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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 >>
Images gradually revealed in latest Outer Spaces project
Thursday, 30 August 2012, 4:55 pm | Christchurch Art Gallery
Tjalling is Innocent 2012. Paper collage by Tjalling de Vries. A Christchurch Art Gallery Outer Spaces project presented in association with CoCA. Reproduced with permission."> Tjalling is Innocent 2012. Paper collage by Tjalling de Vries. ... More >>
Unreal Estate – artist explores ideas of land and ownership
Thursday, 30 August 2012, 3:10 pm | Christchurch Art Gallery
Land, ownership and the city emerging from the Canterbury earthquakes is explored in an innovative joint project organised by Christchurch Art Gallery in conjunction with Christchurch-based artist Tony de Lautour. More >>
Out of Place – when the rules no longer apply
Thursday, 2 August 2012, 3:16 pm | Christchurch Art Gallery
MEDIA RELEASE Date: Thursday 2 August 2012 Out of Place – when the rules no longer apply Four artists with Christchurch connections consider what’s possible when the usual rules around our relationship with structure no longer apply, in the latest ... More >>
Extended opening hours for Michael Parekowhai installation
Tuesday, 24 July 2012, 9:00 am | Christchurch Art Gallery
Michael Parekowhai Chapman's Homer 2011. Bronze, stainless steel. Courtesy of the artist and Michael Lett, Auckland More >>
Christchurch Art Gallery staffing changes
Monday, 14 May 2012, 11:04 am | Christchurch Art Gallery
The long-term closure of the Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu has meant 17 staff – most of whom are part-time – have had their positions disestablished. More >>
Christchurch Art Gallery to re-open mid-2013
Friday, 27 January 2012, 5:09 pm | Christchurch Art Gallery
Christchurch Art Gallery expects to re-open in mid-2013 – but in the meantime it will continue to offer art and art-related programmes beyond its walls. More >>
Petrus van der Velden Painting Purchased
Thursday, 18 November 2010, 11:20 am | Christchurch Art Gallery
Visitors to Christchurch Art Gallery will soon have the chance to see one of Petrus van der Velden’s earliest works, The Leuvehaven, Rotterdam (1867) . The work will be the first major piece from the Dutch artist’s career before he moved to New ... More >>
L’Art Décoratif Théâtral Moderne
Friday, 7 May 2010, 10:43 am | Christchurch Art Gallery
An exhibition of stage and costume designs by Russian avant-garde artists Natal’ya Goncharova and Mikhail Larionov will open at Christchurch Art Gallery this month. More >>
Christchurch Art Gallery wins top honours
Friday, 16 April 2010, 12:42 pm | Christchurch Art Gallery
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu won top honours in the Exhibition Excellence category at the 2010 New Zealand Museums Awards in New Plymouth last night. More >>
Provocations: The work of Christine Webster
Friday, 26 February 2010, 10:16 am | Christchurch Art Gallery
Complex, theatrical and fearless, the unsettling photography of renowned UK-based New Zealand artist Christine Webster will go on display at Christchurch Art Gallery next month. More >>