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The next best thing
We had three great exhibitions on display in February. De-Building, Van der Velden: Otira and Leo Bensemann: A Fantastic Art Venture all opened within three weeks of the earthquake, and all three had their runs cut very short.
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Virtual retail therapy
The Gallery is again almost unrecognisable in places - its every nook and cranny now filled with temporary workstations manned by volunteers in hi vis vests, USAR teams refueling on coffee and Powerade between sorties out into the 'red zone', news crews waiting for briefings from politicians or glimpses of princes.
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Library clean up
A crack team of librarians has turned chaos into order in the Robert and Barbara Stewart Library and Archives
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De-de-building
The show's only been open a matter of weeks but plans to 'de-build' De-Building are already well underway.
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Goodies
A few weeks ago the staff here dealt with the biggest art crate they'd ever handled, for Ron Mueck's huge sculpture A girl.
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Inside job
The view from inside the walls in the De-Building spaces, with holes cut and waiting for the arrival of Fiona Connor's installation of facsimile domestic windows, What you bring with you to work.