Exhibitions
Events
On display
Costume Espagnol (Spanish Costume) by Natalia Goncharova
Installation view of New Dawn Fades, Christchurch Art Gallery, 2019
Art Bite
Past event
Meet in the exhibition
Join writer and visitor host Simon Palenski as he discusses Natalia Goncharova's Costume Espagnol (Spanish Costume) in New Dawn Fades on the first floor.
Art Bites are 30-minute lunchtime presentations on a single work on display, presented by our staff, guides and guest speakers.
There's a new Art Bite to enjoy each Friday at 12noon (except public and school holidays).
Related reading: Free event
Exhibition
New Dawn Fades
10 November 2018 – 23 February 2020
A selection of the Gallery’s most-treasured historical European artworks.
Collection
Natalia Goncharova Costume Espagnol (Spanish Costume)
Russian avant-garde painter Natalia Goncharova settled in Paris with her artistic partner Mikhail Larionov in 1918. The following year they produced L’Art Décoratif Théâtral Moderne (Modern Theatrical Decorative Art), a folio of sixteen lithographs and pochoir (stencil) prints including this work, featuring many costume designs and celebrating their involvement with Serge Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes. Natalia was first drawn to the Spanish theme while with the company in Spain in 1916, designing costumes for Diaghilev’s Rhapsodie Espagnole, a production that was never staged.
(Perilous: Unheard Stories from the Collection, 6 August 2022- )
