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Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki runs awards and prize programmes that foster and celebrate art in Aotearoa. Find out more about the programmes we run, including the Walters Prize for contemporary art and the Michèle Whitecliffe Art Writing Prize.

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Walters Prize

Michèle Whitecliffe Art Writing Prize

Marilyn Mayo Internship

Student awards

Our awards and prizes

Walters Prize

The Walters Prize is New Zealand's most prestigious contemporary art award. Held every three years, the prize is awarded for an outstanding work of contemporary New Zealand art produced and exhibited during the past two years.

Walters Prize

Michèle Whitecliffe Art Writing Prize

The Michèle Whitecliffe Art Writing Prize celebrates New Zealand art writing. The prize aims to celebrate meaningful conversations about the visual arts. Each year a theme for submissions is set and a guest judge selects one winning essay and two runners-up.

Michèle Whitecliffe Art Writing Prize
Marilyn Mayo Internship
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Funded by the Marilyn Mayo Foundation, we offer internships at Auckland Art Gallery that develop the skills of people wishing to pursue a career in art galleries and art museums. The Marilyn Mayo Foundation was established by Marilyn’s husband after her death to support a number of causes and the Gallery is grateful to them for their generosity which helps fund art education and research.  

The internship supports postgraduates, recent graduates, or people currently working in an art gallery or museum to further their experience in areas of care and management of collections, or the presentation, interpretation and communication of the visual arts. 

Contact us if you’d like to know more about the Marilyn Mayo internship programme.