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Abstract design by Frank Weitzel
This article first appeared in The Press as A lesser-known Kiwi talent on 22 June 2016.
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Happy National Volunteer Week!
Artfelt thanks to our amazing team of dedicated volunteers at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū. We love what you do.
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Chaliapin
In our leatest exhibition Bad Hair Day there is a caricature of the singer Chaliapin in the role of Don Quixote. Chaliapin visited New Zealand in 1926 but it seems likely that this drawing originates with the film Don Quixote, directed by Georg Pabst, in which Chaliapin starred.
This film opened in Christchurch in September 1934
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Mischa Levitzki
Our exhibition Bad Hair Day includes a caricature by Leo Bensemann of the Ukrainian-American pianist Mischa Levitzki (1898-1941), who toured New Zealand in 1921 and again in 1931.
Reviews suggest he was a superlative technician and a poor communicator and his popular reputation has not really lasted. Vladimir Horovitz was scathing: 'Just fingers, and you cannot listen only to fingers. There is a difference between artist and artisan. Levitzki was an artisan.'
Listen below to his performance of his own Valse de Concert, opus 1, recorded 23 May 1924.
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Face Five
Christchurch-born and internationally renowned artist Ronnie van Hout has had a huge hand in our latest outdoor installation. Quasi, a five-metre-tall sculpture of the artist's hand and facial features, was unveiled this morning on the Gallery's rooftop, next to Gloucester Street.
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Something missing at Cass
A few weeks ago my family and I visited Cass but something didn't look quite right.
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Untitled (Taylors Mistake) by William Sutton
This article first appeared on Stuff as 'Modernism by motorbike' on 28 June 2016 and as 'Artist stumbled upon striking scenery on morning motorbike rides' in The Press on 30 June 2016.
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Innocence by Evelyn Haig
This article first appeared as 'Sweet portrait belies tough protestor's tragic tale' in The Press on 24 May 2016.
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Untitled by Connie Samaras
This article first appeared as 'Seal of approval for video' in The Press on 20 April 2016.