To celebrate the final day of Frances Hodgkins: European Journeys, join Senior Curator, International Art, Mary Kisler, former Research Library Manager, Catherine Hammond and Principal Conservator, Sarah Hillary for an in-depth look at the lengthy and dedicated journey they had to take in order to create this landmark exhibition.
We invite all Members to come to the Preview of Frances Hodgkins: European Journeys on Friday 3 May. This major exhibition traces Hodgkins’ creative and peripatetic life, from her upbringing in Dunedin, through France, Morocco and Spain to her final days in England, examining the influence of location on her development as a modernist painter and the notion of travel and journeying as a source of artistic inspiration.
Grab your friends and head to Art After Hours – a special, one-off evening of food, drinks, art and entertainment inspired by our major exhibition, Frances Hodgkins: European Journeys.
This workshop is inspired by collection exhibition To All New Arrivals which features artworks by which features artworks by Christine Hellyar, John Vea John Pule, Mark Adams and more.
This workshop is inspired by collection exhibition To All New Arrivals which features artworks by which features artworks by Christine Hellyar, John Vea John Pule, Mark Adams and more.
Join us at for an evening 'in conversation' with fashion designer Karen Walker and artist Ann Shelton. Two inspiring women who will share their journey in the world of art, design, and fashion.
Join Senior Curator Ron Brownson for a talk on To All New Arrivals. Voyaging is a common theme expressed by artists over time. Discover how concepts of exploration, arrival and placemaking have shaped artistic production, and experience – through To All New Arrivals – the different expectations and realities of journeying.
Hope is a French drama that follows Léonard on his clandestine journey from Cameroon to Europe through the Sahara desert where he meets Hope, a Nigerian girl who's following the same dream.
An emotive journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy, whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew.
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.
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.
Our North Atrium will be ringing to the sound of wood carving for the final week of Toi Tū Toi Ora. Watch and learn about toi whakairo with these students from Auckland University as they embark on their own creative learning journey.
Free entry with ticket to Frances Hodgkins: European Journeys exhibition
As part of the opening week programme, exhibition curator Mary Kisler and art historian Frances Spalding will talk about the new exhibition Frances Hodgkins: European Journeys. Following the talk, there will be a book signing with Mary and Frances at the Gallery shop from 3–3.30pm.
Drawing from over 500 hours of archival footage, much of it previously unseen, Apocalypse: WWI traces the journeys of civilians and soldiers who fought for survival in one of the darkest times in history.
Drawing from over 500 hours of archival footage, much of it previously unseen, Apocalypse: WWI traces the journeys of civilians and soldiers who fought for survival in one of the darkest times in history.
Drawing from over 500 hours of archival footage, much of it previously unseen, Apocalypse: WWI traces the journeys of civilians and soldiers who fought for survival in one of the darkest times in history.
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.
Auckland Art Gallery Membership has partnered with The University of Auckland Public Programmes to provide a unique perspective on avant-garde Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama.
Auckland Art Gallery Membership has partnered with The University of Auckland Public Programmes to provide a unique perspective on avant-garde Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama during Creative Week on Campus 2018.
Sculpture/vacuum formed moulds made from styrene and finished with Resene acrylic paint (Black Jaquar)
Size (h x w)
9600 x 3600 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased with support from Andrew and Jenny Smith, Rose Dunn and other donors of the Auckland Art Gallery Foundation, 2022
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