Centre of Contemporary Art
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The Centre of Contemporary Art (CoCA, formerly the Canterbury Society of Arts Gallery) is an art gallery
in the central city
of Christchurch
, New Zealand
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The gallery specialises in the exhibition, sale, valuation, and hire of New Zealand art, as well as offering educational services and advice on fine art. Exhibitions at the gallery change every three weeks, work by over 400 artists has been exhibited every year.
Art gallery
An art gallery or art museum is a building or space for the exhibition of art, usually visual art.Museums can be public or private, but what distinguishes a museum is the ownership of a collection...
in the central city
Christchurch Central City
Christchurch Central City is the geographical centre and the heart of Christchurch, New Zealand. It is defined as the area within the four avenues and thus includes the densely built up central city, some less dense surrounding areas of residential, educational and industrial usage, and green...
of Christchurch
Christchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
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The gallery specialises in the exhibition, sale, valuation, and hire of New Zealand art, as well as offering educational services and advice on fine art. Exhibitions at the gallery change every three weeks, work by over 400 artists has been exhibited every year.