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Building upgrade underway for Christchurch Art Gallery

Monday, 14 July 2014, 3:25 pm | Christchurch Art Gallery

A technology that allows a building to effectively “float” on its foundations during an earthquake is about to be applied to Christchurch Art Gallery. The base-isolation building upgrade will be installed during phase two of the Gallery’s repair programme, ... More >>

Christchurch Art Gallery appoints new senior curator

Wednesday, 2 July 2014, 2:38 pm | Christchurch Art Gallery

Dr Lara Strongman has been appointed the new senior curator at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu. An accomplished writer, art historian and formerly senior curator/deputy director at City Gallery Wellington, Dr Strongman has more than 20 years’ experience ... More >>

Shane Cotton exhibition to feature stunning new works

Tuesday, 3 June 2014, 1:36 pm | Christchurch Art Gallery

Leaps, freefalls and charged collisions make up Christchurch Art Gallery’s latest exhibition featuring the works of Shane Cotton — one of New Zealand’s most acclaimed painters. More >>

Daniel Crooks returns to mesmerise Christchurch audiences

Monday, 31 March 2014, 1:17 pm | Christchurch Art Gallery

Celebrated New Zealand-born video artist Daniel Crooks’ time-bending meditations on reality are returning to a screen near you in Christchurch. From 5 April, Christchurch Art Gallery will exhibit four of Crooks’ remarkable digital works — all created ... More >>

Exhibition bursting, flipping and wobbling its way to ArtBox

Tuesday, 11 February 2014, 9:34 am | Christchurch Art Gallery

Burster Flipper Wobbler Dripper Spinner Stacker Shaker Maker — eight energetic words that perfectly sum up a new fun- and family-focused art exhibition coming to Christchurch’s ArtBox, with a grand opening this Saturday, 15 February. More >>

Mark Adams’ Cook’s Sites exhibition coming to Christchurch

Tuesday, 21 January 2014, 4:59 pm | Christchurch Art Gallery

Mark Adams 10.8.1988 Indian Island, after William Hodges’ “View in Dusky Bay” 1988. Silver bromide fibre-based prints. Courtesy of the artist and Two Rooms Gallery, Auckland An exhibition of powerful works from Mark Adams, one of New Zealand’s ... More >>

The bull is back . . . on loan for now

Monday, 26 August 2013, 1:42 pm | Christchurch Art Gallery

One of the 1.8 tonne standing bronze bulls that captured the Christchurch public’s imagination last year and is the focus of Christchurch Art Gallery Trust’s Back the Bull campaign, has returned to the city – but is just on loan at present. More >>

Public ‘Back the Bull’ campaign launches today

Thursday, 15 August 2013, 10:08 am | Christchurch Art Gallery

Today sees the launch of a major initiative that the organisers believe could in time become a key landmark for Christchurch. The 1.8 tonne bronze sculpture titled Chapman’s Homer (pictured) became a symbol of the city’s unshakeable strength ... More >>

Gallery produces major new book on Shane Cotton

Wednesday, 26 June 2013, 3:23 pm | Christchurch Art Gallery

Christchurch Art Gallery’s ambitious publishing programme continues with a major new book on Shane Cotton, one of New Zealand’s most acclaimed painters. More >>

Salvaged and reclaimed materials bring art to Avonside

Friday, 31 May 2013, 2:57 pm | Christchurch Art Gallery

A previously empty Avonside section will soon host a new installation by Wellington-based visual artist Sian Torrington, in Christchurch Art Gallery’s latest Outer Spaces project. More >>

Gallery’s Face Books Exhibition Now at Peterborough Library

Monday, 20 May 2013, 1:10 pm | Christchurch Art Gallery

People are the focus of Face Books– an exhibition of portraits by contemporary and historical artists in books taken from Christchurch Art Gallery Library’s collection. More >>

NZ artist Jess Johnson brings another dimension to Populate!

Tuesday, 14 May 2013, 2:14 pm | Christchurch Art Gallery

New Zealand-born artist Jess Johnson brings a whole other world to Christchurch through a series of intricate and fantastical new works in her latest exhibition. Wurm Whorl Narthex, showing at 209 Tuam Street, is one of 20 exhibitions and presentations that ... More >>

New York Artist Tony Oursler’s Work On Show

Friday, 10 May 2013, 11:43 am | Christchurch Art Gallery

World-renowned American video artist Tony Oursler’s fantastically strange, but inescapably human, works are on show in the city as part of Christchurch Art Gallery’s Populate! programme. More >>

Christchurch-Born Artist Ronnie van Hout part of Populate!

Tuesday, 7 May 2013, 1:02 pm | Christchurch Art Gallery

Christchurch-born Ronnie van Hout is the artist responsible for the mysterious figure pointing skywards that has appeared on the roof of a central city building. More >>

Gallery’s Tenth Birthday Celebrations Fun For Everyone

Wednesday, 1 May 2013, 11:21 am | Christchurch Art Gallery

Christchurch Art Gallery has planned a series of fun community events to celebrate its tenth birthday and the launch of its Populate! programme. More >>

Gallery’s Boosted campaign successfully reaches target

Monday, 29 April 2013, 12:08 pm | Christchurch Art Gallery

Christchurch Art Gallery’s Boosted campaign has surpassed its $25,000 target – with the money raised helping Populate! the city with more art. The Gallery aimed to reach $25,000 by the end of April through the new national arts crowd-funding ... More >>

Welcome funding boost given to Gallery’s tenth birthday

Thursday, 18 April 2013, 10:40 am | Christchurch Art Gallery

Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu’s campaign to bring more art into the city has received a welcome boost this week through a donation from insurance company IAG. More >>

Christchurch Art Gallery takes out Museums Aotearoa Award

Friday, 12 April 2013, 11:17 am | Christchurch Art Gallery

MEDIA RELEASE Friday 12 April 2013 _____________________________________________ Christchurch Art Gallery takes out Museums Aotearoa Award The Christchurch Art Gallery’s building may be closed – but staff have still achieved national recognition of ... More >>

Outer Spaces exhibitions open with glitter and balloons

Thursday, 21 March 2013, 11:18 am | Christchurch Art Gallery

It’s been a busy week for Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, with two lively Outer Spaces exhibitions opening – one in a brand new off-site space at 209 Tuam Street (above C1 Espresso). More >>

Art Gallery Asks People To Help Bring More Art Into Chch

Wednesday, 20 March 2013, 11:29 am | Christchurch Art Gallery

MEDIA RELEASE Date: Wednesday 20 March 2013 Art Gallery Asks People To Help Bring More Art Into Christchurch Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna O Waiwhetu will tomorrow launch a fundraising campaign to bring more art into the city by boosting its Outer ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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