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Cora-Allan: Encountering Aotearoa
A major body of new work that considers the whenua from the vantage point of the moana.
Mataaho Collective: Tīkawe
An ambitious installation that soars across the architecture of the Gallery.
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Late night Wednesday until 9pm
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Exhibition
In the Vast Emptiness
The Canterbury landscape as captured by twentieth century painters.
Exhibition
The Golden Age
An exhibition of twentieth century British and New Zealand wood engravings.
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Mountains, Cass by Rita Angus
This article first appeared as 'The wonders of waterolours' in The Press on 11 August 2015.
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Rita Angus by Leo Bensemann
This article first appeared in The Press as 'Viewing Rita Angus with Leo's eyes' on 26 May 2015
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Ralph Hotere
Hard to believe two years have already gone by since the passing of Ralph Hotere on 24th February 2013. Unlike many public galleries around the country at the time of his passing Christchurch Art Gallery was frustratingly unable to display any works by Ralph from the collection due to our ongoing closure.
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Kauri tree landscape by Colin McCahon
This article first appeared as 'Mighty kauris inspired McCahon' in The Press on 10 February 2015.
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Painting on the wall
Between the late 1940s and 1960s there was a significant number of new murals, both painted and sculpted, created to adorn buildings in Christchurch.
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Van der Velden's Rotterdam
I've been delving into the University of Canterbury's art collection recently, as it has been made available on the University's web site, and was stoked to come across the two Petrus van der Velden drawings below.