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Raymond McIntyre: A Modernist View
Dynamic and progressive paintings and woodcuts from one of Aotearoa’s New Zealand foremost modernist artists.
Living Archives
Archives that tell stories about artists and history in Aotearoa
Whāia te Taniwha
Māori artists consider the enduring relevance of taniwha in Aotearoa.
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Quimbilicum?
'The first-hand responses I've had tend to be bemusement, and a need to identify, to know what it is they're looking at. When asked, for example, what 'Quimbilicum' means, I just point to the work.'
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Okeover, 1993
Here's as fine a colony of artists as you could wish for, photographed at Okeover House in 1993.
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It's a puzzlement!
If you know our collection really well, you may see where this jigsaw puzzle is leading...
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Earthquake Momento
The latest issue of Photoforum's MoMento journal (issue 14, January 2014) focuses on the work of three photographers with strong ties to Christchurch and their haunting images of this battered city post February 22, 2011.
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Camera Interviews Mrs Laura Knight
Brilliant film footage from British Pathe of British artist Laura Knight painting fellow artist Eileen Mayo in 1927 can be seen here.
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Ralph Hotere (Te Aupōuri) 11 Aug 1931 - 24 Feb 2013
Join us in commemorating the first anniversary of the death of one of New Zealand's most significant and acclaimed artists.
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Thank You Christchurch....
...for coming out to play with us on Saturday - all 2,500 of you!
It was a great way to celebrate the opening of our fantastic new exhibition Burster Flipper Wobbler Dripper Spinner Stacker Shaker Maker at ArtBox.
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Leo Bensemann Collection
Christchurch Art Gallery has been very fortunate in recently receiving the bulk of Leo Bensemann's library from his family which has made one of the Gallery's curators very happy.