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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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Collection
Joseph Nash The Maori difficulty in New Zealand - Visit of King Tawhiao and his followers to Auckland
From 'The Graphic' 29 July 1882, page 116
Notes
It's a very gourd sign
One painting I was very pleased to see again recently isn't from the Gallery's collection, but will be very familiar to many Christchurch people.
Exhibition
British Painting 1930-1960
An exhibition of British Painting from New Zealand public collections organised by the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council
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Smith's Bookshop
Julian Dashper's drawing/collage Blue Cross at Smith's Bookshop captures something of the friendly chaos that welcomed visitors as they stepped off the footpath of Manchester street and into one of Christchurch's most well-known and best-loved bookstores.
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But seriously
When it comes to contemporary painting, seriousness has a way of turning into solemnity, and solemn art is just asking for it.
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Size matters
More moments to treasure emerge from our digitisation of early Gallery exhibitions.
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When Dallington was green (not red)
It has dirty yellows and dun-greens, under silvery mid-winter light. You might even call it drab, a deliberate exercise in the un-picturesque. It's Dallington many decades ago, as seen by Russell Clark – a painting which, on an ordinary day, you might find yourself walking right past.