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What’s On
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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Florence Akins 1906 - 2012
Florence Akins, an artist with a very long association with Canterbury art, passed away peacefully on 18 October, aged 106.
Exhibition
Stereoscope: Kristin Hollis
Drawings of two bottles - one of gin, one of water – grace the Montreal Street side of the Christchurch Art Gallery bunker in the latest offering in the Stereoscope series.
Exhibition
Tim J. Veling: Bedford Row
When is a door not a door? That's the wry question posed in this light-hearted architectural intervention by local photographer Tim J. Veling.
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Light bulb moment
I thought nothing would beat the practicallty of the rubber vases, I was wrong...
Coming very soon and exclusive in NZ to the gallery shop the simple and yet brilliantly conceived LED Magic Bulb. Can be used as an emergency light during power failures and turns into a torch. Screw and bayonet fitting, 6 watt.
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thirst quenchers
We enjoy the odd bottle of craft beer here at the Christchurch Art Gallery, especially when the labels have been created by our own staff.
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Putting the temporary back into contemporary art
When we started working with Tjalling de Vries on his super-sized wall collage Tjalling is Innocent, we knew it wouldn't last forever...
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Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite
Letterpress + wood-engraving + John Lennon + Sgt Peppers = a Beatles obsessive meets fine printing