Join us for the return of Writers Lounge – a series of engaging discussions and conversations between writers and social commentators in our auditorium.
Join us for the return of Writers Lounge – a series of engaging discussions and conversations between writers and social commentators in our auditorium.
Join us for the return of Writers Lounge – a series of engaging discussions and conversations between writers and social commentators in our auditorium.
Join us for the return of Writers Lounge – a series of engaging discussions and conversations between writers and social commentators in our auditorium.
Join authors Alison Jones and Kuni Kaa Jenkins in conversation with Hirini Kaa as they explore the action-packed life of Tuai, who not only travelled across the world, but across cultures.
Join us for the return of Writers Lounge – a series of engaging discussions and conversations between writers and social commentators in our auditorium.
Join us for the return of Writers Lounge – a series of engaging discussions and conversations between writers and social commentators in our auditorium.
Writer, editor and curator and author of the book Bloomsbury South: The Arts in Christchurch 1933–53, Peter Simpson discusses the work of the artist Leo Bensemann that features in the collection exhibition Earthly Visions.
Join us for the return of Writers Lounge – a series of engaging discussions and conversations between writers and social commentators in our auditorium.
Celebrating one of NZ’s most precious marine environments, policy director of the Environmental Defence Society and author of The Story of the Hauraki Gulf, Raewyn Peart chronicles the story of the gulf—from its discovery by Polynesian navigators to recent efforts to repair the damage done by centuries of settlement.
Every ten years, art lovers from all over the world flock to Europe during the summer months to visit Art Basel (Basel, Switzerland), Venice Biennale (Italy) and documenta (Kassel, Germany). Author Skadi Heckmueller will share her insights and insider on how best to combine a visit of all three events.
Meet Assistant Curator and author of Freedom & Structure: Cubism and New Zealand Art 1930–1960 Julia Waite for a talk on how John Weeks, Louise Henderson and Colin McCahon engaged with cubist principles.
In this spellbinding romp and interpretation of Lewis Carroll’s other, darker wonderland, Dunedin author and illustrator David Elliot leads us through the world of the Snark – and the 'true' story and tragic aftermath of the expedition that discovered the Snark and the Jabberwocky.
In a follow-up to The Art of War: New Zealand War Artists in the Field 1939-1945, author and publisher Jenny Haworth has launched Behind The Twisted Wire. In it she draws together the stories and paintings of professional and amateur artists who recorded their often grim experiences during World War I.
Skadi Heckmueller, author of Private: A guide to personal art collections in Australia and New Zealand, will reveal some of Australasia’s most intriguing private contemporary art collections.
Join esteemed New Zealand writer Peter Simpson who will speak in conversation with Julia Waite, Curator New Zealand art, about his latest book, the sequel – COLIN MCCAHON: IS THIS THE PROMISED LAND? VOL.2 1960–1987.
The moving tribute and 2009 television documentary Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak was directed by Spike Jonze and Lance Bangs, and combines photos, illustrations and interviews to give an intimate glimpse into the beloved children’s author.
This is the incredible story of Gabriel García Márquez — 'Gabo' to all of Latin America — winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize for Literature, author of the globally popular masterpiece One Hundred Years of Solitude, and the most popular and perhaps best writer in Spanish since Cervantes.
Not only is Night Will Fall an imprtant document but it is also unique in having Alfred Hitchcock and producer Sidney Bernstein collaborate on what may be the only documentary Hitchcock was involved in.
Inspired by the visit of Pope John Paul II to Uruguay in 1988, The Pope’s Toilet cloaks religious critique in the scrappy tempo of irremediable poverty and irrepressible enterprise.
This is the incredible story of Gabriel García Márquez — 'Gabo' to all of Latin America — winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize for Literature, author of the globally popular masterpiece One Hundred Years of Solitude, and the most popular and perhaps best writer in Spanish since Cervantes.
Free entry with ticket to Frances Hodgkins: European Journeys exhibition
As part of the opening week programme, exhibition curator Mary Kisler and art historian Frances Spalding will talk about the new exhibition Frances Hodgkins: European Journeys. Following the talk, there will be a book signing with Mary and Frances at the Gallery shop from 3–3.30pm.
When Parisian Louise Henderson emigrated to Aotearoa in 1925, she quickly established herself as a central figure in the local art scene. Henderson was by far the only successful foreign artist in this country, as art historian, Leonard Bell illustrates beautifully in his 2017 book Strangers Arrive: Emigrés and the Arts in New Zealand, 1930-1980.
Taking the format of the BBC Radio 4 show Desert Island Discs curator and writer Susan Bright’s talk will take eight images that have influenced her thinking and approach to photography.
Join us for a special lecture from New York based arts writer and author, Maura Reilly who will discuss the ethical challenges facing art museums globally.
In conjunction with Alliance Française Auckland we are pleased to screen a compilation of short films courtesy of the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival – the world's leading film festival dedicated to short films.
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