What’s On
Leo Bensemann: Paradise Garden
A collection of Leo Bensemann’s extraordinary Mohua Golden Bay landscape paintings.
He Kapuka Oneone – A Handful of Soil
Our new collection exhibition is now open.
Edith Amituanai and Sione Tuívailala Monū: Toloa Tales
New video works trace migratory threads across Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa as the artists return to their ancestral homeland.
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Exhibition
Stereoscope: Kristin Hollis
Drawings of two bottles - one of gin, one of water – grace the Montreal Street side of the Christchurch Art Gallery bunker in the latest offering in the Stereoscope series.
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Putting the temporary back into contemporary art
When we started working with Tjalling de Vries on his super-sized wall collage Tjalling is Innocent, we knew it wouldn't last forever...
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First impressions
As Gallery entrances go, it would be true to say that the entrance into the NG building, which leads to Christchurch Art Gallery's temporary first-floor exhibition space, isn't the grandest example.
Exhibition
Miranda Parkes / Tjalling de Vries: Keep left, keep right
Sharing an interest in expanding the idea of abstract painting beyond its traditional borders, Miranda Parkes and Tjalling de Vries explore the creative possibilities of commercial billboards in an exhibition that combines painting and projection to obstruct and intrigue in equal measure.
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Scenic route
Spring has sprung in the North Canterbury countryside and if you're heading out that way for a touch of lamb-spotting, make sure you call by the Arts in Oxford gallery to see works by four Christchurch artists.
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Raise your glass (house)
Huge congratulations to Zina Swanson who has just been announced as the Francis Hodgkins Fellow for 2013.
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Life imitates... well, you know
Are repair works in Christchurch becoming so extreme that they could start to compete with contemporary art? It's a nice thought.
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Almost there...
The final paper sheet has been glued and the sealant is being applied on our newest Outer Spaces work, Tjalling is Innocent.
Exhibition
Ruth Watson: from white darkness
Offering a poetic commentary on the intriguing resemblances between art and science, Ruth Watson's container-based video installation combines historical footage, text and her own Antarctic imagery.
Exhibition
Tjalling is Innocent
An ambitious paste-up work by local artist Tjalling de Vries on CoCa's back wall (viewable from Worcester Boulevard), Tjalling is Innocent is an Outer Spaces project presented in association with CoCA.