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Bull finds new stamping ground in Riccarton
Friday, 7 November 2014, 9:45 am | Christchurch Art Gallery
It wasn’t just the aroma of fried bacon turning heads at a special “Tradies Breakfast” at PlaceMakers Riccarton this morning – a famous 1.8-tonne work of art made a guest appearance beside the barbecues. More >>
Art Gallery show to go out with a bang
Tuesday, 23 September 2014, 2:17 pm | Christchurch Art Gallery
Christchurch Art Gallery’s highly acclaimed Burster Flipper Wobbler Dripper Spinner Stacker Shaker Maker exhibition will go out with a bang this Saturday, offering visitors one last look at the brightest show in town before it closes on Sunday. More >>
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 Gallerys 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 >>
