Exhibitions

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Window Work: Pump by Gary Freemantle
Window Work: Pump by Gary Freemantle

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Free entry

Window Work: Pump by Gary Freemantle

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Free entry

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Shout Whisper Wail! The 2017 Chartwell Show
Shout Whisper Wail! The 2017 Chartwell Show

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Free entry

Shout Whisper Wail! The 2017 Chartwell Show

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Free entry

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The 5th Auckland Triennial: If you were to live here...
The 5th Auckland Triennial: If you were to live here...

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The 5th Auckland Triennial: If you were to live here...

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Free entry

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Bill Culbert | Slow Wonder
Bill Culbert | Slow Wonder

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FREE

Bill Culbert | Slow Wonder

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FREE

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John Reynolds: The Violet Hour
John Reynolds: The Violet Hour

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John Reynolds: The Violet Hour

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Mystic Truths
Mystic Truths

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Free entry

Mystic Truths

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Free entry

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FLAUNT: Art/Fashion/Culture
FLAUNT: Art/Fashion/Culture

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Adult: $7, Concession: $5, Children Under 12: Free, Friends of the Gallery: $4, Free entry on Mondays

FLAUNT: Art/Fashion/Culture

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Adult: $7, Concession: $5, Children Under 12: Free, Friends of the Gallery: $4, Free entry on Mondays

Events

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Young Members | Field Trip Te Tuhi Parnell Studios
Young Members | Field Trip Te Tuhi Parnell Studios

6pm–8pm

Members $17 (+ fees) Buy tickets

Come on a field trip to Te Tuhi Studios in the heritage Parnell Station building. Visit the studio of Tira Walsh (Ngāti Wairere, Ngāti Hauā, Tainui) to hear more about the making of the work Urbanize III, 2023 commissioned for Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, and her wider painting practice.

Following the studio visit we will meet the Melbourne-based artist Jacqueline Stojanović and see her first exhibition in Aotearoa at Chez Derriere, in the Parnell Project Space. Chez Derriere is the project of Felixe Laing, the current Te Tuhi curatorial intern. There will be drinks and snacks and the opportunity to meet and mingle with other artists from Te Tuhi Studios. Members can purchase more than one ticket. 

This event is part of our Young Members event programme, for the bold and curious under 40s (and young at heart). Drinks supplied by our partner, Almighty.

Young Members | Field Trip Te Tuhi Parnell Studios

6pm–8pm

Members $17 (+ fees) Buy tickets

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Generating Fun Painting Systems to Break for 6–8 Year Olds
Generating Fun Painting Systems to Break for 6–8 Year Olds

10.30am–12.30pm

SOLD OUT

Taking inspiration from Ignacio Gumucio’s large-scale painted mural created for Space to Dream: Recent Art from South America, participants will use various tape and painting techniques to create their own rules and structure then through the process of making disrupt that with on-the-spot decisions.

Generating Fun Painting Systems to Break for 6–8 Year Olds

10.30am–12.30pm

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Generating Fun Painting Systems to Break for 6–8 Year Olds
Generating Fun Painting Systems to Break for 6–8 Year Olds

10.30am–12.30pm

SOLD OUT

Taking inspiration from Ignacio Gumucio’s large-scale painted mural created for Space to Dream: Recent Art from South America, participants will use various tape and painting techniques to create their own rules and structure then through the process of making disrupt that with on-the-spot decisions.

Generating Fun Painting Systems to Break for 6–8 Year Olds

10.30am–12.30pm

SOLD OUT

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An Imaginary Nature for 6–8 Year Olds
An Imaginary Nature for 6–8 Year Olds

10.30am–12.30pm

SOLD OUT

Taking inspiration from Maria Nepomuceno’s vibrant artwork Grande Boca (Big Mouth) 2013 in Space to Dream: Recent Art from South America, participants will explore various materials and joining techniques to create ‘imaginary nature’.

An Imaginary Nature for 6–8 Year Olds

10.30am–12.30pm

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An Imaginary Nature for 6–8 Year Olds
An Imaginary Nature for 6–8 Year Olds

10.30am–12.30pm

SOLD OUT

Taking inspiration from Maria Nepomuceno’s vibrant artwork Grande Boca (Big Mouth) 2013 in Space to Dream: Recent Art from South America, participants will explore various materials and joining techniques to create ‘imaginary nature’.

An Imaginary Nature for 6–8 Year Olds

10.30am–12.30pm

SOLD OUT

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SOLD OUT Wood Workshop at The Warren
SOLD OUT Wood Workshop at The Warren

10am–4pm

Members $140, Standard $190 Book now

Follow in the footsteps of Danish designers, and create a contemporary wooden coat hook at community workshop The Warren. Before you step behind the workbench, Assistant Curator, Emma Jameson will give an introduction on Scandinavian design vernacular, and furniture designer Nathan Goldsworthy will show us around his studio

SOLD OUT Wood Workshop at The Warren

10am–4pm

Members $140, Standard $190 Book now

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Gordon Walters unlocked: Chris Heaphy and Marie Shannon in conversation
Gordon Walters unlocked: Chris Heaphy and Marie Shannon in conversation

1pm

Artists Chris Heaphy and Marie Shannon discuss their friendship, collaboration and response to Gordon Walters and his work.

Gordon Walters unlocked: Chris Heaphy and Marie Shannon in conversation

1pm

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Live Icon Painting with Elizabeth Brookbanks
Live Icon Painting with Elizabeth Brookbanks

12 – 2pm

FREE

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BOOKED OUT | Stories of the Gallery: An architecture tour
BOOKED OUT | Stories of the Gallery: An architecture tour

11.30am – 12.15pm

Free - bookings essential Book now

BOOKED OUT | Stories of the Gallery: An architecture tour

11.30am – 12.15pm

Free - bookings essential Book now

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My Art Collector Series: Collecting Art – An Insider’s View
My Art Collector Series: Collecting Art – An Insider’s View

5.45–7pm

FREE Members-only

Associate Professor Linda Tyler chairs a panel of art pundits, who will give you an insider’s view to collecting art.

My Art Collector Series: Collecting Art – An Insider’s View

5.45–7pm

FREE Members-only

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Artist talk: Sorawit Songsataya
Artist talk: Sorawit Songsataya

2–3pm

FREE

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.

Artist talk: Sorawit Songsataya

2–3pm

FREE

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Big Day Art: Calling the World
Big Day Art: Calling the World

10am – 4pm

Free

Big Day Art: Calling the World provides an opportunity for families to experience Auckland Art Gallery and immerse themselves in a celebration of artistic experience and creativity. See, do, listen, move, make and share – become creative agents and explorers. Join us in celebrating Matariki and our New Zealand landscape and explore what it means to discover, journey and adventure through a series of hands-on activities and workshops. 

Big Day Art: Calling the World

10am – 4pm

Free

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Art Lovers' Films: The Price of Everything
Art Lovers' Films: The Price of Everything

6pm

Members $26, General admission $28 Buy tickets

Art Lovers’ Film presents The Price of Everything (2018), a funny, insightful and at times jaw-dropping documentary about the current contemporary art market

Art Lovers' Films: The Price of Everything

6pm

Members $26, General admission $28 Buy tickets

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Members Preview: All That Was Solid Melts
Members Preview: All That Was Solid Melts

5–9pm

FREE (Members only)

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. 

Members Preview: All That Was Solid Melts

5–9pm

FREE (Members only)

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Lecture series Colin McCahon: Ron Brownson
Lecture series Colin McCahon: Ron Brownson

10.30am–12.30pm

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

Lecture series Colin McCahon: Ron Brownson

10.30am–12.30pm

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

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Denmark Design Members Late Night
Denmark Design Members Late Night

6.30–9.30pm

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.

Denmark Design Members Late Night

6.30–9.30pm

Members $35, non-Members $85 (includes a one-year membership) Book now

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Professional Learning Day for Art Educators
Professional Learning Day for Art Educators

9am—7pm

FREE (limited spots, registration required)

Professional Learning Day for Art Educators

9am—7pm

FREE (limited spots, registration required)

Artworks

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1975 Snake Studios Merry Christmas
1975 Snake Studios Merry Christmas

Paul Hartigan

Production date
1975
Medium
enamel on glass
Size (h x w)
256 x 205 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Mr Malcolm Ross, 1982
Accession no
1982/48
1975 Snake Studios Merry Christmas

Paul Hartigan

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Auguste Delatre at Work
Auguste Delatre at Work

Percy Thomas

Production date
1874
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
96 x 66 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Mrs Ada Chapman Taylor, 1930
Accession no
1930/4/5
Auguste Delatre at Work

Percy Thomas

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Studio interior (1)
Studio interior (1)

Charles F Goldie

Production date
circa 1905
Medium
gelatin silver photographic print
Size (h x w)
121 x 164 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1990
Accession no
1990/15/1
Studio interior (1)

Charles F Goldie

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Portrait Of The Artist In His Environment
Portrait Of The Artist In His Environment

Sydney Ball

Production date
1984
Medium
oil on canvas
Size (h x w)
2135 x 2135 x 65 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 1984
Accession no
C1994/1/130
Portrait Of The Artist In His Environment

Sydney Ball

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Untitled (Interior, Home Street)
Untitled (Interior, Home Street)

Theo Schoon

Production date
Unknown
Medium
gelatin silver print
Size (h x w)
248 x 241 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the artist, 1983
Accession no
1983/19/21
Untitled (Interior, Home Street)

Theo Schoon

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Studio interior (2)
Studio interior (2)

Charles F Goldie

Production date
circa 1905
Medium
gelatin silver photographic print
Size (h x w)
121 x 164 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1990
Accession no
1990/15/2
Studio interior (2)

Charles F Goldie

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"Young Dauber: That is a Portrait of a Particular Friend of Mine"
"Young Dauber: That is a Portrait of a Particular Friend of Mine"

Frederick Leist

Production date
1893-1945
Medium
ink
Size (h x w)
249 x 315 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
U/130
"Young Dauber: That is a Portrait of a Particular Friend of Mine"

Frederick Leist

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Studio at Gunson Street, Ponsonby, 1979
Studio at Gunson Street, Ponsonby, 1979

Mark Adams

Production date
1995
Medium
gelatin silver print, toned with gold
Size (h x w)
490 x 330 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Mark Adams and the Partners of Ernst & Young, 1995
Accession no
1994/25/10
Studio at Gunson Street, Ponsonby, 1979

Mark Adams

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Picasso in his studio, rue des Grands-Augustins, January 1945
Picasso in his studio, rue des Grands-Augustins, January 1945

Dick Ham

Production date
Nov 2000
Medium
black and white photograph
Size (h x w)
450 x 450 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2000
Accession no
2000/29
Picasso in his studio, rue des Grands-Augustins, January 1945

Dick Ham

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Portrait of Julian Dashper
Portrait of Julian Dashper

Marie Shannon

Production date
1991
Medium
gelatin silver photograph
Size (h x w)
380 x 480 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1993
Accession no
1993/21/3
Portrait of Julian Dashper

Marie Shannon

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Studio at Gunson Street, Ponsonby, 14 May 1977
Studio at Gunson Street, Ponsonby, 14 May 1977

Mark Adams

Production date
1995
Medium
gelatin silver print, toned with gold
Size (h x w)
465 x 360 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Mark Adams and the Partners of Ernst & Young, 1995
Accession no
1994/25/3
Studio at Gunson Street, Ponsonby, 14 May 1977

Mark Adams

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Etching Room
Etching Room

Peter Crowley

Production date
1936
Medium
lithograph
Size (h x w)
348 x 292 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1936
Accession no
1936/22
Etching Room

Peter Crowley

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A Chamber of Writers Inversion and Preferences
A Chamber of Writers Inversion and Preferences

Victor Rubin

Production date
1987
Medium
oil on linen
Size (h x w)
1680 x 1990 x 22 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1987
Accession no
1987/34/2
A Chamber of Writers Inversion and Preferences

Victor Rubin

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In the studio (Self portrait)
In the studio (Self portrait)

James Cook

Production date
circa 1925
Medium
oil on canvas on board
Size (h x w)
324 x 260 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1979
Accession no
1979/26
In the studio (Self portrait)

James Cook

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The Painter
The Painter

Kathleen Walne

Production date
1936
Medium
watercolour and gouache
Size (h x w)
426 x 328 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Lucy Carrington Wertheim, 1948
Accession no
1948/7/144
The Painter

Kathleen Walne

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The Chaser - Thos Fawkes, Sculptor
The Chaser - Thos Fawkes, Sculptor

Percy Thomas

Production date
1866-1922
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
144 x 107 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Mrs Ada Chapman Taylor, 1930
Accession no
1930/4/4
The Chaser - Thos Fawkes, Sculptor

Percy Thomas

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In the studio
In the studio

Margaret Laing

Production date
Unknown
Medium
colour lithograph
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Rex Nan Kivell, 1953
Accession no
1953/2/82
In the studio

Margaret Laing

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Robin White 1977
Robin White 1977

Marti Friedlander

Production date
2000
Medium
gelatin silver print, toned with gold
Size (h x w)
478 x 322 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Marti Friedlander, with assistance from the Elise Mourant Bequest, 2001
Accession no
2000/28/129
Robin White 1977

Marti Friedlander

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Shaunard's Studio
Shaunard's Studio

Charles Conder

Production date
1904
Medium
lithograph
Size (h x w)
292 x 381 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1930
Accession no
1931/1/1/1
Shaunard's Studio

Charles Conder

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Studio at Williamson Avenue, Grey Lynn, 14 February 1990
Studio at Williamson Avenue, Grey Lynn, 14 February 1990

Mark Adams

Production date
1995
Medium
gelatin silver print, toned with gold
Size (h x w)
385 x 485 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Mark Adams and the Partners of Ernst & Young, 1995
Accession no
1994/25/1
Studio at Williamson Avenue, Grey Lynn, 14 February 1990

Mark Adams

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John Weeks Archive
John Weeks Archive
Production date
Unknown
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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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