Join Assistant Curator Emma Jameson to look at the influence of classical mythology and the imagined past on Frederic Leighton’s illustrations for George Eliot’s novel Romola.
Join Dr Peter Gilderdale, Acting HOD of Communication Design at AUT, for an illustrated overview of 19th century illustration, with a particular focus on the contextual, conceptual and craft-related issues that shaped illustration’s complicated relationship with art.
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.
Let celebrated writer and curator Justin Paton take you on a visual journey through the landscape of Aotearoa New Zealand, as Colin McCahon loved and painted it. With this talk, we celebrate Paton’s landmark new book McCahon Country, published in association with Penguin Random House on the 100th anniversary of McCahon's birth.
Join Assistant Curator Emma Jameson for a tour of her new exhibition An Overture to the Text which provides an in-depth investigation into a series of illustrations, analysing their visual features and what these communicate.
AUT Universty Senior Lecturer Miriam Harris places the illustrations of the great 19th century French political commentator, Honoré Daumier in context with the work of other caricaturists.
The moving tribute and 2009 television documentary Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak was directed by Spike Jonze and Lance Bangs, and combines photos, illustrations and interviews to give an intimate glimpse into the beloved children’s author.
Painting conservator, Genevieve Silvester gives an illustrated talk on a special Frances Hodgkins painting restoration project that she undertook as part of her recent internship at Auckland Art Gallery.
Auckland Festival of Photography presents an illustrated talk by Malaysian born, London based freelance photographer Steven V-L Lee who began his began his photographic career as a documentary and travel photographer in the late 1990s.
Professor of Film Studies and former Head of the Italian Department at the University of Auckland, Laurence Simmons gives an illustrated talk in the exhibition on the popular spectacles, street festivals and drama that were an integral part of Florentine life during the Renaissance and Baroque periods.
President of the New Zealand Society of Genealogists, Robyn Williams gives an illustrated talk on how to research your family history – where to start, how to collect information, verify what you find and importantly, how to record the rich oral histories from your living ancestors.
Auckland Festival of Photography presents an illustrated talk by Ingetje Tadros (Western Australia). Ingetje discusses her award-winning ongoing and important work, This Is My Country which documents the complexities of race and culture of Australia’s indigenous people.
New Zealand sculptor, carver, illustrator and tā moko artist Rangi Kipa (Taranaki, Te Atiawa Nui Tonu, Ngāti Maniapoto) will demonstrate the art of Māori tattoo or tā moko.
New Zealand sculptor, carver, illustrator and tā moko artist Rangi Kipa (Taranaki, Te Atiawa Nui Tonu, Ngāti Maniapoto) will demonstrate the art of Māori tattoo or tā moko.
Join Dr Erin Griffey, Associate Professor, Art History at the University of Auckland, for an illustrated overview of key female nudes from Renaissance and Baroque art, which are then compared with contemporary nudes in the exhibition by artists such as Sarah Lucas and Cindy Sherman.
Innovative, functional and pioneering – Danish design has consistently been at the vanguard of design and has become a bench mark of the modern home.
Join Emma Jameson, co-ordinating curator for Denmark Design for an illustrated introduction to our stunning new exhibition as she explores the makers, the ideologies and the social contexts from which some of most archetypal domestic designs have developed.
Join Assistant Curator Emma Jameson for an illustrated talk about how the artists Odilon Redon, Rembrandt, William Blake, Henry Fuseli, Francisco Goya and Eugène Delacroix reacted against social upheaval to express inner worlds immersed in the shadow of reason.
Join Dr Natalie Bell for an illustrated overview that includes key portraits from the Renaissance, as well comparative material from The Corsini Collectionand gain a fascinating insight into the role of women during this period.
Auckland Festival of Photography presents an illustrated talk by Alejandro Chaskielberg, an independent photographer, videographer and teacher who has established a worldwide reputation for his innovative vision and sensibility that crosses the boundaries between document and art.
Join artist and maker Rangi Kipa (Te Ātiawa) and Curator Māori Art Nigel Borell for a discussion on the adornment practices found in Gottfried Lindauer’s Māori portraits.
This event showcases The New Zealand Institute of Professional Photography (NZIPP) and includes an illustrated presentation of the Iris Awards and the annual Infocus event. There will be presentations by some of NZIPP's leading photographers as well as a panel discussion on the changing dynamic of the photographic industry in today’s market.
Join Dr Xuelin Zhou (Senior Lecturer, School of Film, Television and Media Studies, University of Auckland) for an illustrated lecture on the representation of women in Chinese film.
Painting conservator, Genevieve Silvester gives an illustrated talk on a special Frances Hodgkins painting restoration project that she undertook as part of her internship at Auckland Art Gallery in 2015.
Dr Rick Weiss, Senior Lecturer, School of Art History, Classics and Religious Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, presents a lecture on Ramayana.
Join Dr Robin Woodward, Senior Lecturer Art History, University of Auckland as she discusses how the classical ideal of the nude maintained its hold over 19th century Western art. This was soon to be thrown out in the early part of the 20th century by a young Spaniard painting in Paris.
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.
Freelance writer and curator Francis McWhannell presents an illustrated talk on artworks with religious themes produced during the Italian Renaissance and Baroque periods, taking cues from the exhibition The Corsini Collection: A Window on Renaissance Florence.
On the final day of The Story of Rama, Dr Vijay Kumar Mathur and Mr Kamlesh Kumar Sharma from the National Museum, New Delhi present an illustrated talk on the fundamentals of Indian art and Ramayana in Indian miniature paintings.
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