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What’s On
Hye Rim Lee: Swan Lake
An immersive, dreamlike digital reinterpretation of the classic Tchaikovsky ballet.
Fred Graham: Toi Whakaata / Reflections
The long and distinguished practice of Aotearoa New Zealand artist Fred Graham (Ngāti Korokī Kahukura, Tainui) is celebrated in this selection of significant sculptures and relief works from 1965 to 2013.
He Kapuka Oneone – A Handful of Soil
Exploring the relationship between tākata and whenua – people and land – through Aotearoa New Zealand’s art history.
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Ron Mueck is nearly here
A major exhibition by internationally renowned sculptor Ron Mueck will open at Christchurch Art Gallery this October.
Matariki art and performance
Some of Christchurch's finest Māori performing arts groups will be performing at the Gallery next month (June) during our Matariki celebrations.
Andrew Drummond exhibition opens this week
Spanning a career of over thirty years, this exhibition draws on Drummond's rich and diverse practice between 1980 and 2010. It is the first major comprehensive survey of this important artist's work, and it's on here at the Gallery.
L’Art Décoratif Théâtral Moderne
A new exhibition of stage and costume designs by Russian avant-garde artists Natal'ya Goncharova and Mikhail Larionov opens this month.
My Sister My Self by Michael Parekowhai
This article first appeared with the headline Top-stair sculpture in The Press on 30 April 2008.
If you've done your first year art history, you're probably familiar with the story of How Sculpture Fell from Grace.
We won the top honours at the 2010 New Zealand Museums Awards!
It's official, we won top honours in the Exhibition Excellence category at the 2010 New Zealand Museums Awards in New Plymouth last night.
Kinetic sculptures installed in foyer of Christchurch Art Gallery
Two kinetic sculptures from the forthcoming exhibition Andrew Drummond: Observation / Action / Reflection were installed in the foyer last week.
Provocations: The work of Christine Webster
Complex, theatrical and fearless, the unsettling photography of renowned UK-based New Zealand artist Christine Webster will go on display next month.
Joyce Campbell: LA Botanical and Last Light
From this weekend, two bodies of work by New Zealand artist Joyce Campbell will be on display in the Gallery.