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On display
Colin McCahon's There is only one direction
Colin McCahon There is only one direction 1952 Oil on hardboard. N. Barrett Bequest Collection, purchased with the support of Christchurch City Council's Challenge Grant to the Christchurch Art Gallery Trust, 2011.
Art Bite
Past event
Meet at the front desk
FREE
Join volunteer guide John O'Brien as he discusses Colin McCahon's There is only one direction in the Unseen exhibition on the ground floor.
Art Bites are 30-minute lunchtime presentations on a single work on display, presented by our guides, curators and guest speakers.
There's a new Art Bite to enjoy each Friday at 12:30pm.
Related reading: Colin McCahon, Unseen: the changing collection, Free event
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Canterbury Landscape by Colin McCahon
In 2014 we purchased an important landscape work by Colin McCahon. Curator Peter Vangioni speaks about this new addition to Christchurch Art Gallery’s collection.
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‘Where the picture stops and the world begins’
The way a work of art is framed affects our perception of the piece. A bad frame can detract and distract, a good frame enhances and even extends a work. While the Gallery has been closed we have updated frames for a number of works in the collection.
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Kauri tree landscape by Colin McCahon
This article first appeared as 'Mighty kauris inspired McCahon' in The Press on 10 February 2015.
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NUD CYCLADIC I by Sarah Lucas
This article first appeared as 'A visible means of support' in The Press on 26 September 2014.
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as there is a constant flow of light
On a recent printer's residency at the Otago University's Otakou Press Colin McCahon's huge mural painting Waterfall Theme and variations dominated proceedings.
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How Did You Do That?
How often have you stood in front of an art work and wondered how the artist did that?
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Lift of a gift
Staff here at the Gallery have enjoyed finally getting the opportunity to see Dust, Smoke and Rainbows (2013), a major new painting gifted by Shane Cotton, which was brought out of storage to be photographed recently.
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Light Passing Into a dark landscape
Today is the centennial of the death of one of New Zealand's most treasured artists, Petrus van der Velden.
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There is only one direction by Colin McCahon
This article appeared as 'Divine Innovation' in the The Press on 31 August 2012.