What’s On
Night Market at the Gallery
Wine, beer, food, crafts, jewellery, ceramics, plants, candles, records, books, DJs (not for purchase) and more...
Spring Time is Heart-break: Contemporary Art in Aotearoa
A major exhibition featuring works that tell stories about personal and collective histories, communication, distance and relationships to our environment.
Don't miss
Our Out of Time exhibition is closing soon.
Open 7 days, 10am - 5pm
Late night Wednesday until 9pm
Free entry, free wifi
Artist fires colour into the Central City
You are all invited to come and watch an explosive work of art take shape in the central city between 9am and 1pm this Saturday.
Unruly, unexpected and oblique images
Combining unexpected detours, unruly surfaces and oblique viewpoints, the artists in Keep left, keep right invite viewers to slow down and take notice of the city that surrounds them.
Worcester Boulevard exhibition extended as publication developed
The popularity of Reconstruction: Conversations on a City has led to the exhibition being extended until 14 October, and the development of a publication.
From CASS to <del>CASS</del> - Iterations of New Zealand's 'greatest painting'
Over 50 iterations of Rita Angus's 1936 painting Cass are collated in André Hemer's new exhibition CASS, which considers ideas of distance, deletion and dislocation.
New Gallery programmes consider a city in transition
The possibilities for a city in transition will be considered in Re:actions for the city – a new series of public events that we are launching.
Christchurch Art Gallery to reopen mid-2013
Christchurch Art Gallery expects to reopen in mid-2013 – but in the meantime it will continue to offer art and art-related programmes beyond its walls.
Justin Paton appointed curator of New Zealand's presentation at the 2013 Venice Biennale
Christchurch Art Gallery senior curator Justin Paton has been appointed curator of New Zealand's presentation at the 2013 Venice Biennale. Deputy commissioner will be Massey University's head of fine arts, Heather Galbraith.
An invitation to discover the Outer Spaces
While the Gallery doors remain closed to the public, there's still plenty to see outside with Outer Spaces – an ongoing programme of artworks 'outside the box'.
Gallery Guides leading Brian Brake tours
A short walk along the boulevard from the Gallery, Canterbury Museum has reopened its doors to the public. One of the opening exhibitions is Brian Brake: Lens on the world developed and toured by the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and presented in partnership with Christchurch Art Gallery.
Reopening Christchurch Art Gallery. Alas, tomorrow is too soon!
If I were given $1 (even 10 cents) every time I had been asked when the Gallery is reopening, I would be rich. And, make no mistake, when the Gallery does reopen, I'll be very happy. I loved the compelling nature of Warren Feeney's column (29 July), with its ten good reasons why the Gallery should open tomorrow. I agreed with each one – and could have supplied ninety more. But alas, tomorrow is too soon.