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and for almost a year became a centre for contemporary art in
Christchurch. Along with exhibitions, the Gallery 91 exhibition programme included discussions, demonstrations and poetry evenings. To cater for these activities the Gallery's hours were long: 9.30am â 5.30pm and 7pm â 11pm on weekdays and
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and described itself as a âcraft-display workshop with gear on sale to the public.â The success of the market was over-shadowed when the Retail Shop
Assistantsâ Union took Brooke and her co-workers to court on the grounds of staff having to work in the week-endsâ Brooke helped start a partition to
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a range of younger artists and initiated high-profile exhibitions such as the Hay's
Limited Art Competition (later known as the Hay's Art Prize). André Brooke resigned from the position in 1963 and Barbara was appointed as the sole Secretary Manager of the Canterbury Society of Arts. She
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magazine described the gallery as, âa stylish, large and open exhibition space, Gallery 91 seemed to declare that New
Zealand art was something of value and that its practitioners should be respected. The emphasis was on younger artists and the programme included loan exhibitions from the
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277:. This thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirement for the Degree of Master of Arts in Art History at the University of Canterbury 2014. Fishburn's thesis covers all aspects of Brooke's working career in detail. You can
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Brooke's return to the contemporary art dealer business came in 1975 when she and her friend Judith
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allow the market to continue and eventually managed win an exemption via the courts. Brooke also demonstrated her engagement in local politics when she stood for and was appointed to the
204:. For the first two issues Brooke is listed as âassistant editorâ but by issue three she is noted as co-editor alongside Bensemann. Ross Fraser reviewed the first issue in
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exhibition in which the work consisted of renovating the gallery's print room and then curating the first exhibition in the renovated space. The
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were published before it closed in 1969. The following
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