What’s On
Yona Lee: Fountain in Transit
A lively, restorative under-stairs sculpture for Te Puna o Waiwhetū.
One O'Clock Jump: British Linocuts from the Jazz Age
Dynamic and vibrant prints from a fast-changing world.
Leo Bensemann: Paradise Garden
A collection of Leo Bensemann’s extraordinary Mohua Golden Bay landscape paintings.
Open 7 days, 10am - 5pm
Late night Wednesday until 9pm
Free entry, free wifi
Exhibition
Professor John Simpson's Gift of Books
A selection of the books given to the Gallery library by Professor John Simpson.
Exhibition
Backstory: First Issues
A series of exhibitions highlighting treasures from the Gallery’s library and archive
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Village life
Some detective work has put us in touch with the owners of the farm painted by Evelyn Page.
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On the beach by Charles Simpson
This article first appeared as 'Seaside outing displays a lightness of touch' in The Press on 24 April 2018.
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Moonlight by Julius Olsson
This article first appeared as 'Artist left all at sea by changing tides' in The Press on 6 December 2016
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Where In The World?
We have recently been pleased to accept this work into our collection as a gift from Audrey Parker. It is a lithograph, from 1934, by J.M. Thomasson. Thomasson taught at Christchurch Technical College and in 1937 became head of art at the recently opened Papanui High School.
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May Day by Fred Roe
This article first appeared in The Press as 'The whole is less than the sum of painting's various parts' on 22 September 2016
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Chaliapin
In our leatest exhibition Bad Hair Day there is a caricature of the singer Chaliapin in the role of Don Quixote. Chaliapin visited New Zealand in 1926 but it seems likely that this drawing originates with the film Don Quixote, directed by Georg Pabst, in which Chaliapin starred.
This film opened in Christchurch in September 1934