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Demo Town

Demo Town

Demolition of Christchurch's CBD has really stepped up over the past few months with whole blocks transforming into vast wastelands...

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Making Way for Art

Making Way for Art

Last Saturday, a dedicated crew of ten from the Student Volunteer Army in association with Gap Filler came out to improve the view of Wayne Youle's Sydenham mural, I Seem to Have Temporarily Misplaced My Sense of Humour.

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Halswell that ends well

Halswell that ends well

This term while Susie is off in Singapore for six weeks at the Asian Civilisations Museum, I have the pleasure of taking the Gallery's education programme out to schools around Christchurch.

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Old materials - new ideas

Old materials - new ideas

Rugged, recycled and right here!

Exhibition

Hannah and Aaron Beehre: Waters Above Waters Below

Hannah and Aaron Beehre's immersive new installation connects us with the transformative moments beneath the surface of the everyday.

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Multi-tasking god

Multi-tasking god

The Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapore is packed with interesting artifacts, but to me the most beautiful things are the statues that depict deities from different religions.

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Brooklands

Brooklands

The destruction of the city centre is receiving lots of attention, but there are of course whole suburbs that will soon disappear as well.

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Further North

Further North

Continuing down the recently reopened Madras Street and drawing tenuous links to works from our collection (!), I've always been a sucker for a good gargoyle.

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Jekyll and Hyde

Jekyll and Hyde

Jason's Greig's exhibition The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde is currently on show at the Ashburton Art Gallery and it's well worth the drive from Christchurch.

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Hapless Spirits

Hapless Spirits

On this day in 1828 the artist Nicholas Chevalier was born.

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