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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 >>
Leading Canterbury artists to showcase new works at NG Space
Friday, 1 February 2013, 9:31 am | Christchurch Art Gallery
Bill Hammond Goods and services. Triptych 2013. Acrylic on stretched canvas. Reproduced courtesy of the artist More >>
Gallery’s Bulletin Magazine Now Free to iPad Users
Tuesday, 29 January 2013, 4:16 pm | Christchurch Art Gallery
Gallery’s Bulletin Magazine Now Free to iPad Users A new and exciting platform for Christchurch Art Gallery’s highly respected Bulletin magazine is now available for free to iPad users for the first time. More >>
Humour at the heart of ‘Tricksters’ exhibition
Monday, 17 December 2012, 1:58 pm | Christchurch Art Gallery
Humour at the heart of ‘Tricksters’ exhibition Fakes, fends and playful misdirection bring humour to an exhibition which is also the culmination of Christchurch Art Gallery’s Rolling Maul series. Tricksters features sculptural works by three Canterbury-based ... More >>
Christchurch Art Gallery exhibition opens in Brisbane
Tuesday, 11 December 2012, 4:47 pm | Christchurch Art Gallery
Brisbane audiences have the chance to experience the works of acclaimed New Zealand painter Shane Cotton at the Institute of Modern Art. More >>
Christchurch Art Gallery Website Scoops Major Award
Wednesday, 5 December 2012, 10:07 am | Christchurch Art Gallery
Christchurch Art Gallery has picked up another great award for its website, proving yet again that a closed building is not necessarily an insurmountable obstacle. More >>
‘Reductive’ works consider mass consumption & the individual
Tuesday, 20 November 2012, 3:57 pm | Christchurch Art Gallery
The pressures placed on the personal and individual by the phenomenon of mass promotion and consumption are explored through three video works and a sculpture in James Oram’s new exhibition but it’s worth it. More >>
Artist fires colour into Central City
Thursday, 8 November 2012, 4:45 pm | Christchurch Art Gallery
The public are invited to come and watch an explosive work of art take shape in the Central City this Saturday [10 November]. More >>
Unruly, Unexpected And Oblique Images
Thursday, 25 October 2012, 11:07 am | Christchurch Art Gallery
Combining unexpected detours, unruly surfaces and oblique viewpoints, the artists in Keep left, keep right invite viewers to slow down and take notice of the city that surrounds them. More >>
Cass - Iterations of New Zealand’s ‘greatest painting’
Thursday, 27 September 2012, 5:11 pm | Christchurch Art Gallery
Over 50 iterations of Rita Angus’s 1936 painting Cass are collated in André Hemer’s new exhibition CASS, which considers ideas of distance, deletion and dislocation. More >>
Artist reflects on civic memories
Friday, 31 August 2012, 4:28 pm | Christchurch Art Gallery
Scott Flanagan’s sculptural exhibition Do You Remember Me Like I Do? at Christchurch Art Gallery’s off-site gallery in the NG building until 23 September combines found objects, meticulously woven VHS tape and a remarkable set of artists’ books to ... More >>
