Join Curator, Contemporary Art Natasha Conland on a tour of our vibrant new exhibition Colour is an Abstraction drawn from the Gallery’s international contemporary collection.
Travel back in time! Let the amazing frames of the artworks in The Corsini Collection inspire you to design and create your own exquisite portrait frame. Explore the patterns, colours and textures of the Corsini frames and start creating!
Travel back in time! Let the amazing frames of the artworks in The Corsini Collection inspire you to design and create your own exquisite portrait frame. Explore the patterns, colours and textures of the Corsini frames and start creating!
A presentation of recent work by AUT Communication Design students that will make you re-examine the influence that packaging and marketing has on our selection of products.
The international paintings in the new exhibition Colour Is an Abstraction will be the inspiration for this fun and innovative workshop. Participants will explore various paint and print techniques with a focus on colour, these will then be used to construct a sculpture.
Join us to celebrate the opening day of our exciting interactive Todd Foundation Creative Learning Centre project by Auckland-based artist Sara Hughes, All My Favourite Shapes.
Auckland Art Gallery, in partnership with Alliance Française Auckland, is pleased to offer you free animated short film screenings, for children and adults, over the September school holidays.
Auckland Art Gallery, in partnership with Alliance Française Auckland, is pleased to offer you free animated short film screenings, for children and adults, over the September school holidays.
At this workshop, artist and maker Vita Cochran will respond to the exhibition Louise Henderson: From Life, by teaching you how to make a hooked rug from old woollen garments and fabric. Curator, New Zealand Art, Julia Waite will introduce the workshop with a talk on Louise Henderson’s colourful, boldly geometric works and love for crafts and textiles.
$12.50 Members and Members guests*, $25 non-Members, *In combination with a valid guest pass only Buy tickets
Join us for a series of film screenings about the fascinating fashion industry introduced by fashion expert Angela Lassig, who puts modern-day haute couture and street apparel into historic perspective.
Big Day Art: Calling the World provides an opportunity for families to experience Auckland Art Gallery and immerse themselves in a celebration of artistic experience and creativity. See, do, listen, move, make and share – become creative agents and explorers. Join us in celebrating Matariki and our New Zealand landscape and explore what it means to discover, journey and adventure through a series of hands-on activities and workshops.
During the Taliban regime, photography was illegal in Afghanistan. When the regime fell from power in 2001, a fledgling free press emerged and a photographic revolution was born. Now, as foreign troops and media withdraw, Afghanistan is left to stand on its own, and so are its journalists.
Artists Natalie Robertson and Gabriel Rossell-Santillán will present their works and develop a common discussion ground about their learning experiences, challenges and strategies of and working experiences with their ancestral histories.
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.
Please note: This event was originally scheduled for Sunday 17 October. It will now go ahead on Sunday 28 November (restrictions allowing) and ticket holders have been contacted directly.
Join contemporary embroidery artist Fleur Woods for a fun and relaxing day of creative stitch in the Members Lounge. After a long winter, find your zen immersed in creativity and explore texture, fibres and colour. Fleur will support you to set your creativity free and make your own design using traditional and self-taught methods.
Adults $10; Concessions $7.50 Members and children 12 &under FREE
Book a group of friends or workmates for a bespoke tour of the exhibition Louise Henderson: From Life and gain new insights into one of New Zealand’s most dynamic artists.
Join Professor Laurence Simmons for a lecture discussing the importance of intuition, chance, randomness, colour, sensuality and mysticism for Gordon Walters and will seek to demonstrate the active participation in a varied cultural history that lies beneath his work.
Join us for a panel discussion around the opportunities and concerns for New Zealand women artists in the 21st century inspired by the work of Anne McCahon.
Join us on Waitangi Day for a conversation with acclaimed artist, Emily Karaka, in the presence of her powerful, exuberantly-coloured paintings currently on display as part of Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art.
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