City Art Depot

City Art Depot City Art Depot was established in Christchurch in 1989 as a picture framing workshop guided by the principles of professional art care.

City Art Depot is a conservation picture framing workshop & gallery located at 96 Disraeli Street, Christchurch, offering a range of museum-standard framing and art care services. Since then we have provided practical and elegant solutions for the framing, installation, transportation and storage of works of art and artefacts to ensure they are displayed and protected to the best advantage. City A

rt Depot makes beautiful bespoke picture frames custom-made to suit any artwork. Our hand finished frames are made in a range of different styles and materials, from stained timber to gilded, gesso and lacquer surfaces. We also represent local emerging and established New Zealand artists in our contemporary art gallery featuring paintings, prints, photographs and sculptures for sale.

City Art Reader 91: Francis van Hout – Grey, Red (Getting Older) is now available to read on our website!https://www.cit...
22/05/2026

City Art Reader 91: Francis van Hout – Grey, Red (Getting Older) is now available to read on our website!

https://www.cityart.co.nz/blog/grey-red-getting-older/

Ōtautahi Christchurch-based painter Francis van Hout crafts geometric abstractions with adept sensibilities to paint materiality, colour and surface texture. The initial structural seriousness of these works as viewed on screen or print doesn’t translate the grain, quality of line, warmth and wit within the paintings. Grey, Red (Getting Older) opens 5.30–7pm 26 May and runs through to 22 June 2026. Ahead of this Cameron Ralston joined van Hout in his studio to discuss the new body of work and living with paintings.

Up Stairs at City Art Depot is thrilled to present a new body of work by Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland-based painter Henk Tom...
19/05/2026

Up Stairs at City Art Depot is thrilled to present a new body of work by Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland-based painter Henk Tomkins. Join us for the opening of 'Sacred to the memory of Itself' 5.30–7pm Tuesday 26th May.

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland-based painter Henk Tomkins' work fuses gestural abstraction with screen printing to explore the complexity of human emotion. His paintings exist in a suspended space between sensation and image, inviting viewers into a dialogue with vulnerability, grief, and connection.

96 Disraeli Street, Sydenham, Ōtautahi Christchurch
Enquiries welcome to: [email protected]

City Art Depot warmly welcomes everyone to attend the upcoming opening of 'Grey, Red (Getting Older)' by Francis van Hou...
19/05/2026

City Art Depot warmly welcomes everyone to attend the upcoming opening of 'Grey, Red (Getting Older)' by Francis van Hout. 5.30–7pm Tuesday 26th May 2026 in our gallery at 96 Disraeli Street, Christchurch.

Ōtautahi Christchurch-based painter Francis van Hout crafts geometric abstractions with adept sensibilities to paint materiality, colour and surface texture. These paintings are imbued with the characteristics that define van Hout's practice – attention to tone, grain, quality of structural lines and indeed his signature wit.

This painting of Descartes by Keith Wilson is framed here in a City Art Depot solid oak frame and complemented by a gold...
14/05/2026

This painting of Descartes by Keith Wilson is framed here in a City Art Depot solid oak frame and complemented by a gold fillet. This frame was chosen in consultation with our client for its strong presence on the wall, classic moulding style and warm quality of the stain.

It might be a little dreary outside but Up Stairs is bursting with colour and texture. Pop by and see 'What These Walls ...
08/05/2026

It might be a little dreary outside but Up Stairs is bursting with colour and texture. Pop by and see 'What These Walls Remember' by Stephanie Postles, running until 18 May 2026.

Through lively oil paintings, Postles explores the intimate complexity of the domestic interior—not as a collection of objects, but as a vessel for lived experience. They visualise the quiet, felt presence of a room, revealing the layers of history and memory embedded in the familiar.

Located on the second level at City Art Depot, Up Stairs is our second space showcasing artwork by contemporary New Zealand artists. 96 Disraeli Street, Sydenham, Ōtautahi Christchurch.

This Alister Bull painting of irises is framed for our client is a City Art Depot gilt frame. Manufactured, gessoed, and...
05/05/2026

This Alister Bull painting of irises is framed for our client is a City Art Depot gilt frame. Manufactured, gessoed, and hand gilded in our Ōtautahi Christchurch workshop, this frame represents the high level of craft that goes into our frames. This gold frame lifts the painting and adds prestige to the finish.

Each City Art Depot gold frame is hand gilt with gold leaf and patinaed to sit perfectly with the artwork.

04/05/2026

Charlotte Watson, Awash, City Art Depot, 21 April - 18 May 2026, 96 Disraeli Street, Sydenham, Ōtautahi Christchurch.

This Owen Lee oil painting of the Christchurch Port Hills is framed here for our client in a City Art Depot stained oak ...
30/04/2026

This Owen Lee oil painting of the Christchurch Port Hills is framed here for our client in a City Art Depot stained oak frame. This classic moulding is manufactured, hand stained and fitted together on site in our Ōtautahi Christchurch workshop.

The experienced staff at City Art Depot work with you in our shop at 96 Disraeli Street to design and price elegant picture frames to suit any artwork.

28/04/2026

A day in the life at City Art Depot producing the highest quality picture frames and art services in Ōtautahi Christchurch

Address

96 Disraeli Street
Christchurch
8023

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 5pm
Thursday 8:30am - 5pm
Friday 8:30am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 2pm

Telephone

+6433653811

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