Latest Events From Auckland Art Galleryhttp://www.aucklandartgallery.comThu, 25 Oct 2012 17:27:36 GMTumbracoenToi Aotearoahttp://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/events/2011/september/toi-aotearoaMon, 20 May 2013 11:33:01 GMThttp://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/events/2011/september/toi-aotearoa Explore the Gallery's permanent collection in one of the largest and most absorbing presentations of New Zealand art. Travel from the present day back to the 1600s, uncovering the creativity and cultural diversity of New Zealanders. Discover their preoccupations with identity, migration and the land.

Begin your journey among video, photography, sculpture and painting by contemporary New Zealand artists. See Michael Parekowhai's sculpture, The Indefinite Article, which - layered with meaning - was first exhibited when he was just 21.

Continue to the period 1900 to 1965 and find paintings by Colin McCahon and Rita Angus. Encounter Ralph Hotere's horizon-spanning mural, Godwit/Kuaka, which for many years greeted travellers arriving at Auckland International Airport.

Further on, discover how New Zealanders first saw themselves and their lands. Via early European impressions of the islands to Goldie and Lindauer's classic portraits of Māori and Pākehā, reach both the beginning and the end of this story of New Zealand art.

Ongoing
Ground / Level 1
Free entry

 

Image: Kennett Watkins, The Phantom canoe: a legend of Lake Tarawera, 1888, oil on canvas, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Mr H E Partridge, 1915

]]> Victorian Tales of Love and Enchantmenthttp://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/events/2011/september/victorian-tales-of-love-and-enchantmentSun, 05 May 2013 21:49:55 GMThttp://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/events/2011/september/victorian-tales-of-love-and-enchantment Yearning and desire - for a loved one, an unrequited love, a way of life long gone - underlies many of the paintings in Victorian Tales of Love and Enchantment.

During the 19th century, exploration and archaeological discoveries illustrated much about ancient cultures. These led to the development of a new movement - Aestheticism - focusing on beauty for its own sake, rather than for historical narrative. Other artists were fascinated by the mystique surrounding the great queens of antiquity and the heroes of mythology.

Scenes of modern life were equally popular. Painting was a powerful tool, a writer in The Athenium noting, 'It is our firm conviction that the artist's pencil has done more to create sympathy and consideration for those whose fortunes and sufferings have been its theme, than a host of pamphleteers could have worked.'

While industrial development ultimately brought massive wealth to Britain, Death, the great leveller, waited in the wings whether you were rich or poor. Lovers separated by death longed for the joyous renewal awaiting them in the next world; the tragic demise of romantic figures from the past creating a powerful link with the present.

East Gallery, Mezzanine
Free entry

Please note this exhibition will close temporarily from Monday 22 April - Friday 26 April as we prepare for the 5th Auckland Triennial.

Image: Frank Bramley, For of such is the Kingdom of Heaven, 1891
oil on canvas, Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1913

]]> Choi Jeong Hwa, Flower Chandelierhttp://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/events/2011/september/choi-jeong-hwa-flower-chandelierThu, 18 Apr 2013 13:02:26 GMThttp://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/events/2011/september/choi-jeong-hwa-flower-chandelier Gaze upwards at Choi Jeong Hwa's signature inflatable flowers as they burst into bloom inside the Gallery's atrium. Described as the 'bad boy of Korean art', Choi's eye-popping work turns an overabundance of petals into a joyful jumble of flowers that spill illuminated from the atrium's ceiling.

Choi's installations are one of three temporary commissioned works which celebrate the opening of the developed Gallery.

The artist's influence extends outside the Gallery walls, with another temporary installation, Red occupying the reflection pool in the forecourt.

North atrium / Forecourt pool
Until late 2013

Choi Jeong Hwa, Flower Chandelier, 2011
fabric, fibre reinforced plastic, metal, motors, LED
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, commissioned 2011
generously supported by Molly Morpeth Canaday Trust

Choi Jeong Hwa, Red, 2011
plastic flowers, wire, dead tree
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, commissioned 2011
generously supported by Molly Morpeth Canaday Trust

 

]]> Jeppe Hein, Long Modified Bench Aucklandhttp://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/events/2011/september/jeppe-hein-long-modified-bench-aucklandWed, 27 Mar 2013 09:58:10 GMThttp://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/events/2011/september/jeppe-hein-long-modified-bench-auckland Step out from Level 2 onto the terrace and follow Jeppe Hein's Long Modified Bench Auckland as it weaves up, down and around. Trace its roller-coaster course as it dips down inside the Gallery's building only to pop back up again into the daylight. Return at dusk to see the bench light up. Stand back, sit down, stretch out or loop the loop.

Hein's sculpture is one of three temporary commissioned works which celebrate the opening of the developed Gallery.

Sculpture terrace
Until 2014

Jeppe Hein, Long Modified Bench Auckland, 2011
powder-coated aluminium, LED
Commissioned by Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2011
Generously supported by the Edmiston Trust
Courtesy of the artist and Johann König, Berlin and 303 Gallery, New York

]]> Little Miracleshttp://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/events/2012/june/little-miraclesWed, 27 Mar 2013 09:58:30 GMThttp://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/events/2012/june/little-miracles Every culture has rituals and symbols that link daily life to the sacred realm of gods and goddesses, whether a single divinity or many. Numerous forms of faith also have magical messengers, such as saints or angels. Our understandings of their divine powers, their roles and the means by which people relate to them, have come down to us through oral histories, art and literature, with some remaining unchanged over the centuries, and others responding to current movements within a particular form of faith.

Little Miracles demonstrates the function of small-scale religious images, created to be displayed in domestic environments rather than on chapel or church walls. They  graphically demonstrate the power of faith and contemplation to conjure up the divine, while traditionally serving as conduits for the faithful, allowing them to communicate with the saints and members of the Holy Family. Whether asking advice or begging for assistance in their daily struggles, such interactions served to give meaning to the tragedies and joys of life.

23 June 2012 - late 2013
Level 1 exhibition spaces - free entry

Please note this exhibition will close temporarily from Monday 29 April - Friday 3 May as we prepare for the 5th Auckland Triennial.

Image: Paris Bordone, Madonna and Child with Saint Sebastian, 16th century, oil on panel, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1960

]]> Battle Cryhttp://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/events/2012/june/battle-cryFri, 17 May 2013 17:03:32 GMThttp://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/events/2012/june/battle-cry The Thirty Years War wreaked havoc across Northern Europe in the early to mid-1600s. In the drive to seize power, armies battled on land and at sea.

Through the paintings of Battle Cry, encounter this war's great maritime clashes and witness the beginnings of a structured navy. From the winged Polish cavalryman in Stefano Della Bella's etching to the portly moustachioed soldier in An Old, Fat Hungarian Cavalier, study the faces of warriors and the uniforms of mounted soldiers.

Peer into intricately drawn city scenes where mêlée becomes pattern, and stare down the cadaverous face of Death as he carries life away.

30 June 2012 - 9 June 2013
Level 1 exhibition spaces - free entry

Image: Jacques Callot, Premier combat naval (First naval combat), 1615-1619, engraving, Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982

]]> Sopolemalama Filipe Tohi, Aotea (White Cloud)http://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/events/2012/july/sopolemalama-filipe-tohi-aotea-white-cloudWed, 27 Mar 2013 09:59:17 GMThttp://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/events/2012/july/sopolemalama-filipe-tohi-aotea-white-cloud Sopolemalama Filipe Tohi is a tufuga lalava, an expert in the Tongan art of binding with coconut sennit. He frequently uses lashing patterns in his sculpture.

Aotea (White Cloud) combines multiple atmospheric, nautical and geographical associations. It reflects wave patterns, Auckland's volcanic hills, wind and fishing nets. Tohi describes it also as being 'a metaphor for many islands'.

Aotea was commissioned by Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki as part of the exhibition Home AKL.

Sopolemalama Filipe Tohi, Aotea (White Cloud), 2012
aluminium
commissioned by Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2012

Until 2013
Forecourt pool

]]> Learning Centre: Tiffany Singh, May the Rainbow Always Touch Your Shoulderhttp://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/events/2012/december/learning-centre-tiffany-singh-may-the-rainbow-always-touch-your-shoulderSun, 19 May 2013 19:36:31 GMThttp://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/events/2012/december/learning-centre-tiffany-singh-may-the-rainbow-always-touch-your-shoulder May the Rainbow Always Touch Your Shoulder explores and celebrates colour and its various cultural, spiritual and environmental associations. It features two works: Dusted with Spices of a Million Flowers and The Direction of Sunbeams.

'Tiffany Singh uses different materials and icons in her work to promote cultural inclusivity and understanding', says Roger Taberner, Learning Programme Manager. 'It is her hope that this artwork will encourage visitors to share their views and gain a new appreciation of the world around them.'

Visitors are encouraged to experiment and participate in the creative process through a series of hands-on activities inspired by the artworks. They are also invited to share their thoughts in response to the experience.

 

Learning Centre, Mezzanine level
Until December 2013
Free entry

 

Image: Tiffany Singh, May the Rainbow Always Touch Your Shoulder (detail), 2012, courtesy of Laura Forest

]]> James Oram: Limited Timehttp://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/events/2012/december/james-oram-limited-timeFri, 26 Apr 2013 17:05:35 GMThttp://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/events/2012/december/james-oram-limited-time A new work by Christchurch artist James Oram is the next to inhabit Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki's Edmiston North Sculpture Terrace.

The work consists of a billboard-sized sheet of black granite with an adjacent neon light spelling out the words 'LIMITED TIME'. These words, which reflect onto the polished surface of the stone billboard, will be seen from Albert Park. Oram's interest in the language of marketing and its pervasive messages of 'short-lived' opportunity influences this work.

The use of granite, the standard material for memorial headstones, is another reminder of life's brevity and loss.

'Oram's work, Limited Time, is an exciting new addition to the series of sculpture commissions on the North Terrace. This series supported by Chartwell has drawn attention to fresh artistic thinking by emerging talents in New Zealand art. Oram's capacity to create dramatic sculptural works within an outdoor environment will once again totally refresh this site,' says Contemporary Art Curator Natasha Conland.

The ongoing series of sculpture commissions by New Zealand artists is proudly supported by the Chartwell Trust.

15 December 2012 - June 2013
Edmiston North Sculpture Terrace, Level 2 - free entry

Image credit: James Oram, Limited Time, granite, steel, neon, 2012. Commissioned by Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, sponsored by Chartwell Trust

]]> Temples for the Godshttp://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/events/2013/january/temples-for-the-godsWed, 27 Mar 2013 10:00:58 GMThttp://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/events/2013/january/temples-for-the-gods Many of the people clambering over the ruins of ancient Rome in the 17th and 18th centuries were merely curious about the secret city half-hidden beneath their feet. Connoisseurs, however, were acutely aware of the ruins' original function - as temples for gods and goddesses, and monuments for famous Romans.

Collectors avidly sought out original sculptures, sarcophagi and fragments of buildings from the Renaissance onwards, and in later centuries there was a thriving market for copies of major works. The discovery of the ruined townships of Pompeii and Herculaneum, near Naples, caused a widespread classical revival throughout Europe, known as Neoclassicism.

Translations and reprints of early texts whetted the appetite of connoisseurs. The names of Greek and Roman gods, as well as the heroes of mythology, became familiar to many, their symbolic meanings adapted to illustrate the ideals of the times.

This second part of Temples for the Gods draws on works from our collections which illustrate this ongoing fascination with the past. The curious 18th century onlookers populating them are joined by the heroic figures who were commemorated or worshipped in these buildings long ago.

Until 14 July 2013
Level 1 - free entry

Image: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Veduta del Tempio di Bacco, in oggi
chiesa de S. Urbano (View of the Temple of Bacchus, today called the Church of St Urban), 1758, etching, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, gift of Mr J Potter, 1975

]]> Travels with Mr Hollarhttp://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/events/2013/march/travels-with-mr-hollarSun, 14 Apr 2013 09:07:09 GMThttp://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/events/2013/march/travels-with-mr-hollar Few artists travelled as extensively in the 17th century as the Bohemian etcher Wenceslaus Hollar. None left as rich a record of that time.

Hollar's carefully observed scenes illustrate his many journeys in Europe, England and north Africa. Explore this artist's dramatic life and times in an exhibition that draws on our large collection of his remarkable prints.

Curator Mathew Norman has written an essay on Hollar's work - view it as an online publication or download it as a PDF under 'Related Downloads' below.

 

Saturday 2 March - Sunday 8 September 2013
Mezzanine level - free entry

 

Image: Wenceslaus Hollar, Rüdesheim, 1635, etching, Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982

]]> Angels & Aristocrats: Early European Art in New Zealand Public Collectionshttp://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/events/2013/march/angels-and-aristocratsFri, 17 May 2013 15:03:37 GMThttp://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/events/2013/march/angels-and-aristocrats Must end 5pm Monday 10 June 2013

Inspired by the grand institutions of Europe, New Zealand's 19th-century colonists set about building a treasure trove of early European art for the nation's enjoyment.

From religious iconography by Machiavelli to landscapes by Turner and portraiture by Gainsborough, Angels & Aristocrats showcases their acquisitions in a celebration of New Zealand's premier public art collections.

Drawn from Senior Curator Mary Kisler's acclaimed 2010 book, Angels & Aristocrats brings together artworks from the collections of five New Zealand galleries: Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, Dunedin Public Art Gallery and Whanganui's Sarjeant Gallery.

In a fresh informal manner, Kisler reveals the changing meanings of artworks from the 13th to 19th centuries, bringing their stories alive for today's audience.

'Angels & Aristocrats is an exciting culmination of a very long project celebrating the rich variety of early European art collected by New Zealand's public art galleries since the 19th century', says Kisler. 'Initially, these collections were made through the generosity of private individuals who were eager that the nation's emerging museums should reflect the great institutions of Britain and Europe.'

Also included is a recent Gallery acquisition never before exhibited in New Zealand: the 17th century portrait of Margaret Hughes, the first professional stage-actress in England and mistress of Prince Rupert of the Rhine, cousin to King Charles II.

Thanks to Auckland Museum, a selection of artefacts, including examples of private collections of beetles and butterflies, porcelain and Staffordshire dogs add intriguing insight into the collecting practices of earlier centuries.

The touring exhibition has completed successful seasons at Dunedin Public Art Gallery and at Te Papa in Wellington. With each host gallery adding from its own collection, Angels & Aristocrats at Auckland Art Gallery will be the largest with an extra 38 paintings and sculptures.

View works in the exhibition from Auckland Art Gallery's collection under 'Artworks' below, or view a video tour of the exhibition.

Saturday 23 March - Monday 10 June 2013
Level 1 exhibition spaces - free entry

 

BUY PRINTS FROM ANGELS & ARISTOCRATS

Accompanying the exhibition is a new print-on-demand service, which enables the selection and purchase of Giclée fine art digital prints of the exhibitions' historical artworks. You can view the artwork online at galleryprints.co.nzand choose from a selection of frames. Your print will be professionally framed and delivered to you free of charge within New Zealand.

 

ART BITES

In addition to the exhibition's visitor programme (see 'Related Events' at the bottom of this page), enlightening 'Artbites' are scheduled daily at 12.30pm. The 10-minute talks are on selected works in the exhibition.

 

SPECIAL HIGH TEA

Top off your visit to Angels & Aristocrats with High Tea in the Clouds at our espresso bar on Level 2 - visit our café page for more details.

 

FOR YOUR LITTLE ANGELS

Planning a weekend visit to Angels & Aristocrats? Get creative with our free family drop-in sessions, every Saturday from 1-3pm.

Our April school holiday programmes are inspired by works in the exhibition.

 

 

Image: William Hodges, Two tigers in a rocky landscape, c 1773, oil on panel
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

]]> Saints and Scholarshttp://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/events/2013/april/saints-and-scholarsFri, 12 Apr 2013 10:55:19 GMThttp://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/events/2013/april/saints-and-scholars There are stories behind every work of art in the Gallery's collection and these stories change over time. The search for the 'truth' may focus on the work's provenance, its acquisition, title, subject matter or even its maker. For example, a work may be donated anonymously with the donor later deciding to make themselves known. As staff of the Gallery we might think we know the identity of the saints depicted, years pass and we adjust the title to reflect new research. Through scholarly detection, we may provide a name to a work previously attributed to 'Unknown'.

Researchers may use the Gallery's library to uncover the chronology of the individual tales by delving into our archival collections of ephemera, correspondence, exhibition photographs and early publications.

Here we explore the evolution of the official records of four paintings in Angels and Aristocrats: Early European Art in New Zealand Public Collections, now showing on level 1.

12 April - 16 June 2013
Mezzanine level display case

]]> The 5th Auckland Triennial: If you were to live here...http://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/events/2013/may/the-5th-auckland-triennial-if-you-were-to-live-hereFri, 17 May 2013 21:26:36 GMThttp://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/events/2013/may/the-5th-auckland-triennial-if-you-were-to-live-here

The 5th Auckland Triennial opens in May at Auckland Art Gallery and eight additional sites, extending the Triennial's reach across Auckland. Led by renowned curator Hou Hanru, If you were to live here... includes work by more than 35 New Zealand and international artists, collectives and architects.

Previously curator of major biennials including Lyon, Istanbul, and Guangzhou, Hou has invited artists to respond to the diverse cultural, social, architectural and urban characteristics of Auckland. 'A triennial,' he says, 'is a space for producing new aesthetic forms and social spaces. It is not only an occasion to see art, but an interaction between artists, people and the city to envisage possible futures.'

10 May - 11 August 2013

Visit aucklandtriennial.com for more information


VENUES

Auckland Art Gallery
Artspace
Auckland Museum
Fresh Gallery Otara
George Fraser Gallery
Gus Fisher Gallery
NZ Film Archive
Silo Six
ST PAUL St

 

OPENING WEEKEND

We are delighted to announce the keynote speaker for If you were to live here... is curator and art historian, Sarat Maharaj. Most recently chief curator of the Goteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art, 2011, he has also co-curated the 29th Sao Paolo Biennial, 2010, and curated the 3rd Guangzhou Biennial, 2008. Maharaj is Professor of Visual Art and Knowledge Systems at Lund University, Sweden and Visiting Professor at Goldsmiths College, London. Maharaj has published several central texts concerning the post colonial condition of cultural difference and translation. He will give the keynote address at 6pm on Friday 10 May at AUT University.

Teddy Cruz/Estudio Teddy Cruz and Bijoy Jain of Studio Mumbai are both guests of the 5th Auckland Triennial and are contributing to discussions on the Lab. Supported by the University of Auckland's School of Architecture and Planning they will speak as part of the Communiqué lecture series. Both lectures will be at 6.30pm at the University of Auckland, Engineering Lecture Theatre 439; Teddy Cruz on Monday 6 May and Bijoy Jain on Wednesday 8 May.

Pascal Beausse is a curator of Photographic Collections at CNAP, Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Paris. From 2003-2006 he was guest curator at Pavillon, Palais de Tokyo, Paris. He is also an art critic and has been a correspondent for Flash Art, and lectures at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts de Lyon. He will contribute to the opening weekend panels and talks. His visit is supported by the New Zealand France Friendship Fund.

 

Triennial Lab Project

Lab is a joint project between the architecture and spatial design faculties of AUT University, The University of Auckland and UNITEC. Working alongside students, local academics, designers and architects are developing a series of two to three week-long interdisciplinary design projects.

 

Muddy Urbanism
Kathy Waghorn with Teddy Cruz 

American architect Teddy Cruz, working with University of Auckland academic Kathy Waghorn, will create proposals for the rejuvenation of the Whau River area in Avondale.

Thurs 9 May - Sunday 19 May - Free entry
Level 2 exhibiton spaces

 

The Ideal Home (land)
Sarosh Mulla

Sarosh Mulla, one of the founders of design collective Oh.No.Sumo, will create a specially designed installation exploring the Kiwi 'quarter-acre dream'.

Tuesday 21 May - Sunday 9 June - Free entry
Level 2 exhibition spaces

 


Te Paparewa Teitei O Tamaki
Carin Wilson and Rau Hoskins

Celebrating Tamaki Treaty Settlements and Iwi Impacts on Urban Transformation.

 

Transforming Topographies
Albert Refiti and Rau Hoskins
AUT exploring socio-cultural- politico 'problematics' within and around Auckland.

Owing to the changing desires and needs of its inhabitants, the urban environment is continuously formulated, constructed, negotiated and altered, in order to provide a more positive and sustainable setting for human interaction and liveability. Patterns are changed, forms reinvented and places continuously made and unmade to create a fluctuating multifunctional matrix to better accommodate the ever increasing multiplicity of its residents demands.
Transforming Topographies have brought together a group of thinkers, collaborators, makers and designers to reconsider the role of 'the social' and 'the public' as real spaces of continuous change, exchange and encounter, that interrogates how future urban communities might function and how they are valued.

Tuesday 2 July - Sunday 21 July - free entry
Level 2 exhibiton spaces

 

Disasters, Fires and Slow-motion Earthquakes
Andrew Barrie

Andrew Barrie's project for the Auckland Triennial looks to apply his more-with-
less approach at an urban scale, addressing the impact of the Christchurch
earthquake. Barrie's project looks to put Christchurch's current challenges in the context of the rebuilding of Napier after the 1931 earthquake and subsequent fires, and of the future challenges facing Auckland, where both increased insurance costs and building code changes threaten to cut a swathe through our stock of heritage buildings, creating a slow-motion earthquake that may devastate New Zealand's towns and cities for decades to come.

Tuesday 11 June - Sunday 30 June - Free entry
Level 2 exhibition spaces

 

  ]]> Angels & Aristocrats: Jemma Field: A Broad Slice of 17th Century Dutch Paintinghttp://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/events/2013/may/angels-and-artistocrats-jemma-fieldWed, 10 Apr 2013 12:22:52 GMThttp://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/events/2013/may/angels-and-artistocrats-jemma-field Art History doctoral candidate at the University of Auckland, Jemma Field looks at a number of 17th century Dutch paintings including a landscape, a seascape and a still life and what they can tell us about Dutch national identity and the development of the European art market.

Sunday 26 May - 1pm
Exhibition spaces, Level 1 - free entry

]]> The 5th Auckland Triennial: In Conversation: Luke Willis Thompson & Sarah Hopkinsonhttp://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/events/2013/may/the-5th-auckland-triennial-in-conversation-luke-willis-thompson-and-sarah-hopkinsonFri, 17 May 2013 21:27:55 GMThttp://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/events/2013/may/the-5th-auckland-triennial-in-conversation-luke-willis-thompson-and-sarah-hopkinson Artist Luke Willis Thompson discusses his work in the 5th Auckland Triennial with Sarah Hopkinson.

Sunday 26 May 3pm - Free entry
Exhibition spaces please ask at front desk

Image: Luke Willis Thompson, Untitled 2012

]]> Angels & Aristocrats: Katy Bond: The art of dressing well (1)http://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/events/2013/june/angels-and-aristocrats-katy-bond-the-art-of-dressing-well-1Tue, 07 May 2013 17:03:23 GMThttp://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/events/2013/june/angels-and-aristocrats-katy-bond-the-art-of-dressing-well-1 University of Auckland, Art History graduate, Katy Bond discusses the styles of costume so beautifully captured in the paintings that feature in Angels & Aristocrats and just what it took to make the best dressed.

Sunday 2 June 1pm - Free entry
Level 1

]]> Tūī, Tui, Tuiahttp://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/events/2013/june/tūī-tui-tuiaWed, 22 May 2013 11:05:36 GMThttp://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/events/2013/june/tūī-tui-tuia Staged under the Kauri Canopy, and using solely found sound mixed and edited by composer Dudley Benson, Tūī, Tui, Tuia tells the story of the uneasy relationship between the noise and industry of metropolitan Auckland and the regenerating biodiversity of the wildlife sanctuaries only a short boat or car journey from our city.

Introduced with a live performance of selected conservation themed waiata from Dudley Benson's acclaimed album Forest: Songs by Hirini Melbourne, the premiere of Tūī, Tui, Tuia will feature a very special interpretation by performance artist Cat Ruka.

The found sound for the work has been collected by ecologist Sam Hill, a leading expert on Tūī vocalisation, and the the project has been assisted by volunteers from Tawharanui Open Sanctuary Supporters Inc., Motuihe Trust, Motutapu Restoration Trust, and Supporters of Tiritiri Matangi.

Tūī, Tui, Tuia would also like to thank it's partners Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki and Auckland Water Taxis, as well as the Department of Conservation, 360 Discovery Tours, and Auckland Council Creative Communities for their assistance. Please look for a further embodiment of the project as an audio installation as part of the Silo Park Matariki celebrations on Auckland's waterfront in July.

Sunday 9 June 2pm
North Atrium - Free

]]> The 5th Auckland Triennial: Dame Anne Salmondhttp://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/events/2013/june/the-5th-auckland-triennial-dame-anne-salmondMon, 20 May 2013 11:23:22 GMThttp://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/events/2013/june/the-5th-auckland-triennial-dame-anne-salmond Eminent historian, anthropologist, writer and academic, Dame Anne Salmond explores New Zealand as a site for experiments across worlds - in particular, Te Ao Maori, the Pacific and 'the West' - in her talk, 'Living Here, Flying Free: Beyond the Boxes'.

The boxes in the title might be nation states, blocks of land, buildings, zones, individuals, parts of the human body, categories or disciplines.

Dame Anne will ask how we can escape the captivity of the grid; and how ideas based on networks and webs and complex systems might transform the places we live in - Auckland, New Zealand and the planet.

Tuesday 11 June 6pm (Rescheduled from Tuesday 28 May)
Auditorium, lower ground floor - Free

]]> Adult Studio Workshophttp://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/events/2013/july/adult-studio-workshopThu, 02 May 2013 15:50:37 GMThttp://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/events/2013/july/adult-studio-workshop Studio Workshop: Time out for painting

In this workshop we open up the studio to the exploration of acrylic paints - different ways to apply the material, how it influences the kind of paintings we make and the role chance plays in our work. We will also spend some time in the Gallery discussing works of art as a group. Give painting a go in a relaxed workshop environment. No previous experience required and all materials are provided.


Sunday 14 July
10.30am - 1pm
$22

Booking is required for all studio workshops. Spaces are limited, please book early to avoid disappointment.

HOW TO MAKE A BOOKING
Please contact the Community Learning Coordinator on 09 367 1930 or email education@aucklandartgallery.govt.nz

Places on workshops are given on a first come, first served basis. Once your booking is complete, we will send you an email confirming your place in the workshop(s) and give you details about how to pay.


 

 

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