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Southern Myths
Southern Myths

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Southern Myths

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Goya: Folly and War
Goya: Folly and War

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Goya: Folly and War

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Battle Cry
Battle Cry

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Battle Cry

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Roberto Matta’s Les Oh! Tomobiles
Roberto Matta’s Les Oh! Tomobiles

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Roberto Matta’s Les Oh! Tomobiles

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Poetic Imaginings: Piranesi's Rome
Poetic Imaginings: Piranesi's Rome

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Poetic Imaginings: Piranesi's Rome

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An Overture to the Text
An Overture to the Text

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An Overture to the Text

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All That Was Solid Melts
All That Was Solid Melts

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All That Was Solid Melts

FREE

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'Create a contemporary etching' for 9–13 year olds
'Create a contemporary etching' for 9–13 year olds

10.30am–3pm

SOLD OUT

Learn to dry-point etch and print in this workshop inspired by The Discerning Eye.

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'Create a contemporary etching' for 9–13 year olds
'Create a contemporary etching' for 9–13 year olds

10.30am–3pm

$36 + booking fee Book now

Learn to dry-point etch and print in this workshop inspired by The Discerning Eye: Collecting Della Bella and Callot.

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'Pattern Poi Etch 2.0' for 9–13 year olds
'Pattern Poi Etch 2.0' for 9–13 year olds

10.30am–3pm

$36 Book now

Back by popular demand! Join artist and educator Ruth Woodbury as we explore artwork in the exhibition Grand Designs. Participants will create an etching print that connects imagery, textures and stories. But first, participants will make and then warm up their wrists with poi!

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'Pattern Poi Etch 2.0' for 9–13 year olds
'Pattern Poi Etch 2.0' for 9–13 year olds

10.30am–3pm

$36 Book now

Back by popular demand! Join artist and educator Ruth Woodbury as we explore artwork in the exhibition Grand Designs. Participants will create an etching print that connects imagery, textures and stories. But first, participants will make and then warm up their wrists with poi!

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Steve Lovett: the Illustrated poems of CP Cavafy by David Hockney
Steve Lovett: the Illustrated poems of CP Cavafy by David Hockney

1pm

Free with exhibition entry

English artist David Hockney, using his experiences from a trip to Beirut in 1966, started a series of simple etchings to illustrate the homoerotic poems by the Alexandria born, Greek poet, CP Cavafy. Join artist, printmaker and art educator Steve Lovett for his response to this now iconic body of work by Hockney.

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Pattern, Poi, Etch for 9–13 year olds
Pattern, Poi, Etch for 9–13 year olds

10.30am–3pm

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Join artist and educator Ruth Woodbury as we explore artwork in the exhibition Adorned Histories

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Pattern, Poi, Etch for 9–13 year olds
Pattern, Poi, Etch for 9–13 year olds

10.30am–3pm

$36 Book now

Join artist and educator Ruth Woodbury as we explore artwork in the exhibition Adorned Histories

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Struan Hamilton: The art of printmaking
Struan Hamilton: The art of printmaking

3pm

Free

Join artist-printmaker Struan Hamilton for an in-house demonstration using a traditional etching press on the printmaking methods used by artists such as Rembrandt, Redon, Goya, and Delacroix who feature in the exhibition A night without stars: the interior worlds of Redon and The Romantics.

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Gavin Ellis: Power and pictures – some things never change
Gavin Ellis: Power and pictures – some things never change

1pm

Free

Join Dr Gavin Ellis, media commentator and lecturer in media and communications, as he compares the works of Callot and Della Bella with modern examples of a word that first appeared in 1622 – propaganda.

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Pou Aho – Pillars of light with Maureen Lander, Israel Tangaroa Birch and Robert Jahnke
Pou Aho – Pillars of light with Maureen Lander, Israel Tangaroa Birch and Robert...

12.30-2pm

FREE

Join artists Maureen Lander, Israel Tangaroa Birch and Robert Jahnke in Te Pō - the perpetual night, of the landmark exhibition Toi Tū Toi Ora in this artist floortalk. Join artists Maureen Lander, Israel Tangaroa Birch and Robert Jahnke in Te Pō - the perpetual night, of the landmark exhibition Toi Tū Toi Ora in this artist floortalk. 

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Members Preview: All That Was Solid Melts
Members Preview: All That Was Solid Melts

5–9pm

FREE (Members only)

We welcome Gallery Members to attend the preview of All That Was Solid Melts on Friday 4 June. The exhibition will be open exclusively to Members from 5–9pm. Join the Membership team and Senior Curator Global Contemporary Art, Juliana Engberg in the café, for a glass of wine and a chance to meet other art lovers (nibbles provided).

Please present your membership card at the front desk to receive a wristband for entry. 

Members Preview: All That Was Solid Melts

5–9pm

FREE (Members only)

Artworks

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Dedication of Twenty Etchings
Dedication of Twenty Etchings

Percy Thomas

Production date
1872
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
100 x 151 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Mrs Ada Chapman Taylor, 1930
Accession no
1930/4/19
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Dedication of Book of Etchings
Dedication of Book of Etchings

John Mortimer

Production date
1778
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
317 x 223 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1955
Accession no
1955/36/44
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The Edge of Earth
The Edge of Earth

John Drawbridge

Production date
1986
Medium
etchings (trial proofs)
Size (h x w)
543 x 361 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of NZI Corporation, 1986
Accession no
1986/17/10.1-4
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Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Simone Cantarini Guido Reni

Production date
1630-1648
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
223 x 170 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Mr G M Mitford, 1883
Accession no
1883/1/56/2
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Millbank
Millbank

James Whistler

Production date
1861
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
103 x 212 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Mr M Harrison, 1977
Accession no
1977/21
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Justus Sustermans
Justus Sustermans

Anthony van Dyck

Production date
early 1630s
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
361 x 263 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1981
Accession no
1981/50/52
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Disasters of War - after Goya, drawings towards etchings - 18, Crash
Disasters of War - after Goya, drawings towards etchings - 18, Crash

Max Gimblett

Production date
2005
Medium
pencil, ink, acrylic polymer, mica, silver leaf, shellac on Lana Aquarelle French Hot Press mould made paper
Size (h x w)
762 x 572 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Max Gimblett and Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, through the Auckland Art Gallery Foundation, 2008
Accession no
2008/6/33
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Veduta della fonte e delle spelonche d'Egeria fuor della Porta Capena or di S. Sebastiano. (The fountain and grotto of Egeria outside the Porta Capena).
Veduta della fonte e delle spelonche d'Egeria fuor della Porta Capena or di S. S...

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Production date
1766
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
405 x 690 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982
Accession no
M1982/1/4/87
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Saint George and the Dragon
Saint George and the Dragon

Wenceslaus Hollar Albrecht Dürer

Production date
1642
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
77 x 65 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982
Accession no
M1982/1/3/18
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Près du moulin (Near the Windmill)
Près du moulin (Near the Windmill)

Alphonse Legros

Production date
1855-1911
Medium
drypoint
Size (h x w)
201 x 270 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1981
Accession no
1981/50/81
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Planches de Salut (Long planks to salvation)
Planches de Salut (Long planks to salvation)

Louis Marcoussis

Production date
1931
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
200 x 236 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1973
Accession no
1973/26
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Saint Christopher
Saint Christopher

Wenceslaus Hollar Albrecht Dürer

Production date
1642
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
75 x 60 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982
Accession no
M1982/1/3/17
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Crucifixion
Crucifixion

Wenceslaus Hollar Albrecht Dürer

Production date
1642
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
75 x 58 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982
Accession no
M1982/1/3/16
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Negre portant une valise (Negro carrying a case)
Negre portant une valise (Negro carrying a case)

Georges Rouault

Production date
1928
Medium
etching and aquatint
Size (h x w)
216 x 301 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1972
Accession no
1972/22/3
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Wesel
Wesel

Wenceslaus Hollar

Production date
circa 1635
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
60 x 94 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982
Accession no
M1982/1/3/65
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Zuyder Zee
Zuyder Zee

Wenceslaus Hollar

Production date
circa 1635
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
60 x 93 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982
Accession no
M1982/1/3/68
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A Pastoral
A Pastoral

J A Poulter

Production date
1881
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
275 x 382 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Mrs Ada Chapman Taylor, 1930
Accession no
1930/4/45
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Le Départ de L'Etoile. [The Star's Departure].
Le Départ de L'Etoile. [The Star's Departure].

Jean Forain

Production date
circa 1876
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
303 x 224 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1971
Accession no
1971/14/2
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"Iroquois" Winner of the Derby
"Iroquois" Winner of the Derby

Percy Thomas

Production date
1881
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
185 x 253 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Mrs Ada Chapman Taylor, 1930
Accession no
1930/4/39
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Jason and the dragon
Jason and the dragon

Salvator Rosa

Production date
circa 1663-circa 1664
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
340 x 217 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1980
Accession no
1980/42/3
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Disasters of War - after Goya, drawings towards etchings - 7, Mirrors
Disasters of War - after Goya, drawings towards etchings - 7, Mirrors

Max Gimblett

Production date
2005
Medium
pencil, ink, mica, silver leaf, shellac on Lana Aquarelle French Hot Press mould made paper
Size (h x w)
572 x 762 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Max Gimblett and Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, through the Auckland Art Gallery Foundation, 2008
Accession no
2008/6/31
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Disasters of War - after Goya, drawings towards etchings - 30, Memory
Disasters of War - after Goya, drawings towards etchings - 30, Memory

Max Gimblett

Production date
2005
Medium
pencil, ink, acrylic polymer, mica on Lana Aquarelle French Hot Press mould made paper
Size (h x w)
762 x 572 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Max Gimblett and Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, through the Auckland Art Gallery Foundation, 2008
Accession no
2008/6/35
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Landscape with a lute player in a boat
Landscape with a lute player in a boat

Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi

Production date
1630-1680
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
345 x 475 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Peter Tomory Collection, purchased 2004
Accession no
2004/30/77
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Jealous monster
Jealous monster

John Mortimer

Production date
1778
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
280 x 180 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1982
Accession no
1982/39/1
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Cologne
Cologne

Wenceslaus Hollar

Production date
circa 1635
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
60 x 93 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982
Accession no
M1982/1/3/63
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Düren: The Philippstor
Düren: The Philippstor

Wenceslaus Hollar

Production date
circa 1635
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
60 x 94 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982
Accession no
M1982/1/3/64
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Zuyder Zee
Zuyder Zee

Wenceslaus Hollar

Production date
circa 1635
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
60 x 93 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982
Accession no
M1982/1/3/67
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Koblenz
Koblenz

Wenceslaus Hollar

Production date
1635
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
59 x 93 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982
Accession no
M1982/1/3/60
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Delfshaven
Delfshaven

Wenceslaus Hollar

Production date
circa 1635
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
75 x 107 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982
Accession no
M1982/1/3/66
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Seascape
Seascape

Wenceslaus Hollar

Production date
circa 1635
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
60 x 93 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982
Accession no
M1982/1/3/69
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Veduta di Piazza Navona sopra le rovine del Circo Agonale  (View of Piazza Navona above the ruins of the Circus Agonalis [Circus of Domitian])
Veduta di Piazza Navona sopra le rovine del Circo Agonale (View of Piazza Navon...

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Production date
circa 1750
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
489 x 710 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Peter Tomory Collection, purchased 2004
Accession no
2004/30/86
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Cologne
Cologne

Wenceslaus Hollar

Production date
circa 1635
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
60 x 94 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982
Accession no
M1982/1/3/62
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Disasters of War - after Goya, drawings towards etchings - 2, Eagle Down
Disasters of War - after Goya, drawings towards etchings - 2, Eagle Down

Max Gimblett

Production date
2005
Medium
pencil, ink, palladium leaf, silver leaf, lacquer on Lana Aquarelle French Hot Press mould made paper
Size (h x w)
572 x 762 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Max Gimblett and Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, through the Auckland Art Gallery Foundation, 2008
Accession no
2008/6/30
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Drachenfels
Drachenfels

Wenceslaus Hollar

Production date
circa 1635
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
60 x 93 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982
Accession no
M1982/1/3/61
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The Arch with a Shell Ornament
The Arch with a Shell Ornament

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Production date
1770s
Medium
etching, engraving and drypoint
Size (h x w)
405 x 548 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2022
Accession no
M2022/25
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