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    Left Bank Art Gallery

    Left Bank Art Gallery in Greymouth is a free public gallery with a national pounamu collection in its old bank vault and a shop of local work.

    Greymouth, West Coast
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    Left Bank Art Gallery in Greymouth, a white and teal former Bank of New Zealand building on Tainui Street
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    About Left Bank Art Gallery

    Left Bank Art Gallery is a free public gallery in Greymouth, run by the non-profit West Coast Society of Arts in a former Bank of New Zealand building from the 1920s, on the banks of the Grey River, Māwheranui. It holds a national collection of contemporary pounamu, displayed in the old bank vault, with works by carvers from around the country, including pieces from the New Zealand Contemporary Stone Awards.

    The main gallery runs changing exhibitions of West Coast painting, prints, photography, sculpture and craft, and the gallery shop sells locally made jewellery, pounamu, carvings, ceramics and textiles. It is open Tuesday to Saturday.

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    leftbankartgallery.nz info@leftbankartgallery.nz +64 3 768 0038
    Greymouth area

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    1 Tainui Street, Greymouth
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