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What’s On
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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Late night Wednesday until 9pm
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Doc Ross: Phantom City
Wait 'til night comes and park up your car outside 464 Colombo Street in the new Sydenham. The neighbourhood is quiet, no late night shopping here – there seems nothing of that sort likely to turn up here for a fair while yet.
Underworld
Tony de Lautour's large painting Underworld 2 has taken shape in an even larger format as part of the wall of shipping containers protecting road users from rockfalls on the way out to Sumner.
The City Rises
It is an odd experience living in a town where buildings are continuously being deconstructed, the construction cranes are there but they are really deconstruction cranes slowly but surely pulling buildings to bits.
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.
Animals
The Gallery's Registration department keeps a close watch on our collection of art, with regular audits to make sure all is as it should be.