What’s On
20 Year Anniversary Gala Dinner
The legendary Christchurch Art Gallery Foundation Gala Dinner returns for a night of exquisite dining, great company (especially if you come) and Insta-worthy art experiences.
New book available now
This exquisitely illustrated book features ambitious and delightful etchings, lithographs, wood-engravings and linocuts by some of the country’s finest artists.
Ink on Paper: Aotearoa New Zealand Printmakers of the Modern Era
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Open 7 days, 10am - 5pm
Late night Wednesday until 9pm
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Neil Semple
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Gone in (under) 60 seconds
For the past 11 months we've displayed a large scale copy of the Dick Frizzell work Contacts on the rear wall of the Centre of Contemporary Art next door to the gallery.
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It's Showtime!
Today is Show Day here in Canterbury. Over at Canterbury Agricultural Park you can see thousands of animals being put through their paces or if you'd rather, you can look at some of these equally beautiful beasts from our collection.
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The Army leaves
With the removal of the final cordon around the red zone in the central city last weekend, I came in with my family to have a look around the newly reopened areas of the CBD. We stopped to watch the parade of soldiers who were being thanked by the Prime Minister, the Mayor of Christchurch and Kaiwhakahaere of Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu for their work in controlling the central city red zone and with community welfare in the immediate aftermath of the February earthquake.
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Would you like a view of the art gallery with that?
Sometimes you find pictures of fast food restaurants inside art galleries...
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On your marks
Anyone visiting the Central Library Peterborough during the past 2 months will have noticed the impressive Richard Killeen art work The inner binding which looms large above the library entrance.
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Art for the masses
In 1935, the publisher Allen Lane was waiting at Exeter Train Station after visiting Agatha Christie. He was appalled by the poor selection of reading material on offer and had the idea of producing contemporary literature in paperback format at an affordable price.
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Bright and shiny
While many things inside the red zone are now far from functional it's good to see public art still standing up to the challenges of this harsh environment.
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Les taureaux en hiver
On Valentine's Day in Paris, He Korero Purakau mo te Awanui o Te Motu Story of a New Zealand River, the third of Michael Parekowhai's pianos from the Venice Biennale, was unveiled to the public.
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Parekowhai in Paris
Fresh from its recent success at the Venice Biennale, two works from Michael Parekowhai's project On First Looking into Chapman's Homer have travelled to Paris.