Table of contents; list of illustrations; list of plates; foreword; author's note; acknowledgements; abbreviations; introduction; section i; chapter one; chapter two; chapter three; section ii; chapter four; chapter five; chapter six; section iii; chapter seven; chapter eight; epilogue; appendices; bibliography; index
Summary
How and why do works make their way into a public art collection? Who decides what will be hung on the walls, placed on plinths, displayed in cases? These important, but seldom discussed, questions lie at the heart of this 'cultural biography' of the 70 years during which the Robert McDougall Art Gallery was Christchurch's civic art gallery. The book explains how the collection came together, how it developed, and how the public, and artists and critics, reacted to it. The book is presented ..
