Current Exhibitions

W. A. Sutton: Watercolours of Italy

27 February – 25 April 2010

An exhibition featuring a selection of works from Bill Sutton's 1973-74 Italian sojourn, highlighting his exquisite skill as a draughtsman and watercolourist.

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The Naked and the Nude

18 December 2009 – 18 April 2010

Spanning more than 150 years of art-making, this exhibition reveals changes in the way bodies look, and the way we look at bodies.

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The Vault: Neil Pardington

6 November 2009 – 14 March 2010

A Christchurch Art Gallery Touring Exhibition

Working behind the scenes in museums and galleries throughout New Zealand with his large-format camera, Neil Pardington brings to light the hidden collection storage spaces that are normally closed to the public.

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Joyce Campbell: LA Botanical and Last Light

20 February – 9 May 2010

New Zealand artist Joyce Campbell exhibits LA Botanical and Last Light – two bodies of work employing the historical photographic technologies of the ambrotype and daguerreotype.

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Gavin Hipkins Romance: New York (Jellyfish) print. 2006.

Blue Planet

21 November 2009 – 7 November 2010

Looking at the ways artists have used the colour blue, Blue Planet celebrates imaginative art making and thinking. Shaped with younger audiences in mind.

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Brought to Light

Our upstairs collection galleries have undergone an exciting and dynamic redesign – the first full rehang of the collection since Christchurch Art Gallery opened in its new building in 2003.

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Outer Spaces

Outer Spaces is an ongoing programme of artworks in spaces above and beyond the Gallery's exhibition galleries.

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Twinset

Twinset: Video Art in the Foyer

Twinset occupies the pair of big high-definition screens in the foyer which can be seen straight ahead when heading for the ground-floor galleries.

The screens currently feature three videos made by Australian twins Gabriella and Silvana Mangano.

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Subsonic

Subsonic: sound art in the bunker

If you're climbing the stairs to the forecourt or catching the elevator from the Gallery's underground carpark, you'll find yourself immersed in Subsonic, a programme of sound art curated by Peter Vangioni.

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