The streets of the world's most notorious slum, Rio de Janeiro's City of God, are a place where combat photographers fear to tread, police rarely go and residents are lucky if they live to the age of 20.
Senior Lecturer Leonel Alvarado discusses how tango and bolero reflect the changes that cities like Buenos Aires and Mexico City were undergoing from the end of the 19th century to the first half of the 20th century and the way tango and bolero were transformed throughout that century
Join Aaron Lister, co-curator of the upcoming City Gallery Wellington exhibition Theo Schoon: Split Level View Finder, as he discusses the highly productive, yet equally fractious, relationship between Gordon Walters and Dutch émigré artist Theo Schoon.
Please join us for a one-off screening of Florence: Days of Destruction, Franco Zeffirelli’s rare documentary of devastation to the city of Florence and the art and cultural history in its museums, archives, and churches.
Join BA Art History Honours student, Annalise Boland for a short talk on the influence of Girolamo Savonarola, the Dominican friar, puritan fanatic and moral dictator of the city of Florence during the mid 1490s, and his influence on Italian artists in The Corsini Collection.
Join Senior Curator, Mackelvie Collection and International Art for a series of short talks on the exhibition, The Corsini Collection: A Window on Renaissance Florence.
Join Hamish Keith, New Zealand art writer and curator, in conversation with Ron Brownson, Senior Curator, New Zealand & Pacific Art as they discuss Keith's time working and curating exhibitions with Colin McCahon at the Auckland City Gallery from 1958 to 1964.
First performed at Auckland City Art Gallery in 1974, Bruce Barber’s Bucket Action, will be re-performed by artist Hannah Valentine in a one-off event as part of the opening weekend programme for Groundswell: Avant-garde Auckland: 1971–1979.
How does art transform our experience of living in an intensely urban setting?
Public Art Project Manager Kim Martinengo gives an insightful talk on placemaking and pop-up art in Tāmaki Makaurau, followed by a guided tour, led by Lucy Moore, of open-air artworks in the area surrounding our Gallery.
Unemployed Antonio Ricci (Lamberto Maggiorani) is elated when he finally finds work hanging posters around war-torn Rome. His wife, Maria (Lianella Carell), sells the family's bed linens to retrieve Antonio's bicycle from the pawnshop so he can take the job. However, disaster strikes when Antonio's bicycle is stolen, and his new job is doomed unless he can find the thief. With the help of his lively son, Bruno (Enzo Staiola), Antonio combs the city, growing increasingly desperate for justice.
The latest recipient of the New Zealand Institute of Architects’ Gold Medal, Stuart Gardyne, will presents an after hours talk at the Gallery about his work.
Grand Budapest Hotel recounts the adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend.
Documentary about the Refettorio Ambrosiano, an extraordinary soup kitchen conceived by renowned Italian chef Massimo Bottura during the Expo 2015 in Milan.
Join Senior Curator, Mackelvie Collection, International Art, for a series of short talks on the exhibition, The Corsini Collection: A Window on Renaissance Florence.
Join Senior Curator, Mackelvie Collection, International Art, for a series of short talks on new exhibition The Corsini Collection: A Window on Renaissance Florence.
Join Auckland Art Gallery Senior Curator Mary Kisler for a three-part course exploring Florentine life through Renaissance and Baroque artworks in The Corsini Collection.
Join Dr Mary Barker for an illustrated talk on the painting The Execution of Savonarola and Two Companions at Piazza della Signoria attributed to a Florentine painter in the style of Francesco Rosselli.
Dick Frizzell will be at our shop on 9 October from 2–3pm for an exclusive Q&A event. You can also buy a copy of the Cooking 4 Change book and have it signed by Frizzell.
As part of the 14th International Documentary Film Festival, Doc Edge in association with RNZ presents a series of documentary screenings at the Gallery.
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