced use of imagery and typography’.

We were also delighted to hear that the we picked up a gold award for B.161 in the editorial and books category at the annual BeST awards in October, and a bronze in the same category for The Vault: Neil Pardington. A huge thanks and congratulations to everyone involved in all of these projects.