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.
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.
Create your own cosmic world in this exciting workshop inspired by Judy Darragh’s sculpture Limbo and the Todd Foundation Creative Learning Centre installation Hole of Yellow Archipelago. Using everyday materials we will create a sculpture that is out of this world.
This short documentary looks at the convoluted history of Rodin’s sculpture The Kiss, originally commissioned by a resident of Lewes at the beginning of the 20th century and now in the collection of Tate.
Create your own cosmic world in this exciting workshop inspired by Judy Darragh’s sculpture Limbo and the Todd Foundation Creative Learning Centre installation Hole of Yellow Archipelago. Using everyday materials we will create a sculpture that is out of this world.
The international paintings in the new exhibition Colour Is an Abstraction will be the inspiration for this fun and innovative workshop. Participants will explore various paint and print techniques with a focus on colour, these will then be used to construct a sculpture.
Join us for a talk by artist Greer Twiss on his 1986 sculpture installation work No Sun, No Rain, No Radiation that currently features in the exhibition History Seeds Division.
This short documentary looks at the convoluted history of Rodin’s sculpture The Kiss, originally commissioned by a resident of Lewes at the beginning of the 20th century and now in the collection of Tate.
This short documentary looks at the convoluted history of Rodin’s sculpture The Kiss, originally commissioned by a resident of Lewes at the beginning of the 20th century and now in the collection of Tate.
Artist John Vea predominately works with sculpture, moving image and performance exploring the results of Pacific migration and gentrification of New Zealand. Join John for a discussion with artist / teacher Monique Redmond on his work Import/Export which is on display in To All New Arrivals.
Join Senior Curator, Mackelvie Collection, International Art, for a series of short talks on the exhibition, The Corsini Collection: A Window on Renaissance Florence.
Experiment with sculpture in this hands-on workshop inspired by Cubism and the exhibition Freedom and Structure. Work with a variety of materials to build, collage and construct your very own artwork to take home.
Experiment with sculpture in this hands-on workshop inspired by Cubism and the exhibition Freedom and Structure. Work with a variety of materials to build, collage and construct your very own artwork to take home.
Engage with contemporary artist Reuben Paterson’s (Ngāti Rangitihi, Ngāi Tūhoe and Tūhourangi) awe-inspiring sculpture by in this free public artist kōrero (talk).
This short documentary looks at the convoluted history of Rodin’s sculpture The Kiss, originally commissioned by a resident of Lewes at the beginning of the 20th century and now in the collection of Tate.
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.
Renowned New Zealand artist Len Lye’s word for good art was 'Zizz'. Few would argue that the term should be unreservedly applied to Lye’s own painting, sculpture, photography and filmmaking, all of which are scrutinised in Roger Horrock’s new book Zizz: The Life and Art of Len Lye.
Join one of New Zealand’s most experimental and internationally recognised artists, Judy Millar, as shes discusses her major, site-specific commission, Rock Drop 2017 located in the Gallery’s South Atrium.
grisaille, multiple-colour stone lithography, pearlescent nail polish on paper adhered to ply wood panels with synthetic polymer paint, wood and steel rod hinges
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the artist, 2017
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