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Sacred Conversations
Sacred Conversations

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Sacred Conversations

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Little Miracles
Little Miracles

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Little Miracles

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Painting Nature
Painting Nature

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Painting Nature

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Better to Give: The Greg Semu Archive
Better to Give: The Greg Semu Archive

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Better to Give: The Greg Semu Archive

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Towards Auckland: Colin McCahon the Gallery Years
Towards Auckland: Colin McCahon the Gallery Years

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Towards Auckland: Colin McCahon the Gallery Years

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Mystic Truths
Mystic Truths

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Mystic Truths

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Francis McWhannell: Picturing Piety – Italian Religious Art
Francis McWhannell: Picturing Piety – Italian Religious Art

1pm

Free

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

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Dr Rick Weiss: The multiple lives of Ramayana
Dr Rick Weiss: The multiple lives of Ramayana

3pm

Free

Dr Rick Weiss, Senior Lecturer, School of Art History, Classics and Religious Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, presents a lecture on Ramayana. 

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David Maskill: Hyacinthe Rigaud’s portrait of Don Neri Corsini
David Maskill: Hyacinthe Rigaud’s portrait of Don Neri Corsini

1pm

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Senior Lecturer, School of Art History, Classics and Religious Studies at Victoria University, David Maskill, discusses the portrait by the Catalan-born, Paris-based, Baroque painter, Hyacinthe Rigaud who specialised in painting the aristocracy.

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Phyllis Mossman: Raphael and the Popes
Phyllis Mossman: Raphael and the Popes

1pm

Free

Join Phyllis Mossman, from the School of Art History, Classics and Religious Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, for an illustrated insight into Raphael and his relationship to two popes, Julius II (whose portrait cartoon is in The Corsini Collection) and Leo X. 

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Thomas Crow:  The Missing Theologies of Colin McCahon and Sister Mary Corita Kent
Thomas Crow: The Missing Theologies of Colin McCahon and Sister Mary Corita Ken...

6.30pm

Free – no bookings

Join Thomas Crow for a talk on his new publication No Idols: The Missing Theology of Art

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Machuca (2004)
Machuca (2004)

1pm

Free

Machuca (2004)

1pm

Free

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Book event: The Architect and the Artists
Book event: The Architect and the Artists

12—12.45pm

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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.

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Book event: The Architect and the Artists

12—12.45pm

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Lecture series Colin McCahon: Alexa Johnston and Annette McKone
Lecture series Colin McCahon: Alexa Johnston and Annette McKone

10.30am–12.30pm

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Lecture series Colin McCahon: Alexa Johnston and Annette McKone

10.30am–12.30pm

$37 for Members and $47 for non-Members. Book now

Artworks

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Crucifixion
Crucifixion

Wenceslaus Hollar Albrecht Dürer

Production date
1642
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
75 x 58 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982
Accession no
M1982/1/3/16
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Madonna and Child
Madonna and Child

Marco d' Oggiono

Production date
circa 1490
Medium
tempera on panel
Size (h x w)
655 x 530 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased with the assistance of the National Art Collection Fund, 1966
Accession no
M1966/1
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Saint Ursula
Saint Ursula

Giuseppe Cesari

Production date
Unknown
Medium
oil on panel
Size (h x w)
386 x 328 x 60 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Sir George Grey, 1887
Accession no
1887/1/5
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Saint Anne, Mother of the Virgin Mary
Saint Anne, Mother of the Virgin Mary

Pere Girard

Production date
circa 1470
Medium
tempera and gesso on panel
Size (h x w)
1295 x 609 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the Friends of the Auckland Art Gallery, 1966
Accession no
1966/26
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Along the way of sorrows, XI
Along the way of sorrows, XI

Robin White

Production date
1993
Medium
photo-etching
Size (h x w)
92 x 62 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1993
Accession no
1993/11/11
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Annunciation
Annunciation

A Lois White

Production date
circa 1948
Medium
oil on hardboard
Size (h x w)
855 x 587 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1988
Accession no
1988/22
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Geometria
Geometria

Hans Beham

Production date
16th century
Medium
engraving
Size (h x w)
90 x 56 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1981
Accession no
1981/50/18/4
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Ego Sum Abbas (I am the abbot of Cockaigne)
Ego Sum Abbas (I am the abbot of Cockaigne)

Helmut Grieshaber

Production date
1965
Medium
woodcut
Size (h x w)
673 x 508 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1966
Accession no
1966/25/8
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Saint Joseph with the Infant Saviour (Angels in the Clouds)
Saint Joseph with the Infant Saviour (Angels in the Clouds)

Unknown artist Bartolomé Murillo

Production date
Unknown
Medium
oil on canvas
Size (h x w)
1917 x 1245 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Moss Davis, 1927
Accession no
1927/2/3
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The Virgin and Child appearing to Saint Bruno
The Virgin and Child appearing to Saint Bruno

Emilio Taruffi

Production date
1677
Medium
oil on copper
Size (h x w)
282 x 219 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Sir George Grey, 1887
Accession no
1887/1/30
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Ringatu
Ringatu

Arnold Manaaki Wilson

Production date
1958
Medium
kauri
Size (h x w)
1015 x 235 x 145 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1992
Accession no
1992/33/3
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Christ on the Cross (The Crucifixion)
Christ on the Cross (The Crucifixion)

Albrecht Dürer

On display

Production date
1511
Medium
engraving
Size (h x w)
117 x 73 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
M1959/1/9
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Pankalangu Spirit
Pankalangu Spirit

Linda Napaltjarri

Production date
Unknown
Medium
oil on canvas
Size (h x w)
900 x 462 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1993
Accession no
1993/14
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Melbourne (Rope)
Melbourne (Rope)

Gavin Hipkins

Production date
1999
Medium
C-type colour photographic print
Size (h x w)
600 x 400 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased with funds from the Graeme Maunsell Trust, 2002
Accession no
2002/14/1
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Bone idol
Bone idol

Richard McWhannell

Production date
1985
Medium
oil on canvas
Size (h x w)
865 x 760 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1985
Accession no
1985/50
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A Woman standing, seen from the back, drawing a curtain aside
A Woman standing, seen from the back, drawing a curtain aside

Henry Fuseli

Production date
circa 1795-circa 1800
Medium
Pencil, pen, wash and body colour
Size (h x w)
307 x 173 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965
Accession no
1965/55
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Each cell in the monastery contains a bed, a cross, a chair, a wardrobe, a desk and one picture of the sister's choice. Shared poverty and the renunciation of individual ownership are characteristic of a monastic community
Each cell in the monastery contains a bed, a cross, a chair, a wardrobe, a desk...

Anne Noble

Production date
1992
Medium
black and white photograph
Size (h x w)
200 x 137 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1993
Accession no
1993/18/12
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The Scorning of Christ (Christ Mocked)
The Scorning of Christ (Christ Mocked)

Giuseppe Crespi Anthony van Dyck

On display

Production date
Unknown
Medium
tempera on canvas
Size (h x w)
368 x 308 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Sir George Grey, 1887
Accession no
1887/1/48
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Satan dismayed
Satan dismayed

Henry Armstead

On display

Production date
circa 1852
Medium
bronze
Size (h x w)
950 x 560 x 400 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of James Tannock Mackelvie, 1885
Accession no
M1885/1/172
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Ceres in search of Proserpine
Ceres in search of Proserpine

David Wilkie

Production date
1803
Medium
oil on canvas
Size (h x w)
880 x 660 x 45 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Sir George Grey, 1887
Accession no
1887/1/40
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Plus
Plus

Tony de Lautour

Production date
2004
Medium
acrylic on paper
Size (h x w)
750 x 750 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2004
Accession no
C2004/1/26/1
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Kamariera Te Hau Takiri Wharepapa
Kamariera Te Hau Takiri Wharepapa

Gottfried Lindauer

On display

Production date
1895
Medium
oil on canvas
Size (h x w)
830 x 717 x 50 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Mr H E Partridge, 1915
Accession no
1915/2/43
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Cross
Cross

Grahame Sydney

Production date
1976
Medium
tempera on gesso on board
Size (h x w)
624 x 675 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1980
Accession no
1980/47/1
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Self portrait
Self portrait

Michael Nicholson

Production date
1954
Medium
casein emulsion on board
Size (h x w)
908 x 559 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1958
Accession no
1958/21
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1976-27 (Cross Section)
1976-27 (Cross Section)

Alberto Garcia-Alvarez

Production date
1976
Medium
mixed media on wood
Size (h x w)
710 x 570 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2015
Accession no
C2015/1/42/2
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Pare Watene
Pare Watene

Gottfried Lindauer

On display

Production date
1878
Medium
oil on canvas
Size (h x w)
1028 x 855 x 70 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Mr H E Partridge, 1915
Accession no
1915/2/22
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Kawhia, Red Hill, Kai Iwi (triptych)
Kawhia, Red Hill, Kai Iwi (triptych)

Fiona Pardington

Production date
1987
Medium
gelatin silver photographic print toned with sulphite on paper
Size (h x w)
265 x 395 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the Patrons of the Auckland Art Gallery, 2002
Accession no
2002/2/2.1-3
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Crucifixion
Crucifixion

Lucas van Leyden

Production date
circa 1512
Medium
woodcut
Size (h x w)
270 x 171 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
M1885/17
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The Spirit of Justice
The Spirit of Justice

Daniel Maclise

Production date
1850
Medium
oil on canvas
Size (h x w)
2591 x 1524 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of James Tannock Mackelvie, 1881
Accession no
M1881/1/1
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Tamati Waka Nene
Tamati Waka Nene

Gottfried Lindauer

Production date
1890
Medium
oil on canvas
Size (h x w)
1019 x 842 x 50 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Mr H E Partridge, 1915
Accession no
1915/2/38
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The Passing of the Maori
The Passing of the Maori

Horace Moore-Jones

Production date
Unknown
Medium
oil on canvas
Size (h x w)
2375 x 1460 x 130 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Miss S A Moore-Jones, 1926
Accession no
1926/1
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Clear Zero Shift
Clear Zero Shift

Peter Robinson

Production date
2005
Medium
Perspex
Size (h x w)
8500 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the artist and Sue Crockford Gallery, 2008
Accession no
C2008/1/15
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Watching a Parade, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Watching a Parade, Newcastle Upon Tyne

Christopher Killip

Production date
1987
Medium
gelatin silver print
Size (h x w)
570 x 460 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1987
Accession no
1987/29/18
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Interior of a Church
Interior of a Church

John Davis

Production date
Unknown
Medium
oil on panel
Size (h x w)
259 x 206 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Sir George Grey, 1888
Accession no
1887/1/10
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Tairaoa Head, Otago Peninsula
Tairaoa Head, Otago Peninsula

Bruce Foster

Production date
1981
Medium
cibachrome
Size (h x w)
339 x 226 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1983
Accession no
1983/24/3
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[Still Life with lamps]
[Still Life with lamps]

Colin McCahon

Production date
1947
Medium
ink, watercolour on paper
Size (h x w)
200 x 258 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1974
Accession no
1974/1
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E.H. McCormick Archive of Frances Hodgkins Photographs
E.H. McCormick Archive of Frances Hodgkins Photographs
Production date
circa 1981
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
RC2001/22
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John Weeks Archive
John Weeks Archive
Production date
Unknown
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the Estate of Peter O'Connor, 2010
Accession no
RC2010/1
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Marti Friedlander Archive
Marti Friedlander Archive
Production date
1955-2017
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, on loan from the Gerrard and Marti Friedlander Charitable Trust, 2002
Accession no
RC2007/11

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