Exhibitions

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Aperture
Aperture

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Aperture

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From French Chateau to Kauri Canopy: The Gallery’s Architecture
From French Chateau to Kauri Canopy: The Gallery’s Architecture

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Beginnings: Auckland Art Gallery 1888–1938
Beginnings: Auckland Art Gallery 1888–1938

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Beginnings: Auckland Art Gallery 1888–1938

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Victorian Auckland: Photographs by John Fields
Victorian Auckland: Photographs by John Fields

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Victorian Auckland: Photographs by John Fields

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Other People Think: Auckland’s Contemporary International Collection
Other People Think: Auckland’s Contemporary International Collection

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Wavelength
Wavelength

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Wavelength

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Being Modern: Auckland Art Gallery in the 1950s and 1960s
Being Modern: Auckland Art Gallery in the 1950s and 1960s

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Being Modern: Auckland Art Gallery in the 1950s and 1960s

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Degas to Dalí
Degas to Dalí

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Degas to Dalí

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Brian Brake: Lens on the world
Brian Brake: Lens on the world

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Brian Brake: Lens on the world

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Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera: Art and Life in Modern Mexico
Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera: Art and Life in Modern Mexico

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Adults $24.50, Concessions $19.50, Members and children 12 & under FREE

Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera: Art and Life in Modern Mexico

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Adults $24.50, Concessions $19.50, Members and children 12 & under FREE

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He Hītori mō ngā Whakaaturanga Whakatōpū Toi Māori o Nāianei: A History of Contemporary Māori Art Survey Exhibitions
He Hītori mō ngā Whakaaturanga Whakatōpū Toi Māori o Nāianei: A History of Conte...

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Call Waiting: A Celebration of the NEW Gallery 1995-2011
Call Waiting: A Celebration of the NEW Gallery 1995-2011

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Call Waiting: A Celebration of the NEW Gallery 1995-2011

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John Ward Knox: Hardly Held Lightly
John Ward Knox: Hardly Held Lightly

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John Ward Knox: Hardly Held Lightly

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Declaration: A Pacific Feminist Agenda
Declaration: A Pacific Feminist Agenda

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Declaration: A Pacific Feminist Agenda

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Billy Apple®: The Artist Has to Live Like Everybody Else
Billy Apple®: The Artist Has to Live Like Everybody Else

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Billy Apple®: The Artist Has to Live Like Everybody Else

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Groundswell: Avant-Garde Auckland 1971–79
Groundswell: Avant-Garde Auckland 1971–79

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Groundswell: Avant-Garde Auckland 1971–79

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Robin White: Te Whanaketanga | Something is Happening Here
Robin White: Te Whanaketanga | Something is Happening Here

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Yona Lee: An Arrangement for 5 Rooms
Yona Lee: An Arrangement for 5 Rooms

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Yona Lee: An Arrangement for 5 Rooms

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Tate & Us
Tate & Us

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Tate & Us

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Angels & Aristocrats: Early European Art in New Zealand Public Collections
Angels & Aristocrats: Early European Art in New Zealand Public Collections

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Enduring Nature: Hoki Atu Hoki Mai
Enduring Nature: Hoki Atu Hoki Mai

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Enduring Nature: Hoki Atu Hoki Mai

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John Reynolds: The Violet Hour
John Reynolds: The Violet Hour

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John Reynolds: The Violet Hour

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Alicia Frankovich | AQI2020
Alicia Frankovich | AQI2020

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Alicia Frankovich | AQI2020

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Denmark Design
Denmark Design

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Denmark Design

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The 2nd Auckland Triennial: PUBLIC/PRIVATE Tumatanui/Tumataiti
The 2nd Auckland Triennial: PUBLIC/PRIVATE Tumatanui/Tumataiti

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Towards Auckland: Colin McCahon the Gallery Years
Towards Auckland: Colin McCahon the Gallery Years

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Towards Auckland: Colin McCahon the Gallery Years

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The 4th Auckland Triennial: Last Ride in a Hot Air Balloon
The 4th Auckland Triennial: Last Ride in a Hot Air Balloon

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The 4th Auckland Triennial: Last Ride in a Hot Air Balloon

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The 5th Auckland Triennial: If you were to live here...
The 5th Auckland Triennial: If you were to live here...

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The 5th Auckland Triennial: If you were to live here...

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The Walters Prize 2016
The Walters Prize 2016

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The Walters Prize 2016

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The 3rd Auckland Triennial: turbulence
The 3rd Auckland Triennial: turbulence

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The 3rd Auckland Triennial: turbulence

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Events

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Cubism cubed for 6–8 year olds
Cubism cubed for 6–8 year olds

10.30am–12.30pm

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Experiment with sculpture in this hands-on workshop inspired by Cubism and the exhibition Freedom and Structure. Work with a variety of materials to build, collage and construct your very own artwork to take home.

Cubism cubed for 6–8 year olds

10.30am–12.30pm

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Exhibiting architecture symposium
Exhibiting architecture symposium

1pm

Free

During the Festival of Architecture, and to coincide with the showing of Future Islands at Objectspace, The New Zealand Institute of Architects (NZIA) is running an afternoon event focusing on the issue of exhibiting architecture.

Exhibiting architecture symposium

1pm

Free

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Cubism cubed for 6–8 year olds
Cubism cubed for 6–8 year olds

10.30am–12.30pm

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Experiment with sculpture in this hands-on workshop inspired by Cubism and the exhibition Freedom and Structure. Work with a variety of materials to build, collage and construct your very own artwork to take home.

Cubism cubed for 6–8 year olds

10.30am–12.30pm

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SOLD OUT A Family Design Challenge
SOLD OUT A Family Design Challenge

— 2–3.30pm

FREE with exhibition ticket to Denmark Design. FREE for all children 12 and under. Book now

Please note: this event has sold out

Visit our major exhibition Denmark Design and join the coordinating exhibition curator, Emma Jameson for a unique tour especially designed for families and children. Discover the stories behind the objects on display, then take part in a fun, family design challenge using LEGO to build an item inspired by the exhibition.

This event has limited capacity. Please book to secure your spot.
Entry for all children 12 and under is FREE. Entry for adults is FREE with a paid ticket to Denmark Design.

Tickets for Denmark Design can be purchased online or at the Gallery's front desk.

SOLD OUT A Family Design Challenge

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FREE with exhibition ticket to Denmark Design. FREE for all children 12 and under. Book now

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In conversation: Natasha Conland on Groundswell
In conversation: Natasha Conland on Groundswell

12pm

Join Natasha Conland, Curator, Contemporary Art in conversation about Groundswell: Avant-garde Auckland: 1971–1979. 

In conversation: Natasha Conland on Groundswell

12pm

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Audio Described Tour
Audio Described Tour

10:30am-12pm

FREE

Join us for an audio described tour through some of our current exhibitions for blind and low vision patrons. The tour will last 90 minutes and is limited to 15 people.

Audio Described Tour

10:30am-12pm

FREE

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Young Members | Field Trip Te Tuhi Parnell Studios
Young Members | Field Trip Te Tuhi Parnell Studios

6pm–8pm

Members $17 (+ fees) Buy tickets

Come on a field trip to Te Tuhi Studios in the heritage Parnell Station building. Visit the studio of Tira Walsh (Ngāti Wairere, Ngāti Hauā, Tainui) to hear more about the making of the work Urbanize III, 2023 commissioned for Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, and her wider painting practice.

Following the studio visit we will meet the Melbourne-based artist Jacqueline Stojanović and see her first exhibition in Aotearoa at Chez Derriere, in the Parnell Project Space. Chez Derriere is the project of Felixe Laing, the current Te Tuhi curatorial intern. There will be drinks and snacks and the opportunity to meet and mingle with other artists from Te Tuhi Studios. Members can purchase more than one ticket. 

This event is part of our Young Members event programme, for the bold and curious under 40s (and young at heart). Drinks supplied by our partner, Almighty.

Young Members | Field Trip Te Tuhi Parnell Studios

6pm–8pm

Members $17 (+ fees) Buy tickets

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Whānau Lego Construction
Whānau Lego Construction

— 11am – 2pm, every day

FREE

Whānau Lego Construction

— 11am – 2pm, every day

FREE

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Te Haerenga | A conversation with Shane Cotton
Te Haerenga | A conversation with Shane Cotton

12.30–1.30pm

Free, Members only

Honoa ki te hono tawhiti ka kitea ai ki nga ringatoi Māori o enei rā. | Connect to the ancient past and see it through contemporary Māori artists. Journey with the artist, Shane Cotton and Senior Curator of International Art, Sophie Matthiesson as they explore the significance of vessels like the one central to the exhibition design, Te Puawai (pictured). During their midday conversation, they’ll explore the curatorial thinking behind Te Haerenga | The Passage.

Te Haerenga | A conversation with Shane Cotton

12.30–1.30pm

Free, Members only

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Audio described tour for blind and low vision patrons
Audio described tour for blind and low vision patrons

11am—12.30pm

FREE

An audio described tour through some of the Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art for blind and low vision patrons. 

Audio described tour for blind and low vision patrons

11am—12.30pm

FREE

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Yoga and Art Immersion
Yoga and Art Immersion

— Sundays 9am-10am

General admission $18 (+ booking fee), Members $16.20 (+ booking fee) Book now

Yoga and Art Immersion

— Sundays 9am-10am

General admission $18 (+ booking fee), Members $16.20 (+ booking fee) Book now

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BOOKED OUT | Audio described curator’s tour of An Arrangement for 5 Rooms for blind and low vision visitors
BOOKED OUT | Audio described curator’s tour of An Arrangement for 5 Rooms for bl...

10.30am — 12pm

Free - bookings essential Book now

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Audio-described Tour for Blind and Low-vision Visitors. Robin White: Te Whanaketanga | Something Is Happening Here
Audio-described Tour for Blind and Low-vision Visitors. Robin White: Te Whanaket...

10.30am – 12pm

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BOOKED OUT | Audio Described Tour for blind and low vision visitors - Frida Kahlo & Diego Rivera: Art and Life in Modern Mexico
BOOKED OUT | Audio Described Tour for blind and low vision visitors - Frida Kahl...

1–2.30pm

Adult $24.5, Concession $19.5, Members free Book now

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Members Mini-Preview | Robin White: Te Whanaketanga | Something is Happening Here
Members Mini-Preview | Robin White: Te Whanaketanga | Something is Happening Her...

9—10.15am

Free for Members

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The Corsini Collection: Continuing Education Lecture Series
The Corsini Collection: Continuing Education Lecture Series

— 11am –1pm

$150 Members, $190 non-Members Book now

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.

The Corsini Collection: Continuing Education Lecture Series

— 11am –1pm

$150 Members, $190 non-Members Book now

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School Holiday Programmes at the Gallery
School Holiday Programmes at the Gallery

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$80 (+booking fees) per child, per day | $350 (+booking fees) per child, 5 days Book now

School holiday programmes with activities inspired by Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art.

School Holiday Programmes at the Gallery

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SOLD OUT | Fashion Icons: how Mary Quant influenced Kate Sylvester
SOLD OUT | Fashion Icons: how Mary Quant influenced Kate Sylvester

3—4pm

Talk - Standard $15, Talk - Members $13.50 Book now

Celebrate Mary Quant: Fashion Revolutionary with a conversation between Aotearoa New Zealand fashion designer Kate Sylvester and Creative and Fashion Director of Viva Magazine, Dan Ahwa. Following the talk, Members can enjoy an exclusive opportunity to meet Kate Sylvester in the Members Lounge.

SOLD OUT | Fashion Icons: how Mary Quant influenced Kate Sylvester

3—4pm

Talk - Standard $15, Talk - Members $13.50 Book now

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Big Day Art: Calling the World
Big Day Art: Calling the World

10am – 4pm

Free

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. 

Big Day Art: Calling the World

10am – 4pm

Free

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SOLD OUT | Aidan Hart Workshops: Icon Painting
SOLD OUT | Aidan Hart Workshops: Icon Painting

— 9am–5pm

Members $410, Non-Members $465 Book now

Please note: This event has now sold out.

This winter, we are thrilled to be hosting internationally renowned iconographer Aidan Hart for a two-day workshop on the time-honoured practice of icon painting. After creating your own egg tempera paint, you will learn the techniques of traditional iconography and walk away with a unique piece of your own.

SOLD OUT | Aidan Hart Workshops: Icon Painting

— 9am–5pm

Members $410, Non-Members $465 Book now

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January School Holiday Programmes 2022
January School Holiday Programmes 2022

— 9am–3pm

$80 (+booking fees) per child, per day | $350 (+booking fees) per child, 5 days Book now

This January school holidays, the Gallery is proud to bring you a hands-on School Holiday Programme. 

January School Holiday Programmes 2022

— 9am–3pm

$80 (+booking fees) per child, per day | $350 (+booking fees) per child, 5 days Book now

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SOLD OUT| Lecture series: How Frida Kahlo and Mexican Modernism thrived
SOLD OUT| Lecture series: How Frida Kahlo and Mexican Modernism thrived

10am—2.30pm

Members $73, Students $48, Non-members $150 (includes a membership) + booking fees

The series of talks explores the cultural and artistic foundations of modern art in Mexico and provides context to the phenomenon of Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and their artistic circle. Hear from New Zealand-based Mexican academics, along with a leading expert on expatriatism, and deepen your appreciation of the political and artistic environment in post-Revolution Mexico.

SOLD OUT| Lecture series: How Frida Kahlo and Mexican Modernism thrived

10am—2.30pm

Members $73, Students $48, Non-members $150 (includes a membership) + booking fees

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July School Holiday Programmes 2022
July School Holiday Programmes 2022

— 9am–3pm

$80 (+booking fees) per child, per day | $350 (+booking fees) per child, 5 days Book now

This July school holidays, the Gallery is proud to bring you a hands-on School Holiday Programme. 

July School Holiday Programmes 2022

— 9am–3pm

$80 (+booking fees) per child, per day | $350 (+booking fees) per child, 5 days Book now

Artworks

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The Museum, Princes Street
The Museum, Princes Street

Harold Young

Production date
1897
Medium
pen
Size (h x w)
82 x 146 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1936
Accession no
1936/26/29
The Museum, Princes Street

Harold Young

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Invitation card to The Lindauer Art Gallery
Invitation card to The Lindauer Art Gallery

Unknown artist

Production date
circa 1911
Medium
ink on paper, printed
Size (h x w)
60 x 92 mm
Credit line
Partridge Correspondence, E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
RC2009/2/47
Invitation card to The Lindauer Art Gallery

Unknown artist

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Title page to vol. IV, containing bridges, remains of theatres and arcades ... (Tomo quarto contenente i ponti antichi, gli avanzi de'teatri, de'portici ...)
Title page to vol. IV, containing bridges, remains of theatres and arcades ... (...

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Production date
1765
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
400 x 253 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982
Accession no
M1982/1/4/32
Title page to vol. IV, containing bridges, remains of theatres and arcades ... (...

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

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Documentation through Drawing: Demolition at the Auckland Art Gallery (2)
Documentation through Drawing: Demolition at the Auckland Art Gallery (2)

Fiona Connor

Production date
2009
Medium
pencil and watercolour on paper
Size (h x w)
297 x 420 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010
Accession no
2010/15/2
Documentation through Drawing: Demolition at the Auckland Art Gallery (2)

Fiona Connor

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Documentation through Drawing: Demolition at the Auckland Art Gallery (6)
Documentation through Drawing: Demolition at the Auckland Art Gallery (6)

Fiona Connor

Production date
2009
Medium
pencil and watercolour on paper
Size (h x w)
297 x 420 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010
Accession no
2010/15/6
Documentation through Drawing: Demolition at the Auckland Art Gallery (6)

Fiona Connor

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Documentation through Drawing: Demolition at the Auckland Art Gallery (4)
Documentation through Drawing: Demolition at the Auckland Art Gallery (4)

Fiona Connor

Production date
2009
Medium
pencil and watercolour on paper
Size (h x w)
297 x 420 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010
Accession no
2010/15/4.1-2
Documentation through Drawing: Demolition at the Auckland Art Gallery (4)

Fiona Connor

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Documentation through Drawing: Demolition at the Auckland Art Gallery (3)
Documentation through Drawing: Demolition at the Auckland Art Gallery (3)

Fiona Connor

Production date
2009
Medium
pencil and watercolour on paper
Size (h x w)
297 x 420 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010
Accession no
2010/15/3
Documentation through Drawing: Demolition at the Auckland Art Gallery (3)

Fiona Connor

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Documentation through Drawing: Demolition at the Auckland Art Gallery (5)
Documentation through Drawing: Demolition at the Auckland Art Gallery (5)

Fiona Connor

Production date
2009
Medium
pencil and watercolour on paper
Size (h x w)
297 x 420 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010
Accession no
2010/15/5
Documentation through Drawing: Demolition at the Auckland Art Gallery (5)

Fiona Connor

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Documentation through Drawing: Demolition at the Auckland Art Gallery (1)
Documentation through Drawing: Demolition at the Auckland Art Gallery (1)

Fiona Connor

Production date
2009
Medium
pencil and watercolour on paper
Size (h x w)
297 x 420 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010
Accession no
2010/15/1
Documentation through Drawing: Demolition at the Auckland Art Gallery (1)

Fiona Connor

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Documentation through Drawing: Demolition at the Auckland Art Gallery (7)
Documentation through Drawing: Demolition at the Auckland Art Gallery (7)

Fiona Connor

Production date
2009
Medium
pencil and watercolour on paper
Size (h x w)
297 x 420 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010
Accession no
2010/15/7
Documentation through Drawing: Demolition at the Auckland Art Gallery (7)

Fiona Connor

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Pat Hanly Scrapbook
Pat Hanly Scrapbook

Pat Hanly

Production date
1952-1990
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
RC2011/10
Pat Hanly Scrapbook

Pat Hanly

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Colonna Trajana (Trajan's Column)
Colonna Trajana (Trajan's Column)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Production date
circa 1750
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
725 x 510 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982
Accession no
M1982/1/4/30
Colonna Trajana (Trajan's Column)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

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Rock Drop
Rock Drop

Judy Millar

Production date
2017
Medium
wood, digital print on vinyl, synthetic rope
Size (h x w)
6612 x 3007 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, commissioned with support from Auckland Contemporary Art Trust, Auckland City Sculpture Trust and the Auckland Art Gallery Foundation Annual Appeal, 2017
Accession no
2016/31
Rock Drop

Judy Millar

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Fiona Connor Archive
Fiona Connor Archive
Production date
2007-2020
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki (see archive item details for credit lines specific to each deposit)
Accession no
RC2013/4
Fiona Connor Archive
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Partridge Correspondence
Partridge Correspondence
Production date
1896-1930
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
RC2009/2
Partridge Correspondence
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Pat Hanly Scrapbook
Pat Hanly Scrapbook
Production date
1952-1990
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
RC2011/10
Pat Hanly Scrapbook

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Guests of the Artists Speaker Series | Elizabeth Aitken-Rose with Sonya Lacey Image
Guests of the Artists Speaker Series | Elizabeth Aitken-Rose with Sonya Lacey

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Traces through Time: Digitising Archival Exhibition Photographs at the E H McCormick Research Library Image
Traces through Time: Digitising Archival Exhibition Photographs at the E H McCor...

Hélena Lunt

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The Fantastical World of Felix Kelly: A Life and an Archive Image
The Fantastical World of Felix Kelly: A Life and an Archive

Dr Don Bassett

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Max Oettli's Night Beat Image
Max Oettli's Night Beat

Richard Wolfe

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Francis Pound – farewell to a friend Image
Francis Pound – farewell to a friend

Mary Kisler

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Welcome to Auckland Image
Welcome to Auckland

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Curator’s response: Kalisolaite ’Uhila’s Mo’ui Tukuhausia Image
Curator’s response: Kalisolaite ’Uhila’s Mo’ui Tukuhausia

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Robin White colouring competition Image
Robin White colouring competition
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Auckland set to shine for spectacular Light Show Image
Auckland set to shine for spectacular Light Show
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