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The Gallery is an exciting addition to the city's landscape and it is home to one of the four most significant collections in New Zealand. At the Gallery Shop there is an excellent range of art books and exhibition catalogues from which to choose.

All Christchurch Art Gallery and Robert McDougall Art Gallery publications which are out of print are available online.

Currently available

	The Vault, Neil Pardington Published by Christchurch Art Gallery. This stunning catalogue designed by Neil himself. With essays from Ken Hall and Anna-Marie White, plus an interview with Lara Strongman. 96 Pages Hardback, $49.99 ISBN 978-1-877375-20-0 Exhibition: 6 November 2009 – 14 March 2010
	Séraphine Pick Séraphine Pick’s original and imaginative practice has made her one of New Zealand’s most highly regarded painters. From the spectral dresses, leaky baths and teetering suitcases of the 1990s to the psychologically-charged dreamscapes of more recent years, this large-scale survey will bring together more than a hundred works made between 1994 and 2009. Tracing the effects of Pick’s ongoing interest in memory, identity and imagination, the exhibition will unveil several new paintings and be accompanied by a richly illustrated publication, featuring essays by Felicity Milburn and Lara Strongman; an interview by Sally Blundell; texts responding to individual works of art by Jonathan Bywater, Felicity Milburn, Allan Smith and Andrew Paul Wood; short story by Elizabeth Knox. ISBN 9781877375187 Hardback, $79.99 Exhibition: 24 July – 22 November 2009
	Daniel Crooks everywhere instantly This cleverly designed paperback book with an expanding cover accompanies Daniel Crook's fascinating video works exhibition "everywhere instantly". Crooks' works seem to carry us through space and time in multiple directions at once. At a moment when much has been said about the possibilities of video and new media art, Crooks simultaneously takes us back to cinema's origins in the time-and-motion experiments of Marey and the Lumire brothers, and propels video art forward into exciting new territory. Paperback $34.99 Exhibition: 18 July – 9 November 2008
	Bill Hammond: Jingle Jangle Morning A spectacular new book on Bill Hammond, one of New Zealand's most sought-after contemporary painters. Produced to accompany the exhibition Bill Hammond: Jingle Jangle Morning at Christchurch Art Gallery, 20 July – 22 October 2007. 220 pages with hardcover and poster-sized dust jacket, designed by artist and designer Aaron Beehre. Insightful texts by Jennifer Hay, Ron Brownson, Chris Knox and Laurence Aberhart. Full page images of more than sixty of Bill Hammond’s most significant works from the last three decades. $79.99 from Christchurch Art Gallery Shop: t: (03) 941 7370 f: (03) 941 7364 e: merilynne.evans@ccc.govt.nz PO Box 2626, Christchurch Exhibition: 20 July – 22 October 2007
	Julia Morison "a loop around a loop." A sumptuous hard back edition to compliment her major survey exhibition. Complete with suede cover and page ribbon. A 'must have' book for $49.99 ISBN 1877375101. 208 pages with full colour photographs. Exhibition: 21 July – 23 October 2006 Associated merchandise includes: Grotty T-Shirt – original and fitted sizes S-XL black with gold lettering $49.50 Postcards and Bookmarks – $2.00 Julia Morison '&' Button Badges – $4.99
	Jeffrey Harris by Justin Paton What is a painting? Each work Harris makes is an answer and each time, he opens the question again. Issued in conjunction with his touring exhibition, 24 March – 25 June 2006, this wonderfully illustrated hard covered book is available at $69.99. ISBN 0864734867
	Graphica Britannica In 1953, Sir Rex Nan Kivell from London's Redfern Gallery, packaged a selection of more than one thousand prints by the leading British artists of the day into four separate parcels. He sent the parcels to the public art galleries of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin and this was to become one of the most significant offerings to the public print collections of New Zealand. This beautifully illustrated publication reflects Nan Kivell's original list and is a celebration of a generous gift which has provided a snapshot into the most significant period in the history of the print in Britain. Exhibition: 13 May 2005 – 8 October 2006 87 pages Special price $19.99 ISBN 1-877375-06-3
	Hotere: Empty of Shadows and Making a Shadow. Lithographs by Ralph Hotere This is the first publication to look at the lithographs by Ralph Hotere, leading New Zealand artist, with full colour images of every lithograph produced by Hotere since 1984. Helpful guide to understanding lithography. Essays by Jillian Cassidy and Peter Vangioni and an introduction by Marian Maguire. Exhibition: 22 July – 24 October 2005 144 pages $49.99 ISBN 1877375055 Publication supported by
	Wonderland This catalogue was published to accompany Joanna Braithwaite's 'Wonderland', a touring exhibition organised by the Dunedin and Christchurch public art galleries. It showcases Braithwaite's extraordinary paintings of a world in which humans and animals are not bound by the laws of nature. Frogs falling from the sky and a whistling chihuahua are some of the bizarre yet compelling images to be found in this book. Exhibition: 22 July – 24 October 2005 48 pages Special price $5.00 ISBN 0-908910-43-6
	Simplicity and Splendour: The Canterbury Arts & Crafts Movement from 1882 Emerging in Britain in the late nineteenth century, the Arts & Crafts movement was appropriated with enthusiasm in New Zealand, thriving in the quintessentially English province of Canterbury. Guest curator and essay Ann Calhoun. Exhibition: 19 November 2004 – 27 February 2005 60 pages Special price $5.00 ISBN 1-877375-04-7
	Morgan Jones Journeys and Decisions This full-colour publication by the Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu to support Morgan Jones: Journeys and Decisions, a survey exhibition of works produced over the last three decades by this original and significant New Zealand sculptor. Exhibition: 23 July – 25 October 2004 36 pages Special price $5.00 ISBN 1-877375-01-2 Very limited supply available
	Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu: The Collections Collections of the Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu. Features 220 works. 252 pages $49.99 ISBN 0-08874375
	A Concise History of Art In Canterbury 1850 – 2000 Outlines the major activities and events in Canterbury art year by year. 112 pages Softback $19.99 ISBN 090887491X
	Canterbury Vignette: Alfred Walsh 1859 – 1916 Exhibition: 12 February – 13 March 2000 180 x 250 mm $3.00 ISBN 0-908874-85-5
	Canterbury Vignette: Charles Kidson 1867 – 1908 Exhibition: 25 March – 30 April 2000 180 x 250 mm $3.00 ISBN 0-908874-86-3
	Canterbury Vignette: Leonard Booth 1879 – 1974 Exhibition: 13 May – 18 June 2000 180 x 250 mm $3.00 ISBN 0-908874-87-1
	Canterbury Vignette: Archibald Nicoll 1886 – 1953 Exhibition: 1 July – 6 August 2000 180 x 250 mm $3.00 ISBN 0-908874-89-8
	Canterbury Vignette: Richard and Elizabeth Wallwork Exhibition: 26 August – 24 September 2000 180 x 250 mm $4.00 ISBN 0-908874-90-1
	Owen Merton: Expatriate Painter Produced to support the first comprehensive retrospective exhibition of paintings by landscape watercolourist Owen Merton (1887-1931). Exhibition: 11 June – 26 September 2004 Soft cover Special price $5.00 ISBN 1-877375-00-4
	Te Puāwai o Ngāi Tahu 12 Contemporary Ngāi Tahu Visual Artists: Cath Brown, Jacqueline Frazer, Chris Heaphy, Ross Hemera, Lonnie Hutchinson, Simon Kaan, Fiona Pardington, Neil Pardington, Nathan Pohio, Rachael Rakena, Peter Robinson, Areta Wilkinson. Exhibition: 10 May – 24 August 2003 96 pages Special price $5.00 ISBN 0908874375
	W. A. Sutton, A Retrospective Publication to accompany opening exhibition for the new Christchurch Art Gallery. Exhibition: 10 May – 28 September 2003 128 pages $39.99 ISBN 0-908874995
	Walking through ’s Reason for Voyaging Publication covering the construction of ’s gateway sculpture Reasons for Voyaging situated at the entrance of the Christchurch Art Gallery. 76 pages $29.99 ISBN 0908874391