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The Body Laid Bare: Masterpieces from Tate
The Body Laid Bare: Masterpieces from Tate

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$23, Members and Children 12 and under FREE Buy tickets

The Body Laid Bare: Masterpieces from Tate

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$23, Members and Children 12 and under FREE Buy tickets

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Tate & Us
Tate & Us

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Free entry

Tate & Us

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Free entry

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French artists in The Body Laid Bare
French artists in The Body Laid Bare

11.15am and 2pm

Exhibition entry applies

Join Patricia Jean-Louis for a tour through The Body Laid Bare in English (with a hint of French), focusing on French artists in the exhibition.

French artists in The Body Laid Bare

11.15am and 2pm

Exhibition entry applies

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The Body Laid Bare: Curator's tour with Justin Paton
The Body Laid Bare: Curator's tour with Justin Paton

7pm

Exhibition entry applies

Join Head Curator, International Art, Art Gallery of New South Wales and co-curator of The Body Laid Bare: Masterpieces from Tate on a tour that will focus on some of his favourite works in the exhibition.

The Body Laid Bare: Curator's tour with Justin Paton

7pm

Exhibition entry applies

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Emma Chambers: The making of The Body Laid Bare
Emma Chambers: The making of The Body Laid Bare

1pm

Free entry

Join Emma Chambers, curator, modern British art at Tate, London for an illustrated introduction to The Body Laid Bare and the exhibition's concept, themes and how the works were selected. 

Emma Chambers: The making of The Body Laid Bare

1pm

Free entry

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Members preview: The Body Laid Bare
Members preview: The Body Laid Bare

12–4pm

Members-only

Join us for an exclusive Members Preview of The Body Laid Bare: Masterpieces from Tate.

Members preview: The Body Laid Bare

12–4pm

Members-only

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Guest curator's tour: Emma Chambers
Guest curator's tour: Emma Chambers

1pm

Exhibition entry applies

Join Emma Chambers, Curator, Modern British art at Tate Britain for a tour of The Body Laid Bare.

Guest curator's tour: Emma Chambers

1pm

Exhibition entry applies

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The Body Laid Bare: Figure drawing workshop
The Body Laid Bare: Figure drawing workshop

12–4pm

$80 Book now

A rare opportunity to combine a visit to experience The Body Laid Bare: Masterpieces from Tate with an afternoon of fully tutored life drawing with artist Sybille Schlumbom in the Gallery studio.

The Body Laid Bare: Figure drawing workshop

12–4pm

$80 Book now

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Members Late Night: The Body Laid Bare
Members Late Night: The Body Laid Bare

6–9pm

$25 – $125 Book now

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.

Members Late Night: The Body Laid Bare

6–9pm

$25 – $125 Book now

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Open Late: k2k and Hugo Jay
Open Late: k2k and Hugo Jay

6–10pm

$30 + booking fee Buy tickets

Get up close and personal with Auckland Art Gallery's major exhibition The Body Laid Bare: Masterpieces from Tate after dark with a series of late night events featuring DJs, live music, and entry to the exhibition.

Open Late: k2k and Hugo Jay

6–10pm

$30 + booking fee Buy tickets

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Open Late: SoccerPractise and Peach Milk
Open Late: SoccerPractise and Peach Milk

6–10pm

$30 + booking fee Buy tickets

Get up close and personal with Auckland Art Gallery's major exhibition The Body Laid Bare: Masterpieces from Tate after dark with a series of late night events featuring DJs, live music, and entry to the exhibition.

Open Late: SoccerPractise and Peach Milk

6–10pm

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Ron Brownson: the photography of David Wojnarowicz and John Coplans
Ron Brownson: the photography of David Wojnarowicz and John Coplans

1pm

Exhibition entry fee applies

Join Senior Curator Ron Brownson for talk on the work of The Body Laid Bare artists David Wojnarowicz and John Coplans.

Ron Brownson: the photography of David Wojnarowicz and John Coplans

1pm

Exhibition entry fee applies

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International Sculpture Day: Drop-in Drawing
International Sculpture Day: Drop-in Drawing

11am – 3pm

Exhibition entry applies

Celebrate International Sculpture Day by drawing some of your favourite sculptures in our major exhibition The Body Laid Bare: Masterpieces from Tate.

International Sculpture Day: Drop-in Drawing

11am – 3pm

Exhibition entry applies

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Censoring The Body Laid Bare: Dr Andrew Jacks and Susannah Walker
Censoring The Body Laid Bare: Dr Andrew Jacks and Susannah Walker

1pm

Free

Join New Zealand Classification Office Chief Censor Dr Andrew Jacks and Metro Editor Susannah Walker for a unique insight into the issue of censorship and the naked nude.

Censoring The Body Laid Bare: Dr Andrew Jacks and Susannah Walker

1pm

Free

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Open Late: Tiny Ruins (solo acoustic) and VICE DJs
Open Late: Tiny Ruins (solo acoustic) and VICE DJs

6–10pm

$30 + booking fee Buy tickets

Get up close and personal with Auckland Art Gallery's major exhibition The Body Laid Bare: Masterpieces from Tate after dark with a series of late night events featuring DJs, live music, and entry to the exhibition.

Open Late: Tiny Ruins (solo acoustic) and VICE DJs

6–10pm

$30 + booking fee Buy tickets

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Guest curators' talk: Emma Chambers and Justin Paton
Guest curators' talk: Emma Chambers and Justin Paton

2.30pm

Members-only

Join Emma Chambers, Curator Modern British Art, Tate, and Justin Paton, Head Curator of International Art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, in conversation on The Body Laid Bare.

Guest curators' talk: Emma Chambers and Justin Paton

2.30pm

Members-only

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The nude reviewed: Looking at images of the human body in art history
The nude reviewed: Looking at images of the human body in art history

— 6–8pm

$150 members, $190 non-members Book now

Join Associate Professor Linda Tyler, Director, Centre for Art Studies, The University of Auckland, and Milica Madanović, MA Belgrade, for a four-week Continuing Education course on The nude reviewed: Looking at images of the human body in art history.

The nude reviewed: Looking at images of the human body in art history

— 6–8pm

$150 members, $190 non-members Book now

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The nude reviewed: Looking at images of the human body in art history
The nude reviewed: Looking at images of the human body in art history

— 11am–1pm

SOLD OUT

Join Associate Professor Linda Tyler, Director, Centre for Art Studies, The University of Auckland, and Milica Madanović, MA Belgrade, for a four-week Continuing Education course on The nude reviewed: Looking at images of the human body in art history.

The nude reviewed: Looking at images of the human body in art history

— 11am–1pm

SOLD OUT

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Sharon Evans-Mikellis: Fashionable bodies
Sharon Evans-Mikellis: Fashionable bodies

1pm

Free

Join Senior Lecturer in Design in the Department of Fashion and Textiles AUT University, Sharon Evans-Mikellis, for a look at the way our perception of beauty has changed over time and explores the tools, treatments and top tips from past centuries that were used to create the ideal fashionable body.

Sharon Evans-Mikellis: Fashionable bodies

1pm

Free

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Embrace (2016)
Embrace (2016)

3pm

Free

A documentary by Australian body image activist Taryn Brumfitt on her campaign to counteract the intense and unrelenting pressures on Western women and girls to fixate on appearance.

Embrace (2016)

3pm

Free

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Helene Morris and Steve Ferguson talk about Lonely
Helene Morris and Steve Ferguson talk about Lonely

1pm

Free

Join Helene Morris and Steve Ferguson, founders of fashion brand Lonely, as they share their insights into their world renowned brand with Auckland Art Gallery Assistant Curator Emma Jameson. 

Helene Morris and Steve Ferguson talk about Lonely

1pm

Free

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Erin Griffey: Provocative bodies from Renaissance Italy to contemporary London
Erin Griffey: Provocative bodies from Renaissance Italy to contemporary London

1pm

Free

Join Dr Erin Griffey, Associate Professor, Art History at the University of Auckland, for an illustrated overview of key female nudes from Renaissance and Baroque art, which are then compared with contemporary nudes in the exhibition by artists such as Sarah Lucas and Cindy Sherman.

Erin Griffey: Provocative bodies from Renaissance Italy to contemporary London

1pm

Free

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Steve Lovett: the Illustrated poems of CP Cavafy by David Hockney
Steve Lovett: the Illustrated poems of CP Cavafy by David Hockney

1pm

Free with exhibition entry

English artist David Hockney, using his experiences from a trip to Beirut in 1966, started a series of simple etchings to illustrate the homoerotic poems by the Alexandria born, Greek poet, CP Cavafy. Join artist, printmaker and art educator Steve Lovett for his response to this now iconic body of work by Hockney.

Steve Lovett: the Illustrated poems of CP Cavafy by David Hockney

1pm

Free with exhibition entry

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