Kā Kaupapa o te Wā
What’s On
Edith Collier: Early New Zealand Modernist
A rare opportunity to view the work of one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most adventurous and experimental modernist artists.
Made in the Pacific: A Collection of Tāoga
A selection of Pacific tāoga from the Canterbury Museum in conversation with contemporary artworks that highlight the continued strength in culture and traditional art forms.
Mark Adams: A Survey | He Kohinga Whakaahua
A comprehensive survey spanning the artist's career.
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Late night Wednesday until 9pm
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Free entry, free wifi
Notes
Top Selling Gallery Cards
I have pulled together the top selling card images on sale in the shop since February 22nd. An interesting and eclectic collection it makes too.
Is your favourite work featured? Let us know.
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Room with a view
The view from the windows of our new exhibition space in Madras Street is not one you can easily put into words.
Interview
Rolling Maul
A lot of water, and Lord only knows what else, has flowed under the bridge since Justin Paton and I first hatched our plans for a fast-paced, post-quake showing of new work by local artists. Rolling Maul, so far, has been quite the antithesis of 'fast-paced', and despite our best efforts, it is yet to roll anywhere – rather it has been beset by the same delays, cancellations and frustrations as all of the Gallery's other in-house plans.
Our original concept, as outlined in B.165, was based around the use of one of Christchurch Art Gallery's ground-floor exhibition spaces, which we hoped to reoccupy as soon as they were no longer required as part of the City Council/CERA earthquake response. But as we are now only too aware, we won't be showing anything there any time soon.
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for those that stay behind
In the latest installment of the Gallery's Outer Spaces programme, keep an eye out for posters of several Elliot Collins' word paintings that are currently pasted up round town.
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Oh my Godley!
Our conservator Lynn Campbell has been helping recently with the Canterbury Quakes exhibition at the Canterbury Museum.
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A little bit of Auckland in Christchurch
The Ellerslie International Flower Show opens in the Garden City today.
Collection
William Dunning Reflection
Capturing a time and place that remains familiar for many, William Dunning’s photorealistic painting of Christchurch’s Cathedral Square pictures the window-reflected Regent Theatre and southeast corner of the 1960s modernist Government Life Building. Both were demolished after the 2010–11 earthquakes, as was the building in which they were mirrored.
Dunning is a Christchurch artist for whom local history is an ongoing concern. Reflection is a significant early work, and was presented by the artist in 2011.
(Above ground, 2015)
