Join us for a special Space to Dream themed family drop-in inspired by the work of visiting Bolivian artist Joaquín Sánchez on the opening weekend of the exhibition.
Hear visiting artists Máximo Corvalán-Pincheira (Chile) and Joaquín Sánchez (Bolivia) discuss their work featured in Space to Dream: Recent Art from South America.
Coven is a fresh new dance group, which has sprouted out of the more famed FAFSWAG Collective and seeks to activate spaces reshaping audience through the experiences of young, queer, indigenous artistry. Get a taste of what Coven is all about as they conduct an open rehearsal of Bionica at the Gallery ahead of its debut performance at the Pacific Dance Festival on 21 June.
Art writer Rosa Gubay discusses the work of three artists in the recently opened exhibition Space to Dream: Recent Art from South America; Patrick Hamilton, Marcos Lopez Cinthia Marcelle.
Aue Dance Company is a newly formed dance company under the directorship of Vivian Hosking Aue and part of this year's Pacific Dance Festival. Get a taste of what Aue Dance is about as they conduct an open rehearsal in space at Gallery.
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.
Former Indigenous Curator, Māori Art and Guest Curator of The Māori Portraits: Gottfried Lindauer’s New Zealand, Ngahiraka Mason conducts a tour of this exhibition on opening weekend.
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.
Join us for a talk with Ann Shelton, the day before the Auckland Art Gallery opens her new exhibition Ann Shelton: Dark Matter, the first major review of the Wellington photographer’s 20 years of practice.
Join us to celebrate the opening day of our exciting interactive Todd Foundation Creative Learning Centre project by Auckland-based artist Sara Hughes, All My Favourite Shapes.
Celebrate the opening of Yayoi Kusama’s The obliteration room and participate in a day of performances, activities and music. Explore the Gallery through another lens!
Join artist Sorawit Songsataya, in conversation with Gallery curator, contemporary art, Natasha Conland, as they discuss Sorawit’s new commission, The Interior, opening on 23 Nov on the Gallery’s North Sculpture Terrace.
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Art After Hours returns to the Gallery, with an evening of food, drinks, art and entertainment inspired by international feminist art activists, the Guerrilla Girls! Join us as we stay open until 10pm to experience art as activism, comedy with an edge, music to move to and the Guerrilla Girls’ unique brand of ‘creative complaining’.
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 Auckland Art Gallery’s Julia Waite, Curator New Zealand Art with Professor Laurence Simmons, University of Auckland and Lucy Hammonds, curator Dunedin Public Art Gallery for what will be an engaging and revealing walkthrough this landmark exhibition of one of New Zealand’s most important modernist artists.
We welcome Gallery Members to attend the preview of All That Was Solid Melts on Friday 4 June. The exhibition will be open exclusively to Members from 5–9pm. Join the Membership team and Senior Curator Global Contemporary Art, Juliana Engberg in the café, for a glass of wine and a chance to meet other art lovers (nibbles provided).
Please present your membership card at the front desk to receive a wristband for entry.
Explore the Gallery after hours during Artweek Auckland's 'Late Night Art' event. Experience an evening of programmed activities and events and enjoy access to all exhibitions, including Guerrilla Girls: Reinventing the ‘F’ Word – Feminism! on its last day before the exhibition closes.
After last year's online event, Auckland Zinefest is back IRL, physical, in-the-flesh market! We’re back to celebrate everything zines and DIY at the Auckland Art Gallery.
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.
Members $35, non-Members $85 (includes a one-year membership) Book now
At this Members Late Night, journalist and design-enthusiast Jeremy Hansen will talk with design curator Justine Olsen, interior designer Rufus Knight and architect Jon Rennie about how Scandinavian design aesthetics and principles continue to influence Aotearoa New Zealand today.
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