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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Late night Wednesday until 9pm
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Peripheral Relations
On a recent trip to Wellington I was lucky enough to visit a few galleries including the amazing exhibition, 'Peripheral Relations: Marcel Duchamp and New Zealand Art 1960-2011' on show at the Adam Gallery.
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Tony de Lautour: Unreal Estate
Painted on found pages from real estate publications, Unreal Estate, is an artist's book published by local artist Tony de Lautour and Christchurch Art Gallery.
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Pressed Letters: Fine Printing in New Zealand Since 1975
An exhibition presenting some of the finest examples of letterpress printing produced in New Zealand from 1975 to the present.
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No. 9, No. 9, No. 9, No. 9…Barbour Street
Colin McCahon spent several years based in Christchurch between 1948 and 1953 during which time he rented a house in Barbour street in the inner city suburb of Phillipstown.
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Jekyll and Hyde
Next time you are passing the Gallery on Montreal Street take time to check out the latest instalment of Stereoscope, Jason Greig's Mr Hyde and Henry Jekyll MD. These two works are part of Jason's Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde suite of monoprints completed in 2010.
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Epsom Derby
Sybil Andrews colour linocut Racing captures the energy, motion and rhythm of horses and riders as they gallop round the bend of the Epsom race track in London.
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Year of the Cyclops
Keep an eye out for two new works by Rob Hood titled 'Year of the Cyclops' which have recently appeared on the bunker in front of the Gallery on Montreal Street.
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Heavy Metal #3
Check out this amazing Columbian printing press that was recently discovered in an English garden.
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Fernbank Studio
While currently curating an exhibition titled Pressed Letters: Fine Printing in New Zealand since 1975, which examines not only beautifully designed hand-printed books but also the collaborative nature that often exists between poets, artists and letterpress printers, I was...
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Across the bay
Henri Lebasque's (1865-1937) oil painting Across the bay was one of those landscape paintings in the collection with a title that gave nothing away as to its actual location.