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Unmissable Yellow

Unmissable Yellow

I saw my first painting by Robert McLeod in the basement of the Robert McDougall Art Gallery.

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A Well Timed Care Package

A Well Timed Care Package

One of the best-timed gifts my family and I have ever received arrived at our home on Mt Pleasant in May. 

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Christmas Presents

Christmas Presents

'The art that matters to us—which moves the heart, or revives the soul, or delights the senses, or offers courage for living, however we choose to describe the experience—that work is received by us as a gift is received.'

Lewis Hyde, The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property,
Vintage Books, New York, 1979, p.xii

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Ready, set...

Ready, set...

We all have our favourites, but some words have that certain something that lifts them above the everyday. In the case of the Gallery, and maybe Christchurch in general, this one seems to carry a particularly welcome resonance.

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Vanishing Act

Vanishing Act

Tricksters opens at the end of the week, and the install crew got into the spirit of the show with a little magic act of their own. 

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Invisible cities

Invisible cities

'The city, however, does not tell its past...

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Drawn Stone

Drawn Stone

Although Christchurch's American 'sister' is Seattle, we perhaps share a little more in common with the cities further south, in the state of California.

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Selby Abbey

Selby Abbey

Another Yorkshire landmark is the magnificent abbey at Selby, and the comparison between our print and a modern photo is revealing.

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Quakes and Ladders Game

Quakes and Ladders Game

Front page news.

 

We now have the Quakes and Ladders game featured in The Press yesterday in our online shop.

https://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/shop

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More than one dark hole

More than one dark hole

'Oh yes, far, far down there was a movement...'

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