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It's Showtime!
Behind the scenes
Today is Show Day here in Canterbury. Over at Canterbury Agricultural Park you can see thousands of animals being put through their paces or if you'd rather, you can look at some of these equally beautiful beasts from our collection.
A cow, Balthazar Paul Ommeganck.
Horse and Sheep, Pitt Island Aug 1995, Anthony McKee
The Pascal Lamb, Circa 1660, Appliqué with silver thread Circa 1660
Persimmon (Study of a Racehorse) Circa 1930, Elizabeth Harrison
North Canterbury Pastoral Scene, 1943, Juliet Peter
Girl Feeding Poultry, 1890, Frances Hodgkins
Related reading: Beasts
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Zoology
I'm pretty sure the kids at my daughters pre-school haven't seen Cai Guo-Qiang's Heritage, which was commissioned for his show Falling Back To Earth at the Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane last year.
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The Mouse-trap by Petrus van der Velden
This article first appeared as 'Cleverly caught' in The Press on 14 February 2014.
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When is a dog a mouse?
Throughout the centuries man has delighted in creating representations of his canine companions.
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Eileen Mayo
It's 107 years since this multi-talented artist, described by art historian Kenneth Clark as 'outstandingly good', was born in Norwich, England.
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Lizard's Lounge
I stumbled into their lair on accident, and found myself in a madhouse of reptilian decree. I immediately froze, in a vain hope they had not noticed me in my peculiarity, but my attempts were feeble, I had been seen. I felt a cold sweat and a shiver ran down my spine as they glared at me with beady black eyes from a nebulous of smoke and dust that choked the room. I was their intruder. One of the lizards mockingly hissed a welcome, 'Please take a seat, you look weary.'
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Loads of bulls
Looking out of the library window at the Kings Manor here in York I can see a bronze calf.
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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.
