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Once Upon a Time in Art
Once Upon a Time in Art

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Once Upon a Time in Art

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Bill Culbert
Bill Culbert

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Bill Culbert

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Moenga Roa / Brett Graham
Moenga Roa / Brett Graham

Moenga Roa / Brett Graham

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The Social Life of Things
The Social Life of Things

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The Social Life of Things

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In Shifting Light
In Shifting Light

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In Shifting Light

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Ka kino to pounamu he pounamu onamata
Ka kino to pounamu he pounamu onamata

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Ka kino to pounamu he pounamu onamata

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The Subject in the Land
The Subject in the Land

The Subject in the Land

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Little Miracles
Little Miracles

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Little Miracles

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McCahon's Visible Mysteries
McCahon's Visible Mysteries

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McCahon's Visible Mysteries

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John Ward Knox: Hardly Held Lightly
John Ward Knox: Hardly Held Lightly

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John Ward Knox: Hardly Held Lightly

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Te Wā Tōiri: Fluid Horizons
Te Wā Tōiri: Fluid Horizons

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Te Wā Tōiri: Fluid Horizons

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Painting Nature
Painting Nature

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Painting Nature

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All That Was Solid Melts
All That Was Solid Melts

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All That Was Solid Melts

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Sacred Conversations
Sacred Conversations

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Sacred Conversations

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The Enchanted Garden
The Enchanted Garden

$5 - $7

The Enchanted Garden

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Monster Field: Surreal by Nature
Monster Field: Surreal by Nature

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Monster Field: Surreal by Nature

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Yinka Shonibare MBE
Yinka Shonibare MBE

$7 – $9

Yinka Shonibare MBE

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Temples for the Gods
Temples for the Gods

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Temples for the Gods

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Five Māori Painters
Five Māori Painters

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Five Māori Painters

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Robert Ellis: Turangawaewae | A Place to Stand
Robert Ellis: Turangawaewae | A Place to Stand

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Robert Ellis: Turangawaewae | A Place to Stand

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CULTURAL ID; Marae, Maunga, Motu
CULTURAL ID; Marae, Maunga, Motu

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CULTURAL ID; Marae, Maunga, Motu

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Taste: Food and Feasting in Art
Taste: Food and Feasting in Art

$5 - $7

Taste: Food and Feasting in Art

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Mother Tongue
Mother Tongue

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Mother Tongue

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Shane Cotton Survey 1993–2003
Shane Cotton Survey 1993–2003

$5 – $7

Shane Cotton Survey 1993–2003

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Mystic Truths
Mystic Truths

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Mystic Truths

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Hidden symbols: decoding vanitas paintings
Hidden symbols: decoding vanitas paintings

12pm

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Senior Curator, Mary Kisler looks at the symbolism of the vanitas used by both 17th century painters such as Bourjinon, Collier and Netscher and contemporary New Zealand photographer Fiona Pardington.

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'Once Upon a Time in Art' for 5 year olds
'Once Upon a Time in Art' for 5 year olds

10.30am–12.30pm

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Explore the wonderful new Creative Learning Centre installation, where symbols and characters become the tools to tell stories.

'Once Upon a Time in Art' for 5 year olds

10.30am–12.30pm

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'Once Upon a Time in Art' for 5 year olds
'Once Upon a Time in Art' for 5 year olds

10.30am–12.30pm

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Explore the wonderful new Creative Learning Centre installation, where symbols and characters become the tools to tell stories. 

'Once Upon a Time in Art' for 5 year olds

10.30am–12.30pm

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Ngarino Ellis: Body adornment
Ngarino Ellis: Body adornment

3pm

Free

Join Dr Ngarino Ellis for investigation into the tradition, significance and symbolism behind the body adornments in Lindauer’s portraits of Māori.

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1000 Paper Cranes Challenge
1000 Paper Cranes Challenge

11am–4pm

FREE

1000 Paper Cranes Challenge

11am–4pm

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July School Holiday Programmes 2022
July School Holiday Programmes 2022

9am–3pm

$80 (+booking fees) per child, per day | $350 (+booking fees) per child, 5 days Book now

This July school holidays, the Gallery is proud to bring you a hands-on School Holiday Programme. 

July School Holiday Programmes 2022

9am–3pm

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Queer Yarns
Queer Yarns

11am – 4pm

FREE

Queer Yarns

11am – 4pm

FREE

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Valentines Special: lunch-time talk for lovers
Valentines Special: lunch-time talk for lovers

12 – 12.30pm

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Bring your valentine and join Assistant Curator Emma Jameson for a love-themed art talk on one of the most popular works currently on display at Auckland Art Gallery.

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Easy Listening talk: Chloé Quenum *Cancelled*
Easy Listening talk: Chloé Quenum *Cancelled*

6pm

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Enjoy an after hours talk by French installation and sculptural artist Chloé Quenum.

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SOLD OUT - Death café meet-up and tour
SOLD OUT - Death café meet-up and tour

10am—12.15pm

FREE (Sold out)

Join us for a hosted discussion over coffee and cake about death and dying. Coinciding with the exhibition, All That Was Solid Melts, curated by Juliana Engberg, this event allows you to explore artworks that offer responses to solitude, grief, anxiety, calamity, ideas of time and restoration. 

SOLD OUT - Death café meet-up and tour

10am—12.15pm

FREE (Sold out)

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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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Ève Chabanon - From Anti Social Social Club to The Surplus
Ève Chabanon - From Anti Social Social Club to The Surplus

6–7pm

Don’t miss this one-off opportunity to join the 2019 Te Whare Hēra international artist in residence, Ève Chabanon for an engaging and illustrated introduction to her current and past projects.

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October School Holiday Programmes 2022
October School Holiday Programmes 2022

9am–3pm

$80 (+booking fees) per child, per day | $350 (+booking fees) per child, 5 days Book now

This October school holidays, the Gallery is proud to bring you a hands-on School Holiday Programme. 

October School Holiday Programmes 2022

9am–3pm

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Swinging Sixties in Auckland - How Quant Sparked Our Boutique Culture
Swinging Sixties in Auckland - How Quant Sparked Our Boutique Culture

6—7pm

Members $14, Non-Members $20 Book now

Swinging Sixties in Auckland - how Quant sparked our boutique culture.

In this talk, fashion historian Angela Lassig will chart the rise of boutique culture in the back streets and side alleys of 60s Auckland, exploring the fashion, music and makeup that energised a generation.  

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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

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

Lecture series Colin McCahon: Alexa Johnston and Annette McKone

10.30am–12.30pm

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SOLD OUT| Lecture series: How Frida Kahlo and Mexican Modernism thrived
SOLD OUT| Lecture series: How Frida Kahlo and Mexican Modernism thrived

10am—2.30pm

Members $73, Students $48, Non-members $150 (includes a membership) + booking fees

The series of talks explores the cultural and artistic foundations of modern art in Mexico and provides context to the phenomenon of Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and their artistic circle. Hear from New Zealand-based Mexican academics, along with a leading expert on expatriatism, and deepen your appreciation of the political and artistic environment in post-Revolution Mexico.

SOLD OUT| Lecture series: How Frida Kahlo and Mexican Modernism thrived

10am—2.30pm

Members $73, Students $48, Non-members $150 (includes a membership) + booking fees

Artworks

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Portrait of Betty Curnow
Portrait of Betty Curnow

Rita Angus

Production date
1942
Medium
oil on canvas
Size (h x w)
775 x 647 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1970
Accession no
1970/6
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Jesus Nike
Jesus Nike

Gina Matchitt

Production date
1999
Medium
card, silver, stainless steel and wire
Size (h x w)
105 x 40 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2000
Accession no
C2000/1/19
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Polynesia migration Aotearoa
Polynesia migration Aotearoa

John Pule

Production date
1992
Medium
acrylic on unstretched canvas, and barkcloth
Size (h x w)
3300 x 1965 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased with funds from Reader's Digest New Zealand, 1992
Accession no
1992/21
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Melittion
Melittion

Frederic Leighton

Production date
1882
Medium
oil on canvas
Size (h x w)
1219 x 914 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Moss Davis, 1927
Accession no
1927/2/1
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Funeral March
Funeral March

A Lois White

Production date
1936
Medium
oil on canvas
Size (h x w)
840 x 1040 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1936
Accession no
1936/12/2
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Folau
Folau

Fatu Feu'u

Production date
1993
Medium
woodcut
Size (h x w)
1055 x 250 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2002
Accession no
2002/25/6
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Seedling, Cornelius Johnson’s Olympic Oak, Koreatown, Los Angeles, United States of America. Growing in what was probably the back yard of the athlete’s mother. Difficult to find, this tree was mentioned in a Los Angeles Times article dated 2007. Cornelius Johnson received one of several Gold Medals won by African Americans at the games. He returned to the US where racial segregation was practised until 1964. Johnson died in 1946
Seedling, Cornelius Johnson’s Olympic Oak, Koreatown, Los Angeles, United States...

Ann Shelton

Production date
2005
Medium
C-type print
Size (h x w)
1568 x 1261 x 54 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2018
Accession no
2018/7/2.1-2
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Maori meeting
Maori meeting

Christopher Perkins

Production date
1932-1934
Medium
oil on canvas
Size (h x w)
914 x 1829 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1967
Accession no
1967/14/2
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Ancestor-Log
Ancestor-Log

Paul Hartigan

Production date
1985
Medium
enamel on board
Size (h x w)
2035 x 1207 x 25 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 1986
Accession no
C1994/1/176
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Field and body suite 5
Field and body suite 5

Marion Borgelt

Production date
1991
Medium
pigment and pastel on paper
Size (h x w)
650 x 515 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1992
Accession no
1992/29/2
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Pushing a camera over a hill
Pushing a camera over a hill

Mike Parr

Production date
Aug 1971
Medium
single channel video, standard definition (SD), 4:3, black and white, stereo sound
Size (h x w)
7min 25sec
Credit line
The Auckland Triennial Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010
Accession no
2010/18
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Ideogram
Ideogram

Willi Baumeister

Production date
1937
Medium
serigraph
Size (h x w)
432 x 495 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1955
Accession no
1955/24/2
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Louise de Keroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth
Louise de Keroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth

Henri Gascard

Production date
circa 1670
Medium
oil on canvas
Size (h x w)
1215 x 983 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gifted in memory of Mr and Mrs Joseph James Craig of Auckland by their children, 1952
Accession no
1952/17/1
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Ngatu Tā‘uli
Ngatu Tā‘uli

Kautaha Koka‘anga

Production date
circa 1990
Medium
inner bark of hiapo (paper mulberry), black soot from the burned flesh of tuitui (candlenuts), red/brown pigment from the bark of the koka tree, ‘umea (red soil/clay)
Size (h x w)
6500 x 6040 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Chartwell Gift Collection, 2013
Accession no
2013/19/11
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Untitled
Untitled

Giuseppe Romeo

Production date
1986
Medium
acrylic and varnish on cardboard
Size (h x w)
2621 x 455 x 45 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 1988
Accession no
C1994/1/268
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Seedling, Jack Lovelock’s Olympic Oak, Timaru Boys’ High School, Timaru, New Zealand. Featured in Leni Riefenstahl’s (1938 film) Olympia, Lovelock set a new world record and won Gold in what some regard as one of the finest 1500m Olympic finals of all time. In his thesis James Constandt refers to Lovelock entrusting his seedling into the care of teammate Cecil Matthews to deliver it home to New Zealand. By the time it arrived it was in poor condition but was nursed back to health and in 1941 was planted at Timaru Boys’ High School
Seedling, Jack Lovelock’s Olympic Oak, Timaru Boys’ High School, Timaru, New Zea...

Ann Shelton

Production date
2005
Medium
C-type print
Size (h x w)
1568 x 1261 x 54 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2018
Accession no
2018/7/1.1-2
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Field and body suite 1
Field and body suite 1

Marion Borgelt

Production date
1991
Medium
pigment and pastel on paper
Size (h x w)
650 x 515 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1992
Accession no
1992/29/1
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Homage to McCahon and Blake
Homage to McCahon and Blake

Pat Hanly

Production date
1972
Medium
intaglio from plaster block with watercolour
Size (h x w)
328 x 283 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the artist, 1990
Accession no
1991/19/22
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Walk This Way
Walk This Way

Chris Heaphy

Production date
1997
Medium
acrylic on board
Size (h x w)
1980 x 2730 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 1997
Accession no
C1997/1/14.1-3
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Grid: Doors III
Grid: Doors III

Hilarie Mais

Production date
1988
Medium
oil paint and timber
Size (h x w)
2640 x 2330 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 1996
Accession no
C1996/1/14.1-2
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Cauldrons
Cauldrons

Maria Olsen

Production date
1986
Medium
acrylic on canvas
Size (h x w)
1220 x 3480 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 1987
Accession no
C1994/1/198.1-2
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On Remembering Water
On Remembering Water

Maria Olsen

Production date
1985
Medium
oil stick on paper
Size (h x w)
1060 x 1475 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 1985
Accession no
C1994/1/165
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Tour division: "End of the Golden Age"
Tour division: "End of the Golden Age"

Pat Hanly

Production date
1981
Medium
silkscreen
Size (h x w)
423 x 580 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1982
Accession no
1982/6
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Untitled
Untitled

John Nixon

Production date
1993
Medium
enamel, mallet and coins on hardboard, newspaper, paper and metal
Size (h x w)
1900 x 3500 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 1997
Accession no
C1997/1/23/1-6
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detail. A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/. someone looks at something .... LOGOS / HA HA.
detail. A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/. someone looks at something .... LOGOS...

Peter Tyndall

Production date
1992
Medium
A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/, someone looks at something..., CULTURAL CONSUMPTION PRODUCTION
Size (h x w)
1405 x 4355 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 1997
Accession no
C1997/1/29/1-3
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Into The Black
Into The Black

Chris Heaphy

Production date
1996
Medium
acrylic on various surfaces
Size (h x w)
1215 x 3960 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 1997
Accession no
C1997/1/8/1-24
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La Mort emporte une femme (Death carrying a woman)
La Mort emporte une femme (Death carrying a woman)

Stefano Della Bella

Production date
1648
Medium
etching, engraving oval plate
Size (h x w)
176 x 143 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982
Accession no
M1982/1/1/3
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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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The Pulenoa Triptych
The Pulenoa Triptych

John Pule

Production date
1995
Medium
oil on canvas
Size (h x w)
2190 x 5430 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 1998
Accession no
C1998/1/15/1-3
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Seedling, Urho Karhumäki’s Olympic Oak, Tervalampi, Finland. In 1936 Olympic Medals were still awarded in what was called The Arts Competitions where artists competed in categories such as sculpture, drawing, painting and architecture. Karhumäki was awarded Gold in the poetry competition for his composition Avoveteen (Into free water). Today only a stump remains at the corner of the small, private graveyard where Karhumäki is buried
Seedling, Urho Karhumäki’s Olympic Oak, Tervalampi, Finland. In 1936 Olympic Med...

Ann Shelton

Production date
2005
Medium
C-type print
Size (h x w)
1568 x 1261 x 54 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2018
Accession no
2018/7/3.1-2
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The Infant Christ Borne Aloft by Putti, with Allegories of the Arts
The Infant Christ Borne Aloft by Putti, with Allegories of the Arts

Anton Teutenberg

Production date
1857
Medium
pen and ink, with traces of graphite, on paper
Size (h x w)
367 x 275 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2013
Accession no
2013/38
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The Fortune Teller
The Fortune Teller

Pietro Paolini

Production date
Unknown
Medium
oil on canvas
Size (h x w)
1080 x 1702 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Mr Norman B Spencer, 1961
Accession no
1961/2
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Sun Tung Fowl Ceremony
Sun Tung Fowl Ceremony

Bill Brown

Production date
1985
Medium
oil and oil stick on linen
Size (h x w)
1723 x 3450 x 40 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 1986
Accession no
C1994/1/182
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Tapa'au
Tapa'au

Fatu Feu'u

Production date
1992
Medium
lithograph with wood block
Size (h x w)
540 x 760 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1993
Accession no
1993/28/1
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Study for 'Sun Tung Fowl Ceremony'
Study for 'Sun Tung Fowl Ceremony'

Bill Brown

Production date
1985
Medium
acrylic and conte on paper
Size (h x w)
640 x 960 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 1986
Accession no
C1994/1/487
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Painting No. 1
Painting No. 1

Gordon Walters

Production date
1965
Medium
PVA on hardboard
Size (h x w)
930 x 1233 x 32 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1966
Accession no
1966/4
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