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Life lessons

Life lessons

Open, closed or merged; there's no doubt these are challenging days for all schools in Canterbury.

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All's fair

All's fair

Colour me cynical, but there's one work in the Gallery's Collection that seems to sum up all those crossed wires and conflicting agendas that render Valentine's Day a vexed proposition for many.

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Around and around

Around and around

Apparently 2013 is slated to be the year of strange coincidences and I'm starting to see why...

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A welcome addition to the to-do list

A welcome addition to the to-do list

In 2009, Christchurch painter Philip Trusttum made us an extraordinary offer—a gift of twenty works, to be selected by the Gallery, with no limit imposed on scale or value. 

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Unmissable Yellow

Unmissable Yellow

I saw my first painting by Robert McLeod in the basement of the Robert McDougall Art Gallery.

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Ready, set...

Ready, set...

We all have our favourites, but some words have that certain something that lifts them above the everyday. In the case of the Gallery, and maybe Christchurch in general, this one seems to carry a particularly welcome resonance.

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Tricksters

Expect the rug to be pulled out from under your feet with the last exhibition in the Rolling Maul series.

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Stereoscope #2: Robert Hood

Two Year of the Cyclops works by Christchurch artist Rob Hood kick off the second iteration of Stereoscope at 26E Lichfield Street.

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James Oram: but it's worth it

Manipulating found footage of the infamous 'Black Friday' sales held by American chain stores, James Oram isolates and magnifies smaller physical gestures amidst the frenzied crush.

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Christchurch - get ready to have your colours done...

Christchurch - get ready to have your colours done...

Melbourne-based artist Ash Keating is in town and is preparing to launch an all-out assault on concrete blandness with waterbombs, fire extinguishers, weed throwers and other paint-propelling devices.

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