Current Exhibitions
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W. A. Sutton: Watercolours of Italy27 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 Nude18 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 Pardington6 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 Light20 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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Blue Planet21 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 LightOur 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 SpacesOuter Spaces is an ongoing programme of artworks in spaces above and beyond the Gallery's exhibition galleries. |
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Twinset: Video Art in the FoyerTwinset 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: sound art in the bunkerIf 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. |




















