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Disruptive Landscapes: Contemporary Art from Japan
Quietly powerful and immersive video works revealing the politics behind our view of landscape.
John Vea: Ini Mini Mani Mou
Powerful new work examining the complexities of the immigration process in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Dear Shurrie
The art, influence and friendships of sculptor and teacher Francis Shurrock
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Every New Zealand artist ever - seriously!
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Petrol Heads
On a recent trip to Wellington to attend the excellent Van der Velden symposium at Te Papa I saw the Britten motorcycle on display and was instantly reminded of one exhibition that was in the pipeline here at Christchurch Art Gallery prior to the big shakes, an exhibition that involved Billy Apple and the Britten motorcycle titled Great Britten!
This Goes Out to You
These are tricky, venue-lean times for artists in Christchurch, which means exhibitions can turn up just about anywhere.
To our Guides: Thank you!
Today is International Volunteers' Day so a big shout out and thanks to our dedicated team of 36 volunteer guides.
noise to my ears
It really is very good to see a new space has opened up in this town dedicated to the sonic arts...that being The Auricle in New Regent street...home to the Cantabrian Society of Sonic Artists.
Bill Culbert - 51 Drawings
One of Christchurch Art Gallery's latest Outer Spaces projects involves co-publishing an artist's book by Bill Culbert with Coracle Press.
Selfie
This Aussie-coined expression was recently named word of the year, but the notion's pretty old hat round here.