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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.
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A difference of emphasis
We recently asked for help in identifying the sitter of a portrait by W.A. Sutton.
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Congratulations!
Heartfelt congratulations to Chartwell Trust who last night received the 2011 Arts Foundation of New Zealand Award for Patronage. Chartwell is the sixth annual recipient of this great award and joins previously honoured philanthropists Denis and Verna Adam, Dame Jenny Gibbs, Roderick and Gillian Deane, Adrienne, Lady Stewart and Gus and Irene Fisher.
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A competition for a Thursday morning
We had so much fun running a caption competition for this image with the Gallery staff, we thought we would let everyone have a go. A Gallery paperweight lies in store for the three winners as judged by me...