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Cora-Allan: Encountering Aotearoa
A major body of new work that considers the whenua from the vantage point of the moana.
Mataaho Collective: Tīkawe
An ambitious installation that soars across the architecture of the Gallery.
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Late night Wednesday until 9pm
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Untitled by Connie Samaras
This article first appeared as 'Seal of approval for video' in The Press on 20 April 2016.
The sloping deck by William Wyllie
This article first appeared as 'Painting makes up for size in drama' in The Press on 4 April 2016.
Private lodgings by W.A. Sutton
Private Lodgings is a portrait of a lost Christchurch building that dates most probably from the 1860s.
When Bill Sutton painted it in 1954, it was an increasingly decrepit boarding house, on the corner of Manchester and Southwark streets, just out of the central city - opposite the much more famous Coker's Hotel.
'The Reid Children Aggie, Constance, Stewart, Douglas, Egerton by John Horsburgh
This article first appeared as 'Mystery of portrait' in The Press, 9 March 2016.
Persimmon (Study of a Racehorse) by Elizabeth Harrison
This article first appeared as 'A quietly classical presence' in The Press on 19 January 2016.
New Brighton by Margaret Stoddart
This article first appeared as 'Stoddart: an artist for all seasons' in The Press on 17 November 2015.
Canterbury Landscape by Colin McCahon
In 2014 we purchased an important landscape work by Colin McCahon. Curator Peter Vangioni speaks about this new addition to Christchurch Art Gallery’s collection.
A page from Eunuchi by Badius and Trechsel
This article first appeared as 'From scrap to centre stage' in The Press on 8 September 2015.