While some buildings in Christchurch suffered a lot of damage in Saturday's earthquake, others, often close by, escaped with none. Within the Gallery library, some shelves and filing cabinets were emptied, but this tower of books was exactly as a I left it on Friday afternoon.

I draw no grand conclusions from this other than the self-evident truth that earthquakes and their effects remain entirely unpredictable.

Tim Jones

Librarian

Final chance to see Andrew Drummond Observation / Action / Reflection and Taryn Simon: An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar, both exhibitions close Sunday 5 September at 5.00 pm.

Having the opportunity to spend over a week in New York recently to work closely with the artist Max Gimblett and his studio assistants in making a selection from Max's extensive collection of works on paper for a gift to Christchurch Art Gallery rates as one of the highlights of my job as a curator.

From a talk given by senior curator Justin Paton at the opening of Roger Boyce's The Illustrated history of painting at Christchurch Art Gallery on 12 August.

Tena koe,

In August this year Marie Shannon sent out an invite to some folks to write a memoir about Julian Dashper, the final text would be sent to Matthew Deleget of Minus Space, NY, and included in an exhibition honouring the first year of Julian's passing.

Marie and Matt have kindly agreed to let me add my text to our blog, I hope it might bring some memories of your own about our friend to the fore ...

Cheers, Nathan