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Want to join our team of Volunteer Guides?
The Gallery has an incredible team of forty Volunteer Guides – and we want more! We’re currently seeking expressions of interest for ten enthusiastic individuals to join us.
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Design a new frame for one of the city’s favourite paintings!
Ākonga from Years 3–8 are invited to enter a competition to design an imaginative frame for one of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū’s most treasured paintings, Burial in the Winter on the Island of Marken (also known as The Dutch Funeral).
This iconic 150-year-old painting is having its original gold frame restored by our expert conservator, Anne-Sophie Ninino. Competion winners will get to go behind-the-scenes to meet Anne-Sophie and apply a piece of gold leaf to the frame.
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How to Book Friends Tickets
To book tickets from your phone, follow these simple steps (or click here for instructions with images).
- Find the event you’d like to book for on our website www.christchurchartgallery/friends
- Scroll down until you see the Book Now option; click on the down arrow to select the date you’d like to book then click book now
- Check you are booking for the event you’d like to attend
- If you are booking for a Friends only event, you will notice the number of tickets is greyed out. To login and access Friends only tickets, click on the door image at the top of the page
- Enter your email address and password
- Now that you’re signed in, you can enter the number of tickets you’d like to purchase
- Check you’re happy with your cart before you checkout
- Let us know who is attending the event
- Let us know of any special requests and tick the Terms & Conditions box then complete your sale
- Pop your payment details in then submit. And don’t forget to save your ticket to your phone for easy access on the day of the event
Don’t forget we’re here to help so get in touch if you have any problems!
friends@christchurchartgallery.org.nz | 03 941 7356
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Merilynne Evans
Today brought the very sad news of the death of Merilynne Evans, a long-serving and much-loved former member of the Gallery whānau.
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Jim Allen 1922–2023
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū is saddened to learn of the recent passing of Jim Allen MNZM and would like to recognise the extraordinary contribution that he made to the arts in Aotearoa New Zealand as an artist and educator.
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Cheryl Lucas: Shaped by Schist and Scoria
Familiar forms from domestic pottery have been transformed and filled with new meanings by celebrated local artist Cheryl Lucas, whose ceramic creations, old and new, are celebrated in a new exhibition at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū from 27 August 2022.
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Ralph Hotere: Ātete (to resist)
The extraordinary exhibition Ralph Hotere: Ātete (to resist) provided Ōtautahi Christchurch audiences with a truly remarkable opportunity to experience artworks by Ralph Hotere at first hand. Ralph was one of Aotearoa’s most talented artists and, significantly for Christchurch, two of his most notable works, Godwit/Kuaka (1977) and Black Phoenix (1984–88), were shown for the first time in the city.
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Billy Apple (1935-2021)
Today we acknowledge with sadness the passing of Billy Apple (1935–2021), a senior figure in Aotearoa New Zealand art and frequent, valued collaborator with Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū.
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Matt Pine (1941–2021)
Te Puna o Waiwhetū Christchurch Art Gallery acknowledges the passing of Matt Pine (Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāparāngi, Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa).
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Ivy Fife
The Gallery has been actively acquiring good strong examples of artworks by Ivy Fife that show her at her best over the past two years with an aim to have her better represented in the permanent collection. Four paintings and two linocuts have been acquired, works that will easily hold their own alongside examples by her Canterbury contemporaries Bill Sutton, Rita Angus, Leo Bensemann, Doris Lusk, Louise Henderson and Rata Lovell Smith.