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Record breaker

Record breaker

It's official – Ron Mueck has become the most popular paid-entry exhibition ever to be shown at Christchurch Art Gallery!

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Art for arms?

Art for arms?

As a registrar, when I open a miscellaneous box marked 'freight' I expect to find paperwork relating to, well, freight...

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Love him or hate him?

Love him or hate him?

That was the question posed by Emilie Sitzia and Louise Palmer to a large group of forty who had come along to listen to the ArtBite on Wild man last Wednesday.

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Mark Braunias at work

Mark Braunias at work

Artist Mark Braunias is in the building working on a new mural commission for the Gallery.

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Ron Mueck comments

Ron Mueck comments

We've put a comments book in the Ron Mueck show where visitors have expressed their pleasure, and in a few cases their disquiet. My favourite comment is "It looked scary but wasn't" which is in fact rather a profound thought.

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Big up to the designers

Big up to the designers

We were delighted to hear that this website was awarded not only a gold medal, but the Purple Pin in the interactive category at last Friday night's BeST awards.

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New bunker work installed

New bunker work installed

We've just had Wayne Youle in, creating a new work for the Gallery's carpark bunker.

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You big baby

You big baby

While we're looking at sculptures at the larger end of the scale bracket, here's Ron Mueck's A girl

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Under the sheets

Under the sheets

Downstairs in the galleries the exhibitions team have been working flat out for the last couple of weeks to prepare for Ron Mueck.

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Earthdance

Earthdance

Over 300 people came to enjoy the music and sunshine at the Gallery on Sunday.

Did you know this globally synchronised event promoting peace took place in over 150 countries, 375 cities worldwide?

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