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ANZAC Play at the Christchurch Art Gallery
Wednesday, 9 April 2008, 10:22 am | Christchurch Art Gallery
Poetry and drama will come to life in a play at the Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu over ANZAC weekend. More >>
Morris & Co: The World of William Morris
Friday, 8 February 2008, 4:08 pm | Christchurch Art Gallery
Many aspects of design has been influenced by William Morris over the last century and the Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu will pay tribute to his artistic talent this year with the Morris & Co: The World of William Morris exhibition. More >>
Art Gallery hosts Colin McCahon exhibition
Wednesday, 16 January 2008, 9:41 am | Christchurch Art Gallery
An exhibition celebrating the work of one of New Zealand’s most widely acclaimed artists – Colin McCahon – is being brought to this country by the Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu. More >>
André we hardly knew you
Friday, 2 November 2007, 10:28 am | Christchurch Art Gallery
The James Logie Memorial Collection at the Classics Department of the University of Canterbury is recognised as one of the finest collections of Greek and Roman antiquities in the southern hemisphere. It consists of nearly 3000 material fragments of mainly ... More >>
Grahame Sydney: Photographs of Antarctica
Wednesday, 17 October 2007, 4:17 pm | Christchurch Art Gallery
Freezing temperatures in Antarctica forced New Zealand realist painter Grahame Sydney to abandon his preferred medium of painting for photography. More >>
Painters as Printmakers
Wednesday, 3 October 2007, 10:10 am | Christchurch Art Gallery
Many of New Zealand’s most significant painters have excelled at the less prestigious medium of printmaking, as the selection of modernist prints in the Painters as Printmakers exhibition will show. More >>
Art Gallery announces appointment of curator
Tuesday, 14 August 2007, 1:00 pm | Christchurch Art Gallery
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu has appointed Justin Paton as its senior curator. More >>
CAG Exhibition Programme August 2007 to March 2008
Friday, 10 August 2007, 12:59 am | Christchurch Art Gallery
Please find attached a PDF of the Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu's exhibition programme for August 2007 to March 2008. More >>
Julian Dashper: To the Unknown New Zealander
Monday, 6 August 2007, 4:39 pm | Christchurch Art Gallery
To the Unknown New Zealander Featured artwork: Julia Dashper Untitled (The Warriors) 1998 Vinyl on drumheads with junior drum kit. Courtesy of the artist, Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland and Kaliman Gallery, Sydney. Photo: Ashley Barber. More >>
Bill Hammond: Jingle Jangle Morning
Wednesday, 18 July 2007, 5:17 pm | Christchurch Art Gallery
“Just as (Bob) Dylan’s ‘Mr Tambourine Man’ can be read as a lyric poem about a search for transcendence in music and art, Hammond’s Jingle Jangle Morning captures a swirling, magic moment when, under the spell of melody, the jangled nerves of an ... More >>
Gallery visitor numbers highest in three years
Friday, 6 July 2007, 3:04 pm | Christchurch Art Gallery
Visitor numbers at the Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu increased 18 per cent in the year ended June 2007 – the highest in three years. More >>
Christchurch Art Gallery exhibits latest collected
Wednesday, 6 June 2007, 3:44 pm | Christchurch Art Gallery
Collect: New Acquisitions is a showcase of an eclectic selection of noteworthy additions to the Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu's permanent collections since 2004. More >>
Statement on White Wall/Black Hole
Wednesday, 28 March 2007, 4:33 pm | Christchurch Art Gallery
Artist Stella Brennan says to the best of her knowledge the footage she used in White Wall/Black Hole is from the ill-fated flight. "I was told in good faith that the footage was from the flight. I believe it to be," she says. More >>
Exhibition explores sense of urban soullessness
Tuesday, 13 March 2007, 10:12 am | Christchurch Art Gallery
Upbeat, hard-edged, and large-scale, Kelcy Taratoa’s paintings juxtapose recent self-portraits and comic book superheroes with TV sets, police cars, corner dairies and childhood images to explore his own background and cultural identity. An exhibition ... More >>
Giacometti attracts almost 19,000
Wednesday, 7 March 2007, 1:45 pm | Christchurch Art Gallery
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu’s exclusive summer exhibition Giacometti: sculptures, prints and drawings from the Maeght Foundation drew an audience of almost 19,000. More >>
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu
Monday, 5 February 2007, 11:52 am | Christchurch Art Gallery
Christchurch Art Gallery is honoured to host the homecoming of this acclaimed exhibition - Toi Māori: The Eternal Thread – Te Aho Mutunga Kore - following its highly successful tour of the United States. More >>
Floating on Ice – Images of the Ross Ice Shelf
Tuesday, 12 December 2006, 10:35 am | Christchurch Art Gallery
Craig Potton’s love affair with the Antarctic is based on contradiction. He finds the landscape beautiful, but at the same time recognizes the threat this extreme environment poses to human existence. More >>
Frances Hodgkins: Leitmotif
Monday, 4 December 2006, 10:45 am | Christchurch Art Gallery
Landscape, still life and portraiture were the favourite compositional motifs and genre that Frances Hodgkins, one of New Zealand’s most original and internationally acclaimed artists, drew on repeatedly throughout her paintings. More >>
French ambassador to visit Chch Art Gallery
Tuesday, 8 August 2006, 2:44 pm | Christchurch Art Gallery
French Ambassador Jean-Michel Marlaud will visit Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu next week to present a free public lecture on France’s newest museum, Musée du Quai Branly. More >>
Dress-up as your favourite celebrity
Monday, 7 August 2006, 1:30 pm | Christchurch Art Gallery
Fancy yourself as a bit of a celebrity? Well this Sunday (13 August) you can dress-up as anyone famous from Andy Warhol to David Beckham, and get free entry to the Cecil Beaton: Portraits exhibition at the Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu. More >>
