Services at Auckland Art Gallery
Research
The E H McCormick Research Library holds an extensive collection of resources on New Zealand and international artists, artworks and exhibitions.
The library is open Wednesday to Friday from 1pm to 5pm, where one of our librarians can help you – no appointment is needed.
Conservation services
Our conservation team cares for paintings, works on paper, photographs and objects in the Gallery’s collection, ensuring their preservation for future generations.
Our Conservation Research Centre carries out technical research into the materials, making and history of artworks. This research informs conservation treatments and builds essential knowledge about works in our collection.
Get in touch with a conservator
While we do not offer conservation treatments for privately owned artworks, our conservators can offer guidance on how to care for them.
Contact the conservation team to ask about conservation guidance.
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For works on paper, email paper.conservation@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
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For paintings, email painting.conservation@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
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For objects, email objects.conservation@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
Outward loans
Our Registration team manages the outward loans programme, acting as kaitiaki and enabling the Gallery’s collection to be lent to other cultural institutions.
We lend our artworks, and partner collections entrusted to us, including the Chartwell and the Mackelvie Trust collections, to galleries and museums in Aotearoa New Zealand and internationally. Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki holds over 18,000 artworks that showcase the art and people of Aotearoa New Zealand, the Pacific and many other significant and influential artistic movements from the 12th century to now.
If you work for a gallery or museum and are interested in borrowing from our collection for an exhibition, email our loans registrar at registration@aucklandartgallery.com.
Download our outward loans procedure for more information. This document will help you make a request and provides an overview of our assessment and approval process.
Current touring exhibitions from Auckland Art Gallery
In addition to lending individual works, we also tour exhibitions to institutions nationally and internationally.
Our current touring exhibitions are:
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Facing Modernity: Degas to Picasso, on display at Shepparton Art Museum, Victoria, Australia until 20 September 2026.
Request a print of an artwork
Want a copy of an artwork for your home, a gift, or a project?
Prints of selected collection artworks are available to purchase from our online shop.
You can also request reproductions of artworks in the Gallery’s collection for private or commercial use. These are available as high-quality prints or digital files in a range of sizes.
Some artworks are pre-approved and ready to order, while others require copyright clearance and additional permissions.
For more information, please see:
- Copyright and Privacy Policy
- Download the reproductions terms and conditions
- Download the iwi permission guidelines
How to request a print
You can browse our collection online. Some artworks in the collection are out of copyright and have been pre-approved for reproduction.
Once you’ve chosen the artworks you’d like a print of, you can either:
- Click on the request a print link on the specific artwork page in our online collection to fill in the form, if applicable
- Fill in the form here and we will get in touch with more information about fulfilling your request.
Make sure you include the title of the artwork you’re requesting and preferred size.
Other requests
Looking for something else? For other enquiries, or if you’re not sure where to start, get in touch – we’re here to help.