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!
Members $24.50, General admission $26.50 Buy tickets
Join us for an advance screening of Kusama – Infinity introduced by art historian Linda Tyler, Associate Professor in Museums and Cultural Heritage at the University of Auckland.
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.
Director of the Physics Room, Christchurch, Jamie Hanton discusses Nathan Pohio’s work Raise the anchor, unfurl the sails, set course to the centre of an ever setting sun? which is a finalist in the 2016 Walters Prize.
Travel to Florence with one of Merchant Ivory production's most beloved E.M. Forster adaptations featuring a cast of legendary actors, including Helena Bonham Carter in her breakout role and Maggie Smith playing the perfect acerbic matriarch decades before Downton Abbey.
Travel to Florence with one of Merchant Ivory production's most beloved E.M. Forster adaptations featuring a cast of legendary actors, including Helena Bonham Carter in her breakout role and Maggie Smith playing the perfect acerbic matriarch decades before Downton Abbey.
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.
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.
Join writer, editor, critic, curator and former academic, Peter Simpson for his insight into the work produced by Colin McCahon on his arrival in Auckland in 1953.
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.
Join us for a fun – and free! – evening of art, food and entertainment as we celebrate the opening of our latest exhibition, Other People Think: Auckland’s Contemporary International Collection.
Bring along an image of a work in your collection (or any work that you are interested in finding out more about) and learn all the artwork research tips and tricks from the E H McCormick Research Library team.
Members $10, non-Members $60 (incl one-year membership)
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Join art writer and curator Francis McWhannell as he takes you on a guided tour of his selection of dealer galleries around Karangahape Road and Arch Hill.
Enjoy an after hours talk 'Flawed words and stubborn sounds' by visiting US artist Matt Saunders, who is in the country as international guest and external examiner for the July MFA seminar at Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design.
Last year while based in Athens for documenta 14, Laura Preston began a conversation with Wystan Curnow about the relationship of art and place. In Auckland, they continue this discussion by reviewing a number of recent exhibitions, both in Europe and in Aotearoa New Zealand, to consider the importance of art criticism and the issues of writing about art.
Presented by Objectspace, The Single Object series sees Wallace Chapman, broadcaster and host of The Panel on Radio New Zealand, interview a range of guests about six objects that are important to them, providing a personal insight into how the world can be seen and understood through material culture.
Join us for an advance screening of Boom for Real, a documentary about one of 80s New York's most charming and hailed (street) art darlings: Jean-Michel Basquiat.
Members and guests (with a valid guest pass) $10, non-Members $15 Book now
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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.
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. In session five of this series visual artist Ruth Buchanan will talk with curator Natasha Conland about her creative practice, drive, culture and the key topics in her work she cares deeply about.
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