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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 >>

Cecil Beaton visitor numbers top 20,000

Wednesday, 2 August 2006, 2:44 pm | Christchurch Art Gallery

The Cecil Beaton: Portraits exhibition at the Christchurch Art Gallery continues to attract large crowds, with visitor numbers having exceeded 20,000 in the first nine weeks. The number of visitors to the show is phenomenal, says acting Gallery ... More >>

Jewellery captures Antarctic exploration

Wednesday, 2 August 2006, 2:43 pm | Christchurch Art Gallery

Melbourne-based jeweller Kirsten Haydon could never have imagined the profound impact the Antarctic would have on her work when she was an Antarctic Arts Fellow to the frozen landscape in 2004. More >>

Crowds flock to Beaton exhibition

Friday, 9 June 2006, 2:38 pm | Christchurch Art Gallery

More than 5000 people have visited the Cecil Beaton: Portraits exhibition at the Christchurch Art Gallery in its first two weeks. The exhibition, exclusive in New Zealand at the Christchurch Art Gallery, opened on 27 May, being launched in true ... More >>

New structure for Gallery announced

Wednesday, 7 June 2006, 10:44 am | Christchurch Art Gallery

A new Visitor Experience Team and project management function are key changes in the Christchurch Art Gallery’s new organisational structure to deliver the Gallery’s new Vision and the Paradigm Shift Plan. More >>

Planet Football

Thursday, 18 May 2006, 2:37 pm | Christchurch Art Gallery

It has been described as the people’s sport because it speaks a universal language. No matter your culture, your religion, your social standing or your political views, the game of football transcends these barriers and unites the globe. More >>

Gallery gears up to deliver Paradigm Shift Plan

Thursday, 11 May 2006, 12:11 am | Christchurch Art Gallery

The Christchurch Art Gallery is proposing to realign its organisational structure to deliver the Gallery’s new Vision and the Paradigm Shift Plan. More >>

Gallery appoints acting Director

Monday, 8 May 2006, 5:31 pm | Christchurch Art Gallery

Christchurch Art Gallery Manager of Public Programmes, Hubert Klaassens, has been appointed acting Director of the Gallery. Mr Klaassens, whose appointment is effective from today, has been with the Gallery since 2002, returning to Christchurch after ... More >>