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Taking Stock
It's hard to believe, but only eighteen collection works were damaged as a result of all earthquakes, with fourteen damaged on the 22 February 2011.
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Fate of ChristChurch Cathedral
Bishop Victoria Matthews announced this afternoon that nearly all of ChristChurch Cathedral is to be demolished. Often described as the heart of Christchurch this is a huge loss as the building has been an icon to those living and visiting the city since its completion in 1904.
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1979 advertising
Recently uncovered in the archives was this 1979 slide advertising the exhibition Glass: a survey of two millennia of glassmaking.
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Over the Reefs and Far Away
Always on the lookout for connections between New Zealand and overseas artists, one interesting visitor to our shores was the renowned Irish wood-engraver Robert Gibbings who first visited New Zealand in late 1945.
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The new Cashel Street
If you thought all postcard photography was done in the 1970s, think again.
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Digital forensics
I'd been meaning to nail the location of Petrus van der Velden's moody 1890 charcoal drawing, 'Near Sumner', for a while...
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Sounds of the city
Justin commented recently on the colours of a city, but cities – including this one – have no less distinctive trademark sounds.
