This is the first in a series of public forums over 2016 organised by Auckland Art Gallery to aid dialogue on topical questions for contemporary art and culture.
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.
Associate Professor Linda Tyler introduces new exhibition Manifesto, exploring the words and sentiments of the powerful historical statements by artists referred to in the exhibition.
Join artist and Pacific Sisters’ member Suzanne Tamaki and New Zealand Fashion Museum director Doris de Pont for a VIP, early-morning tour of the exhibition Pacific Sisters: He Toa Tāera | Fashion Activists.
Curator, Māori Art, Nigel Borell is joined by artist and Kaihautu Toi Māori – Director of Māori Arts Massey University Ngatai Taepa for a tour of new exhibition Wi Taepa: A Retrospective.
Last year while based in Athens for documenta 14, Laura Preston began a conversation with Wystan Curnow about the relationship of art and place. In Auckland, they continue this discussion by reviewing a number of recent exhibitions, both in Europe and in Aotearoa New Zealand, to consider the importance of art criticism and the issues of writing about art.
Fashion Design students from AUT University's School of Art & Design present their response to current exhibitions, Yang Fudong: Filmscapes, and Freedom and Structure: Cubism and New Zealand Art.
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.
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Design expert and writer Dr Christopher Thompson takes us on a tour of Denmark Design discussing and contextualising some key objects in the exhibition.
Curated by Natasha Conland, our new exhibition, Honestly Speaking: The Word, The Body and the Internetpresents works from a select group of contemporary artists who explore motifs of the body and text in our current age as a response to the predominance of image culture. Join Natasha for a tour through this insightful and engaging exhibition.
A documentary that chronicles artist and activist Ai Weiwei as he prepares for a series of exhibitions and gets into an incresing number of clashes with the Chinese government.
Join Curator, Māori Art, Nigel Borell for a Matariki-themed walkthrough of the Gallery’s current exhibitions. Nigel will look at the work of Wi Taepa, and the recent installation of works by Māori sculptors and painters in Radical Beginnings.
Taking inspiration from the exhibitions History Sees Division and X Marks the Spot: Histories Negotiated, participants will explore various print-making techniques to produce their own ‘news’ images inspired by the world they see.
The first Saturday of every month is our NZSL-interpreted Family Drop in! Create art inspired by exhibitions currently on display in the Gallery – join anytime and stay as long as you like.
Join writer, editor, critic, curator and former academic, Peter Simpson for his insight into the work produced by Colin McCahon on his arrival in Auckland in 1953.
Don’t miss this final opportunity to join Julia Waite, our curator of New Zealand Art, as she leads a tour around the exhibition Louise Henderson: From Life as part of the exhibition’s closing weekend programmes.
Taking inspiration from the exhibitions History Sees Division and X Marks the Spot: Histories Negotiated, participants will explore various print-making techniques to produce their own ‘news’ images inspired by the world they see.
Create art together with the whole family during these free sessions inspired by exhibitions currently on display. Join us any time between 1–3pm and stay for as long – or as short – as you want.
Create art together with the whole family during these free sessions inspired by exhibitions currently on display. Join us any time between 1–3pm and stay for as long – or as short – as you want.
Join Anna Miles at her gallery for a talk about the current exhibition featuring the work of Adrienne Vaughan – an artist whose work was recently exhibited in Necessary Distraction: A Painting Show here at Auckland Art Gallery.
On the final weekend of A Place to Paint: Colin McCahon in Auckland, exhibition curator Ron Brownson will join artist Emily Karaka for a conversation to mark the closing of this celebrated exhibition with Andy Leleisi’uao in support.
Enjoy an after hours talk 'Flawed words and stubborn sounds' by visiting US artist Matt Saunders, who is in the country as international guest and external examiner for the July MFA seminar at Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design.
Don’t miss this opportunity to hear Michael Stevenson in conversation with Natasha Conland, Curator, Contemporary Art, on the opening weekend of his new exhibition Serene Velocity in Practice: MC510/CS183.
Create art together with the whole family during these free sessions inspired by exhibitions currently on display. Join us any time between 1–3pm and stay for as long – or as short – as you want.
Hear from Clare McIntosh, Gallery Editor, about the fascinating world of art publishing. Gain insights and hear what it takes to take a publication from its conception to print.
Michael Hall's work focuses specifically on exploring the human impact on the environment. He is currently undertaking an extensive project to document the causes and effects of our changing climate as personal exploration and to improve ecological awareness around the world.
Create art together with the whole family during these free sessions inspired by exhibitions currently on display. Join us any time between 1–3pm and stay for as long – or as short – as you want.
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.
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