Meri Kirihimete!
Meri Kirihimete! Warmest holiday wishes from the Gallery team. We’re closing at 5pm on Christmas Eve and will be taking Christmas Day off but we’ll see you on Boxing Day from 10am.
Kā Kaupapa o te Wā
What’s On
Raymond McIntyre: A Modernist View
New exhibition now open.
Living Archives
Archives that tell stories about artists and history in Aotearoa
Whāia te Taniwha
Māori artists consider the enduring relevance of taniwha in Aotearoa.
E tuwhera ana te wharetoi i kā rā e 7 o te wiki, 10am - 5pm
Ka tuwhera ki te 9pm i kā pō Wenerei
Open 7 days, 10am - 5pm
Late night Wednesday until 9pm
Uruka utukore, ahokore utukore
Free entry, free wifi
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Cranes
Every work reproduced on this website that is still protected by copyright is cleared for use and we have been using our enforced closure to seek new permissions and clarify existing ones.
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What might have been
Back in 1999, over ninety architects submitted designs for the Christchurch Art Gallery building.
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The Picturesque
Leaving certain earthquake-damaged buildings as picturesque ruins has been the subject of debate in Christchurch recently.
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Death of a library
The fate of our sister organization, the Central Library, is still far from clear. It sits just within the dreaded cordon, whereas we are lucky enough to be just outside it.
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A damn close run thing...
...as the Duke of Wellington supposedly said about Waterloo. Exhibition openings are always close run things with finishing touches being applied to labels and displays and fittings and lights right up to the moment the public are admitted.
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Snowgnome
With the Gallery closed, and the staff all at home, what else could security guard Richard Jeffs do with his day...