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Encore
31 Aug - 1 Oct 2023Encore – to ask for, to look again and applaud. We’ve done the asking, rummaged in the stockroom, and are delighted to present a wonderful range of work from amongst...Read more -
Cellular Memory by Elizabeth Thomson
selected works from the touring exhibition 27 Jul - 26 Aug 2023Cells are the building blocks of us all. We embody this complex living firmament. And Elizabeth Thomson’s exhibition Cellular Memory, explores and revels in the structure and patterns of being....Read more -
Cash 'n' Carry
An evolving exhibition 10 Nov 2022 - 29 Jan 2023Cash 'n' Carry comprises a myriad of offerings from those with whom we work – and as things sell others will come in and fill the space. This is a...Read more -
Celebrating 5 years
9 Apr - 15 May 2022Celebrating 5 Years 9th April - 15th May 2022 Celebrating 5 Years in our community, in Õtautahi, Christchurch. Celebrating with a group show of artists very important to us: Emma...Read more
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Lateral Series by Elizabeth Thomson
19 Feb - 1 Apr 2022Lateral Series Elizabeth Thomson 19th February - 1st April 2022 'Elizabeth Thomson’s work in recent years – of which ‘Lateral Series’ is the latest chapter –attests to a career-long commitment...Read more -
Summer Group Show
15 Jan - 13 Feb 2022Summer Group Show 15th Jan - 13th Feb 2022 Until February 13th we are delighted to present works by Emma Camden, Bing Dawe, Neil Dawson, Zara Dolan, Simon Edwards, Chris...Read more -
Hine Auaha
20 May - 20 Jun 2021Hine Auaha 20th May - 20th June, 2021 The Central Art Gallery Hine Auaha is an exhibition displaying the essence of female creativity. This exhibition includes a range of objects...Read more -
Group Show
5 Nov - 6 Dec 2020We are delighted to present a group show for the month of November. If you relish life’s rich tapestry, savour the spice that invigorates the variety of life, then this...Read more
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Out on the Plain - synthetic cubism by Elizabeth Thomson
23 Jul - 23 Aug 2020Aerial views of Canterbury landscape feel like the subject matter here as Elizabeth Thomson channels luminaries including Bill Sutton and Rosalie Gascoigne in this new body of photographic and sculptural...Read more -
NEW WORKS SHOW
20 Jun - 21 Jul 2019We welcome winter with The Central Gallery’s first group show dedicated entirely to new work. Exciting! You will see a new painting of Karamea by Stanley Palmer, and woodcuts by...Read more -
Object Show
31 Jan - 3 Mar 2019The modern gallery exhibits so much more than painting and sculpture. So through the month of February, The Central is show-casing its object-makers. Out come pounamu heads by Jon Jeet,...Read more -
Stanley Palmer & Company
13 Dec 2018 - 27 Jan 2019Stanley Palmer comes to town. He is showing 6 new paintings and prints also, at The Central through the summer of 2018. Views of Akaroa, Otago Peninsula and Hauraki are...Read more
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Relativity and The Structure of Things by Elizabeth Thomson
8 Nov - 9 Dec 2018Elizabeth Thomson’s second show at The Central in November continues her explorations of the natural world. You will see photos with contoured forms beaded for sculptural effect; and painted bronze...Read more -
Glimpse Panorama - Landscape aspects in contemporary New Zealand art
7 Dec 2017 - 28 Jan 2018Read more -
One Moment Please - Still Life in Contemporary New Zealand Art
24 Aug - 24 Sep 2017Read more -
Navigating the Zone 2002-2017 by Elizabeth Thomson
12 May - 11 Jun 2017The zone could be seen as Christchurch’s post earthquake trauma of disconnect and renewal, but here it is more about the clear receptive inventive space that Louise Bourgeois calls between...Read more
