Event Highlights: 16 – 29 April 2008
Welcome to the Christchurch Art Gallery e-Newsletter. Highlights this month include the French Documentary Film Festival, featuring a captivating line-up of films, and Art History for the 21st Century, an insightful two-day conference. Don't miss artist Darryn George's floortalk on his exhibition, Pulse, where the walls themselves become the artwork.
Wednesday Evenings
6pm, Auditorium, free unless otherwise stated
Arts and Crafts Architecture in Christchurch
Wed 16
The Historic Places Trust presents three engaging talks by Dr Jessica Halliday, Dr Dorothee Pauli and Pam Wilson. Followed by a performance installation in the foyer of Jane Burden, Rossetti's Muse, in ‘The Blue Silk Dress'.
 French Documentary Film Festival Opening
Wed 23
Public $5, Friends and Alliance Française members free
Yves Klein La Revolution Bleue
François Levy Kuentz
This film about Yves Klein, a leading light of modern art, is a documented fiction film made up of library footage, artwork and re-enactments.
Preceeded by:
 Tweety Lovely Superstar
Emmanuel Gras
Four men and a child on the roof of a building.
Their work: to destroy it. Their tools: their hands.
The French Documentary Film Festival continues Sat 26, Sun 27 & Wed 30 April.
Visit the Gallery website for full programme details »
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William Morris and the Victorian Debate on Heritage Conservation
Wed 16, 10.30am, Auditorium
Friends $2, public $5, students with ID free
Ian Lochhead discusses Morris's role in establishing modern attitudes to architectural heritage conservation.
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Fine Art Auction 2008
Wed 23, 6pm, The Centre of Contemporary Art
The Centre of Contemporary Art and the Christchurch Art Gallery Trust are pleased to announce a significant selection of contemporary and historical art works of quality to be auctioned in an annual fundraiser.
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Morris & Company, London, Britain, 1861 - 1940. William Morris, designer, Britain, 1834 - 1896. Wreath 1876, London. Gouache, pencil on paper. Morgan Thomas and Mary Overton Bequest Funds and the Art Gallery of South Australia Foundation 2003
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide.
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ANZAC Day Event: Not About Heroes: The Friendship of Seigfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen
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Thurs 24 April 7.30pm
Fri 25 April 4pm & 7.30pm
Sat 26 April 8pm
Auditorium, $27
RGP Productions in association with Christchurch Art Gallery is proud to present Stephen McDonald's acclaimed World War One drama Not About Heroes to coincide with ANZAC day.
Tickets available from Court Theatre, telephone 963 0870.
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Don't miss...
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Pulse
Sun 27, 1 pm, floortalk, free
Join artist Darryn George for a floortalk of his exhibition, where the walls themselves become the artwork.
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View of Pulse, by Darryn George, at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu.
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Interview with the artist
Hear artist Darryn George discussing this exhibition on an iPod Audio Tour available from the Information Desk.
Award-Winning iPod Audio Tours
The Christchurch Art Gallery recently finished 1st equal in the Museums Aotearoa Innovation Achievement Award for their iPod Audio Tours, along with Pearson and Associates Architects of Auckland.
This award is for an individual or team who has made an outstanding contribution towards innovation, particularly through the use of technology, in the museum sector in Aotearoa New Zealand. |
Now at the Gallery!
Nicolas Jasmin, Only for your eyes, digital video, 2005-2007.
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Twinset: Video Art in the Foyer
Check out the twin screens in the foyer for a rapid-fire programme of fresh video art by artists from Australia, Europe, USA and New Zealand. This quarter featuring sight-and-sound gags by New Zealander Sean Kerr, quick cuts by Nicolas Jasmin from Vienna, and Australian David Rosetzky's meditative film Nothing like this.
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