Current Exhibitions

Ronnie van Hout

Ronnie van Hout: Who goes there

4 July – 18 October 2009

A twisting journey through the world of Ronnie van Hout, encompassing peepholes, failed robots, doll-sized portraits of the artist and something strange and new from Antarctica.

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Rita Angus: Life & Vision

Rita Angus: Life & Vision

7 March – 5 July 2009

Rita Angus is widely regarded as one of the leading New Zealand artists of the twentieth century. Rita Angus: Life & Vision reveals the full scope of Angus's work throughout her career.

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Gary Hill: Up Against Down

23 May – 23 August 2009

Gary Hill is world-renowned for his bold experiments with moving images.

In this exhibition, he explores the paradoxes and difficulties of the human attempt to communicate. The best known of the works on show, Wall piece, is a high-impact fusion of light, language and body language.

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White on White

White on White

23 November 2008 – October 2009

Keeping younger audiences in mind, and including a number of new works by contemporary artists, White on White is an exhibition brimming with the imaginative possibilities of white.

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Ron O'Reilly exhibition

Ron O'Reilly: The Collector's Eye

6 June – 26 July 2009

Nigerian sculptures meet paintings by 1950s and 1960s New Zealand modernists. Ron O'Reilly – Christchurch City Librarian from 1951 to 1968 – is recognised as a significant champion of the arts.

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Nature's Own Voice

Nature's Own Voice

6 February – 26 July 2009

Nature's Own Voice focuses on plein-air painters, who, through direct observation whilst working outdoors, aim to record the varying effects of differing light and weather conditions.

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Subsonic

Subsonic: sound art in the bunker

Begins May 2008

From May onwards, 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 new programme of sound art curated by Peter Vangioni.

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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.

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Outer Spaces

Outer Spaces

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

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