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Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness

Christchurch is at its most lovely in Autumn, and - despite the rubble, demolition equipment and ubiquitous, appropriately-toned road cones - this year is no exception.

Trip down memory lane

I was fortunate enough to visit the Robert McDougall Art Gallery last week and was struck by the beauty of this building.

Staying, Going, Gone

The favoured view of Christchurch Art Gallery is from Montreal Street, the familiar glass façade that populates postcards, tourist photos, and – for a while there – nightly news bulletins.

But is it art?

I'm sure Justin Paton would not be alone in saying 'no', but nevertheless, here is a bit of a trip down memory lane. All these creations, art or not, have now been destroyed.

Call us if it's you

We love the MyGallery sets that have been created recently.

Gnome Army

Take the innocence of the kitsch garden gnome then arm it to the teeth!

Guilty pleasures come in forms other than reality TV, so here's my tribute to that rollicking narrative poem 'The Highwayman' by Alfred Noyes and the recent perigee moon, thanks to the CAG collection and swashbuckling street artist Banksy.

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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

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

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.