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Loads of bulls
Looking out of the library window at the Kings Manor here in York I can see a bronze calf.
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Sian Torrington Call Out
Christchurch Art Gallery is excited to be working with Wellington-based artist Sian Torrington on a site-specific sculptural installation that will combine ideas, images and materials that relate to living in Christchurch now.
See below for a message from Sian to find out how you can get involved.
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Shared Lines
A new exhibition titled Shared Lines opened at the Canterbury Museum last Friday.
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Ten good reasons to visit 209 Tuam Street
Ten good reasons to visit our new digs on the first floor at 209 Tuam Street (opening March 21).
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Lincoln
To the fine city of Lincoln to see what has become of the High Bridge since Eleanor Hughes drew it in 1905.
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International Book Day
I was lucky enough to recently acquire my own copy of one my favourite books, Rodney Wilson's two-volume, case bound Catalogue Raisonne of Petrus van der Velden.
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Outer Space programme sees Canterbury arts graduate exhibit work in Showhome
The Gallery's latest exhibition in the Outer Spaces programme, Showhome, has opened in Christchurch, featuring the disconcertingly 'perfect' works of recent University of Canterbury graduate Emily Hartley-Skudder.
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Into the white
'The white cube.' It's copped a lot of artcritophilostorical flak over the past couple of decades. Ever since, in fact, Brian O'Doherty wrote his still wonderful series of essays gathered in the book Inside the White Cube. (Haven't read it? Do.)
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Harvest
One of my favourite drives in the South Island is along the Motueka Valley Highway past Pangatotara and on to Motueka and Riwaka - not only for the stunning landscape and beautiful Tasman Bay beyond but also for the amazing hop gardens that predominate in the area.