Dick Frizzell will be at our shop on 9 October from 2–3pm for an exclusive Q&A event. You can also buy a copy of the Cooking 4 Change book and have it signed by Frizzell.
Enjoy exclusive after-hours access to Lee Mingwei and His Relations: The Art of Participation and The Māori Portraits: Gottfried Lindauer’s New Zealand. Talks by Auckland Art Gallery Director Rhana Devenport and Curator Maori Art Nigel Borell will kick the evening off. Enjoy a complimentary drink on arrival and an unbeatable 30% Members discount in our Gallery shop. This is an event not to be missed!
Free entry with ticket to Frances Hodgkins: European Journeys exhibition
As part of the opening week programme, exhibition curator Mary Kisler and art historian Frances Spalding will talk about the new exhibition Frances Hodgkins: European Journeys. Following the talk, there will be a book signing with Mary and Frances at the Gallery shop from 3–3.30pm.
Be part of an exclusive Members-only Late Night at Auckland Art Gallery. Enjoy The Body Laid Bare: Masterpieces from Tate after hours on the last Friday before it closes. Spend your evening wandering the exhibition, listening to short talks from our curators, and indulge in free finger food and a complimentary welcome drink.
Let celebrated writer and curator Justin Paton take you on a visual journey through the landscape of Aotearoa New Zealand, as Colin McCahon loved and painted it. With this talk, we celebrate Paton’s landmark new book McCahon Country, published in association with Penguin Random House on the 100th anniversary of McCahon's birth.
Join Simon Devitt for an illustrated talk on his practice as a photographer of architecture, people and place. He will discuss why he believes the other senses are so important in how we view and engage with the idea of place.
Members $125, Non-Members $185 (includes a Membership) Book now
Kintsugi (or Kintsukuroi) is the Japanese art of repairing broken objects. Loosely translating to ‘golden joinery’, kintsugi values breakage and repair as part of the history of an object, using lacquer and powdered metal to make visible repairs.
Members $125, Non-Members $185 (includes a Membership). Book now
Kintsugi (or Kintsukuroi) is the Japanese art of repairing broken objects. Loosely translating to ‘golden joinery’, kintsugi values breakage and repair as part of the history of an object, using lacquer and powdered metal to make visible repairs. Learn how to piece your broken ceramics back together with beauty in this workshop led by Yuka O’Shannessy.
Members $125, Non-Members $185 (includes a Membership)
Please note: This event has sold out.
Kintsugi (or Kintsukuroi) is the Japanese art of repairing broken objects. Loosely translating to ‘golden joinery’, kintsugi values breakage and repair as part of the history of an object, using lacquer and powdered metal to make visible repairs.
Join esteemed New Zealand writer Peter Simpson who will speak in conversation with Julia Waite, Curator New Zealand art, about his latest book, the sequel – COLIN MCCAHON: IS THIS THE PROMISED LAND? VOL.2 1960–1987.
Members $135, Non-Members $190 (includes a Membership) Book now
Please note: This event has sold out.
Kintsugi (or Kintsukuroi) is the Japanese art of repairing broken objects. Loosely translating to ‘golden joinery’, kintsugi values breakage and repair as part of the history of an object, using lacquer and powdered metal to make visible repairs.
Members $135, Non-Members $190 (includes a Membership) Book now
Kintsugi (or Kintsukuroi) is the Japanese art of repairing broken objects. Loosely translating to ‘golden joinery’, kintsugi values breakage and repair as part of the history of an object, using lacquer and powdered metal to make visible repairs.
SOLD OUT: General admission, $20; VIP, $60; VIP Gold, $105 (plus booking fees)
Please note this event is sold out.
For One Enchanted Night, party under the cherry blossoms on our lantern-lit rooftop terrace, which is being transformed into a contemporary izakaya (pop-up bar) to celebrate the opening of our latest major exhibition, Enchanted Worlds: Hokusai, Hiroshige and the Art of Edo Japan.
After a series of sold-out workshops, kintsugi practitioner and teacher Yuka O’Shannessy returns to show you how to piece your broken ceramics back together with beauty.
Grab your friends and head to Art After Hours – a special, one-off evening of food, drinks, art and entertainment inspired by our major exhibition, Frances Hodgkins: European Journeys.
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.
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