Kā Kaupapa o te Wā
What’s On
Disruptive Landscapes: Contemporary Art from Japan
Quietly powerful and immersive video works revealing the politics behind our view of landscape.
John Vea: Ini Mini Mani Mou
Powerful new work examining the complexities of the immigration process in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Dear Shurrie
The art, influence and friendships of sculptor and teacher Francis Shurrock
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Ka tuwhera ki te 9pm i kā pō Wenerei
Open 7 days, 10am - 5pm
Late night Wednesday until 9pm
Uruka utukore, ahokore utukore
Free entry, free wifi
Unmissable Yellow
I saw my first painting by Robert McLeod in the basement of the Robert McDougall Art Gallery.
A Well Timed Care Package
One of the best-timed gifts my family and I have ever received arrived at our home on Mt Pleasant in May.
Christmas Presents
'The art that matters to us—which moves the heart, or revives the soul, or delights the senses, or offers courage for living, however we choose to describe the experience—that work is received by us as a gift is received.'
Lewis Hyde, The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property,
Vintage Books, New York, 1979, p.xii
Ready, set...
We all have our favourites, but some words have that certain something that lifts them above the everyday. In the case of the Gallery, and maybe Christchurch in general, this one seems to carry a particularly welcome resonance.
Vanishing Act
Tricksters opens at the end of the week, and the install crew got into the spirit of the show with a little magic act of their own.
Drawn Stone
Although Christchurch's American 'sister' is Seattle, we perhaps share a little more in common with the cities further south, in the state of California.
Selby Abbey
Another Yorkshire landmark is the magnificent abbey at Selby, and the comparison between our print and a modern photo is revealing.
Quakes and Ladders Game
Front page news.
We now have the Quakes and Ladders game featured in The Press yesterday in our online shop.
https://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/shop
