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9 Oct 2016
1pm
Free
Join Assistant Curator Emma Jameson for a tour of her new exhibition An Overture to the Text which provides an in-depth investigation into a series of illustrations, analysing their visual features and what these communicate.
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15 Mar 2020
2-2:30pm
Don't miss the opportunity to hear John Reynolds discuss his processes and ideas behind his glass painting The Violet Hour .
John Reynolds is well known as one of New Zealand's foremost painters and printmakers who has featured in many key national and international exhibitions and publications on contemporary New Zealand art. He has shown widely throughout the country and been commissioned to produce projects for a wide range of public galleries, private collections and commercial companies.
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22 Feb 2020
2–3pm
Curated by Natasha Conland, our new exhibition, Honestly Speaking: The Word, The Body and the Internet
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24 Jul 2016
11am–4pm
Free
Auckland Zinefest , the annual non-profit festival celebrating zine culture and all things DIY, is coming to Auckland Art Gallery.
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27 Oct 2018
1–4pm
130 Members, $180 non-Members (includes annual membership) Book now
Join artist and calligrapher Kate Hursthouse for an afternoon spent exploring ways to create art from text.
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13 Aug 2017
3pm
Free
Kate Hannah chairs a lively discussion about women’s lives today with Holly Walker and Barbara Brookes.
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17 Jul 2020
— 19 Jul 2020
11am–4pm
FREE
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19 Mar 2017
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.
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3 Mar 2019
1 – 2pm
Join us for a NZSL interpreted tour with Auckland Art Gallery’s Senior Curator, NZ and Pacific Art, Ron Brownson. This tour is especially for Deaf and hard of hearing people, their friends and families.
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10 Sep 2016
— 11 Sep 2016
10am – 5pm
Free
The final Space to Dream themed weekend brings to the forefront the power of language.
Poets
10 Sep 2016
— 11 Sep 2016
10am – 5pm
Free
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8 Aug 2018
5.30–7.30pm
Members $25, non-Members $75 Book now
Join us at She Claims: Art Matters , a series of events where you’ll rub elbows with creatives and critics while celebrating the ideas, voices and power of creative women. In session five of this series visual artist Ruth Buchanan will talk with curator Natasha Conland about her creative practice, drive, culture and the key topics in her work she cares deeply about.
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14 Aug 2016
1pm
Free
Inspired by the visit of Pope John Paul II to Uruguay in 1988, The Pope’s Toilet cloaks religious critique in the scrappy tempo of irremediable poverty and irrepressible enterprise.
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15 Feb 2020
1.30–3.30pm
FREE
To celebrate Auckland Pride , enjoy the stunning voices of the Gay and Lesbian Singers (GALS) when they return to perform as part of the Gallery’s Pride Celebrations for 2020. Then look at art from diverse perspectives on our LGBTTQI-insight tour of the Gallery’s historical art collection. Presented by our curator, Ron Brownson, gallerist Michael Lett, with Heather Straka and Cameron Ah-Loo Matamua. More names to be announced.
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25 Aug 2016
12pm
Free for Members
Join Assistant Curator Emma Jameson to look at the influence of classical mythology and the imagined past on Frederic Leighton’s illustrations for George Eliot’s novel Romola .
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30 Oct 2016
1pm
Free
Join Dr Peter Gilderdale, Acting HOD of Communication Design at AUT, for an illustrated overview of 19th century illustration, with a particular focus on the contextual, conceptual and craft-related issues that shaped illustration’s complicated relationship with art.
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8 Dec 2020
9am—7pm
FREE (limited spots, registration required)
View Artwork
Unknown artist
Production date
circa 1915
Medium
ink on paper, type-written
Size (h x w)
260 x 207 mm
Credit line
Partridge Correspondence, E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
RC2009/2/60
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Unknown artist
Production date
circa 1915
Medium
ink on paper, type-written
Size (h x w)
263 x 209 mm
Credit line
Partridge Correspondence, E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
RC2009/2/59
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Harvey Benge
Production date
2008
Medium
hard cover photo book
Size (h x w)
216 x 147 x 18 mm
Credit line
Harvey Benge Photobooks, E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Harvey Benge, 2015
Accession no
RC2015/2/2/9
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Eduardo Paolozzi
Production date
1967
Medium
screenprint
Size (h x w)
381 x 254 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1968
Accession no
1968/26/76
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John Reynolds
Production date
2016
Medium
acrylic paint marker on acrylic on canvas
Size (h x w)
2100 x 1520 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2016
Accession no
C2016/1/29/1
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Eduardo Paolozzi
Production date
1967
Medium
screenprint
Size (h x w)
252 x 140 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1968
Accession no
1968/26/61
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Eduardo Paolozzi
Production date
1967
Medium
screenprint
Size (h x w)
381 x 254 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1968
Accession no
1968/26/52
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Eduardo Paolozzi
Production date
1967
Medium
screenprint
Size (h x w)
254 x 381 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1968
Accession no
1968/26/72
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Eduardo Paolozzi
Production date
1967
Medium
screenprint
Size (h x w)
381 x 254 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1968
Accession no
1968/26/59
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Eduardo Paolozzi
Production date
1967
Medium
screenprint
Size (h x w)
381 x 254 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1968
Accession no
1968/26/50
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Eduardo Paolozzi
Production date
1967
Medium
screenprint
Size (h x w)
381 x 254 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1968
Accession no
1968/26/48
View Artwork
Eduardo Paolozzi
Production date
1967
Medium
screenprint
Size (h x w)
381 x 254 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1968
Accession no
1968/26/54
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Eduardo Paolozzi
Production date
1967
Medium
screenprint
Size (h x w)
381 x 254 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1968
Accession no
1968/26/75
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Eduardo Paolozzi
Production date
1967
Medium
screenprint
Size (h x w)
381 x 254 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1968
Accession no
1968/26/77
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Eduardo Paolozzi
Production date
1967
Medium
screenprint
Size (h x w)
381 x 254 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1968
Accession no
1968/26/57
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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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Jacques Callot
Production date
1627
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
205 x 152 x 25 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn
Accession no
MU/424
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Peter Robinson
On display
Production date
1997
Medium
mixed media on paper
Size (h x w)
2770 x 2500 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 1997
Accession no
C1997/1/15
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Colin McCahon
Production date
1970
Medium
synthetic polymer paint on unstretched canvas
Size (h x w)
2070 x 2600 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, in special recognition of E.W. Gardiner, 1985
Accession no
C1994/1/144
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CJ
Production date
1989
Medium
photocopies, floor tiles, epoxy resin and fibreglass cloth on vinyl wallpaper
Size (h x w)
1615 x 1670 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1989
Accession no
1989/36
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Hugh Whitcombe
Production date
12 Feb 1930
Medium
ink on paper, type-written
Size (h x w)
262 x 207 mm
Credit line
Partridge Correspondence, E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
RC2009/2/68
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Fiona Connor
Production date
2011
Medium
ink on coated paper
Size (h x w)
420 x 270 mm
Credit line
Fiona Connor Archive, E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Fiona Connor, 2017
Accession no
RC2013/4/15/3
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John Barr
Production date
13 Aug 1929
Medium
ink on paper, type-written
Size (h x w)
259 x 205 mm
Credit line
Partridge Correspondence, E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
RC2009/2/63
View Artwork
Fiona Connor
Production date
2011
Medium
ink on coated paper
Size (h x w)
420 x 270 mm
Credit line
Fiona Connor Archive, E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Fiona Connor, 2017
Accession no
RC2013/4/15/1
View Artwork
Fiona Connor
Production date
2011
Medium
ink on coated paper
Size (h x w)
420 x 270 mm
Credit line
Fiona Connor Archive, E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Fiona Connor, 2017
Accession no
RC2013/4/15/2
View Artwork
Hugh Whitcombe
Production date
18 Sep 1929
Medium
ink on paper, type-written
Size (h x w)
262 x 207 mm
Credit line
Partridge Correspondence, E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
RC2009/2/67
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Colin McCahon
Production date
1969
Medium
watercolour
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, on loan from a private collection
Accession no
L1998/28/48
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Robert MacPherson
Production date
1989-1995
Medium
acrylic on board
Size (h x w)
1220 x 3960 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 1997
Accession no
C1997/1/9/1-4
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Shane Cotton
Production date
1998
Medium
oil on canvas
Size (h x w)
558 x 1010 x 40 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
C1998/1/30
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Colin McCahon
Production date
1969
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, on loan from a private collection
Accession no
L1998/28/34
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Production date
1753
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
120 x 190 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1955
Accession no
1955/42/18
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H E Partridge
Production date
15 Aug 1929
Medium
ink on paper, hand-written
Size (h x w)
180 x 230 mm
Credit line
Partridge Correspondence, E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
RC2009/2/66
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John Reynolds
Production date
2001
Medium
oil stick on metallic paper
Size (h x w)
1000 x 700 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the Patrons of the Auckland Art Gallery and the artist, 2002
Accession no
2002/26/8
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H C Westermann
Production date
Unknown
Medium
lithograph
Size (h x w)
832 x 620 x 26 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1980
Accession no
1980/2
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Stieg Persson
Production date
1985-1986
Medium
gouache, paper collage
Size (h x w)
1070 x 1610 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 1988
Accession no
C1994/1/266.1-20
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Barr Archive on et al.
Production date
1902-2004
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Jim Barr and Mary Barr, 2018
Accession no
RC2020/4
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Bruce Barber Archive
Production date
1968-2008
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Bruce Barber, 2008
Accession no
RC2009/3
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Charles Tole Archive
Production date
1901-1985
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the Charles Tole Estate, 1988
Accession no
RC2002/7
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E H McCormick Papers
Production date
1890-1991
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Linda Gill, 2015
Accession no
RC2015/4
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Fiona Connor Archive
Production date
2009-2019
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki (see archive item details for credit lines specific to each deposit)
Accession no
RC2013/4
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Garth Tapper signed books
Production date
1998
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Hamish Poole, 2007
Accession no
RC2007/9
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Giovanni Intra Archive
Production date
1989-2002
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Angela Caughey, 2009
Accession no
RC2009/1
View Archive
Goldie photograph album
Production date
1930s?
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Alan Kearsley, 2003
Accession no
RC2003/10
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Harvey Benge Photobooks
Production date
1993-2018
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Harvey Benge, 2015
Accession no
RC2015/2
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