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Eastern Southland Gallery

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Front of old brick building with arched window and '1909' plaque

Eastern Southland Gallery in Gore is a small provincial art gallery with a big reputation. Its outstanding collection includes a significant series of works by Ralph Hōtere, as well as a substantial group of 20th-century works by other New Zealand artists, donated by expatriate sexologist John Money.

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Roger Blackley, Art galleries and collections – Modernisation and contemporary collecting, 1970s to 2000s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/1806/eastern-southland-gallery (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Roger Blackley, published 3 March 2009, updated 8 August 2016.