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.
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.
Join Gallery Volunteer Guides and Dante Alighieri students Annemarie Hay and Helen Clark for tour of The Corsini Collection: A Window on Renaissance Florence.
Join BA Art History Honours student, Annalise Boland for a short talk on the influence of Girolamo Savonarola, the Dominican friar, puritan fanatic and moral dictator of the city of Florence during the mid 1490s, and his influence on Italian artists in The Corsini Collection.
Join our special guests from the Corsini family, Contessa Elisabetta Minutoli Tegrimi and Contessa Livia Sanminiatelli Branca in conversation with the Italian ambassador to New Zealand, Fabrizio Marcelli.
Join Senior Curator, Mackelvie Collection, International Art, for a series of short talks on the exhibition, The Corsini Collection: A Window on Renaissance Florence.
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.
Documentary about the Refettorio Ambrosiano, an extraordinary soup kitchen conceived by renowned Italian chef Massimo Bottura during the Expo 2015 in Milan.
Join us for a lecture by Arturo Dell’Acqua Bellavitis, President of the Fondazione Museo del Design at the Triennale di Milano and Professor of Industrial Design at the School of Design at the Politecnico di Milano.
Join Mary Kisler, Senior Curator Mackelvie Collection, International Art, for a tour of her new exhibition which looks at the development of modernism from the early 20th century onwards and its impact on international and New Zealand art.
A tragic love story set at the turn of the millennium in Milan starring Tilda Swinton. The film follows the fall of the haute bourgeoisie due to forces of passion and unconditional love.
On the opening weekend of The Corsini Collection: A Window on Renaissance Florence, join Silvia Contardi from Segafredo Zanetti for a demonstration on making a good coffee at home.
On the opening weekend of The Corsini Collection, enjoy a selection music from the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries with Luca Manghi on flute and David Kelly on harpsicord.
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.
Join us at She Claims: Art Matters, a series of events where you’ll rub elbows with creatives and critics while celebrating the ideas, voices and power of creative women. We kick off this series, just before the 125th anniversary of women’s suffrage in New Zealand, with a conversation between two inspiring women: Auckland Art Gallery Director Rhana Devenport and visual artist Judy Darragh.
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The authors of The Back of the Painting: Secrets and stories from art conservation – Linda Waters, Jenny Sherman and Sarah Hillary – convene for a lively discussion of their new book.
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