What’s On
Leo Bensemann: Paradise Garden
A collection of Leo Bensemann’s extraordinary Mohua Golden Bay landscape paintings.
Edwards + Johann: Mutabilities—propositions to an unknown universe
Transformation, unpredictability and magic happen when unrelated worlds meet.
He Kapuka Oneone – A Handful of Soil
Exploring the relationship between tākata and whenua – people and land – through Aotearoa New Zealand’s art history.
Open 7 days, 10am - 5pm
Late night Wednesday until 9pm
Free entry, free wifi
Jo Blair
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Chapman's Homer is back!
After 10 months sleeping in his crate in the loading bay, Chapman's Homer is back.
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Bill Culbert, radishes, Hut #2, Bluff Oysters, eccles cakes, The Hendersons, and 250 people.
On Saturday night artist Bill Culbert and chefs Margot and Fergus Henderson helped raise the bar for another extraordinary fundraiser from the Gallery and its Foundation
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Mid Winter Gala Fundraiser Dinner – Bill Culbert style
Amongst the stuffing of moving boxes as Gallery staff vacate their building, there has also been a fair bit of envelope stuffing going on too. Check out Bill Culbert's invitations to this year's Mid Winter Gala Fundraiser. They are restrained, functional, and very Bill.
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#BULL-YA #SNARLER #SIZZLE #BEEF #BANGERS, #SNAGS
Anyone done the crowd-funding thing yet? We're in deep with the Back the Bull campaign, and its proving to be quite a ride....
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The Most Unusual Formal Dinner NZ Has Ever Had?
Christchurch Art Gallery's trustees are on a bit of a high. They hosted a gala fundraiser on Saturday night where director Jenny Harper announced that the Trust is committed to purchasing Michael Parekowhai's Chapman's Homer – a work that was shown in Christchurch a year ago and made a profound impact.
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Gallery Trust Gala Fundraiser
As most of you will know, the Gallery is ten years old this year, and while we celebrated in outrageous magenta form with our Populate! programme in May for the real birthday, the Gallery's Trust thought they'd raise the celebrations to an even greater height with a gala fundraiser like no other...