Theatre of Light featuring recent works from the Good Company Arts' internationally acclaimed repertoire of dance films – part of Tempo Dance Festival and Artweek 2018.
An Iraqi translator for the U.S. military is wrongfully accused of being a double agent, and over the course of his interrogation by the military, his culturally forbidden sexuality comes to light.
Members and guests (with a valid guest pass) $10, non-Members $15 Book now
Please note: This event has now sold out.
The friendship between Ralph Hotere (Te Aupōuri) and Bill Culbert is considered one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most productive artistic partnerships. Spanning more than two decades, their collaboration produced a series of awe-inspiring and provocative installations, which maintain a sense of their respective practices, as well as honouring the creativity of each artist individually. Julia Waite and Nathan Pōhio join forces to discuss the relationship between the two artists and their shared interest in the metaphorical potential of light and darkness.
Bling Bling Toi Marama by Ākau celebrates the rising of Puanga and Matariki – marking the Māori New Year with a community light festival running over four nights on the main street of Kaikohe.
Female subjectivity and feminist narratives inspire Lonnie Hutchinson's unique approach to art-making, while her Māori and Samoan heritage inform her interest in pattern, the play of light and shadow, and the navigation between space and time.
Beautifully filmed by New Zealand nature photographer Richard Sidey over the past decade throughout the Earth’s polar regions, Speechless – The Polar Realm is a non-verbal visual meditation of light, life, loss and wonder at the ends of the globe.
An Iraqi translator for the U.S. military is wrongfully accused of being a double agent, and over the course of his interrogation by the military, his culturally forbidden sexuality comes to light.
Emaki is Daniel Belton and Good Company Arts' latest work featuring Japanese artists. It is a digital picture scroll of dance, sound and light with state of the art technology that connects Asian and South Pacific cultures, reflecting on the poetics of space, nature and art.
Join artists Maureen Lander, Israel Tangaroa Birch and Robert Jahnke in Te Pō - the perpetual night, of the landmark exhibition Toi Tū Toi Ora in this artist floortalk. Join artists Maureen Lander, Israel Tangaroa Birch and Robert Jahnke in Te Pō - the perpetual night, of the landmark exhibition Toi Tū Toi Ora in this artist floortalk.
Venture into Sione Monū and Manuha’apai Vaeatangitau’s sparkling, futuristic world of Kindred: A Leitī Chronicle with an exclusive artists’ kōrero this July.
Sione and Manu will be joined by artist Edith Amituanai, exploring the many threads which come together to form Kindred: A Leitī Chronicle. The kōrero will cover the background and process behind Kindred, as well as the brand-new Members tote bag which features original work from the artists created exclusively for you, our Members. Light refreshments will be available before and after the talk, courtesy of Almighty Drinks.
How does art transform our experience of living in an intensely urban setting?
Public Art Project Manager Kim Martinengo gives an insightful talk on placemaking and pop-up art in Tāmaki Makaurau, followed by a guided tour, led by Lucy Moore, of open-air artworks in the area surrounding our Gallery.
Celebrate the release of The Architect and the Artists, a beautiful book about the artistic collaboration between modernist architect James Hackshaw, painter Colin McCahon and the then young sculptor Paul Dibble on twelve New Zealand buildings. Join us online for a discussion between author, Bridget Hackshaw and Curator New Zealand Art, Julia Waite.
A documentary that unites astronomy, the present, the past and the collective memory presented in Chile’s Atacama desert where astronomers peer deep into the cosmos in search for answers concerning the origins of life.
Join us to hear acclaimed Scottish artist, Nathan Coley, talk about his practice and our major new acquisition A Place Beyond Belief, with international curator and writer, Juliana Engberg.
Aimed at the curious and the fun-loving, Living Library is a storytelling, lip syncing, and dancing interactive performance by Taranaki drag queens Erika and CoCo Flash.
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.
Please note: This event is now sold out. This event had been rescheduled and will go ahead on Wednesday 28 July.
Celebrate the forthcoming, spectacular sculpture by contemporary artist Reuben Paterson (Ngāti Rangitihi, Ngāi Tūhoe and Tūhourangi) – a 10-metre-high crystal waka suspended vertically and casting a galaxy of stars over the Gallery’s forecourt pool.
When Parisian Louise Henderson emigrated to Aotearoa in 1925, she quickly established herself as a central figure in the local art scene. Henderson was by far the only successful foreign artist in this country, as art historian, Leonard Bell illustrates beautifully in his 2017 book Strangers Arrive: Emigrés and the Arts in New Zealand, 1930-1980.
Please note: due to popular demand, this event has shifted locations. It will now be hosted in the Auditorium on the Lower Ground level. Please ask our staff for directions.
Join Curator, New Zealand Art, Julia Waite for a Members-only tour through the boundless experimentation of one of New Zealand’s acclaimed conceptual artists in Bill Culbert | Slow Wonder.
for an advance screening of Caravaggio: The Soul and the Blood introduced by Mary Kisler, Senior Curator, Mackelvie Collection, International Art, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.
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