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Coming unstuck
Darryn George's The Lambs' Book of Life (Folder Wall) has been taken down again, apparently for the last time.
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Painting free
School groups in Christchurch have been learning about abstract art as part of the Gallery's outreach programme.
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Heart in the high country: Austen Deans (1915 - 2011)
For Austen Deans, OBE, painting was an expression of his love of the outdoors and, in particular, the Canterbury high country.
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Computer art
Two works dating from about 1880 can claim to be the earliest computer generated art in the collection.
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The Social Network
As of yesterday afternoon, the Gallery spells Friend with a capital letter.
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A view from the Hilltop
A quick trip to the Akaroa Museum yesterday reminded me that the view overlooking Akaroa Harbour from the hilltop is still as breathtaking today as it was when colonial artists chose to paint the scene in the nineteenth century.
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Here's looking at you, kid
Within the Gallery's collection, there are plenty of eyes willing to meet yours, but while some seem content to merely receive our gaze, others look back with a certain character and intensity.
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Buried treasure
I spent a couple of days sorting through the entries for our writing competition, Ringmaster: Stories from Christchurch Art Gallery.