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The Walters Prize 2008
The Walters Prize 2008

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The Walters Prize 2008

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The Walters Prize 2018
The Walters Prize 2018

The Walters Prize 2018

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The Walters Prize 2014
The Walters Prize 2014

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The Walters Prize 2014

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The Walters Prize 2012
The Walters Prize 2012

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The Walters Prize 2012

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The Walters Prize 2010
The Walters Prize 2010

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The Walters Prize 2010

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The Walters Prize 2006
The Walters Prize 2006

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The Walters Prize 2006

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The Walters Prize 2002
The Walters Prize 2002

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The Walters Prize 2002

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The Walters Prize 2004
The Walters Prize 2004

$7 - $5

The Walters Prize 2004

$7 - $5

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The Walters Prize 2021
The Walters Prize 2021

FREE

The Walters Prize 2021

FREE

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The Walters Prize 2016
The Walters Prize 2016

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The Walters Prize 2016

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Alicia Frankovich | AQI2020
Alicia Frankovich | AQI2020

Alicia Frankovich | AQI2020

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Hei konei mai: We'll meet again
Hei konei mai: We'll meet again

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Hei konei mai: We'll meet again

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The Walters Prize | Kōrero with the winner
The Walters Prize | Kōrero with the winner

11am-12pm

FREE

Join us as Curator Contemporary Art, Natasha Conland talks in person with the winner of this year’s Walters Prize, New Zealand’s contemporary art accolade! 

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The Walters Prize 2018: Judge's lecture
The Walters Prize 2018: Judge's lecture

6pm

Free – no bookings

Adriano Pedrosa, Artistic Director at the globally renowned São Paulo Museum of Art (MASP), Brazil, has been appointed as the international judge for this year’s Walters Prize.

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The Walters Prize 2018: Winner speaks
The Walters Prize 2018: Winner speaks

11am

Join Curator, Contemporary Art, Natasha Conland in conversation with the winner of the Walters Prize 2018

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Curator's talk: Natasha Conland on The Walters Prize 2018
Curator's talk: Natasha Conland on The Walters Prize 2018

2pm

Members-only

As part of the Preview day for The Walters Prize 2018, coordinating curator Natasha Conland presents a special talk for Gallery Members in the auditorium on this year's nominated artworks.

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Preview: Walters Prize 2018
Preview: Walters Prize 2018

12–4pm

Members-only

Be one of the first people to enjoy The Walters Prize 2018 before it opens to the public. 

Preview: Walters Prize 2018

12–4pm

Members-only

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The Walters Prize unlocked: The 2018 jury speaks
The Walters Prize unlocked: The 2018 jury speaks

2pm

The invited jury for the 2018 Walters Prize discuss the four finalist’s works that were chosen by them as the most outstanding contributions to contemporary art in New Zealand during the last two years.

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Members curator tour: The 10th Walters Prize 2021
Members curator tour: The 10th Walters Prize 2021

12—1pm

FREE (Members only)

Join Curator, Contemporary Art, Natasha Conland for a Members-only tour through this year’s nominees of Aotearoa New Zealand’s contemporary art award, the Walters Prize.

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The Jury speaks
The Jury speaks

1pm

Free

Join three of the four Walters Prize 2016 jurors for a discussion on the artworks they selected for this year’s Prize.

The Jury speaks

1pm

Free

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Curator's tour: The Walters Prize 2016
Curator's tour: The Walters Prize 2016

3pm

Free

Join Auckland Art Gallery Curator Contemporary Art Natasha Conland for a tour of the 2016 Walters Prize and the works of the four finalists.

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Panel discussion: Walters Prize 2016 finalists
Panel discussion: Walters Prize 2016 finalists

3.30pm

Members-only

Join us to hear all four Walters Prize 2016 finalists in discussion with Curator, Contemporary Art Natasha Conland.

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Judge's lecture: Doryun Chong
Judge's lecture: Doryun Chong

6pm

Free

Doryun Chong, Deputy Director and Chief Curator at Hong Kong’s new M+ museum, presents the Walters Prize 2016 lecture.

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Walters Prize: Kōrero with the artists
Walters Prize: Kōrero with the artists

1pm—3pm

FREE

The Walters Prize is Aotearoa New Zealand’s most significant contemporary art award. Established in 2002, this year will be the tenth iteration of the Walters Prize, which was conceived as a platform to foreground excellence in the visual arts. Come and hear from this year’s four nominated artists, each speaking in front of their art installations. 

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Walters Prize: Kōrero with the jury
Walters Prize: Kōrero with the jury

11am—12pm

FREE

The Walters Prize is Aotearoa New Zealand’s most significant contemporary art award. Established in 2002, this year will be the tenth iteration of the Walters Prize, which was conceived as a platform to foreground excellence in the visual arts. Come and hear the jury discussing four artworks, selected for their outstanding contributions to contemporary art in New Zealand in the preceding two-year period.

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In conversation: Shannon Te Ao with Anthony Byrt
In conversation: Shannon Te Ao with Anthony Byrt

2pm

Free

Hear Walters Prize 2016 finalist Shannon Te Ao in conversation with Anthony Bryt, writer and Director of Research, Whitecliffe College of Arts & Design.

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In conversation: Nathan Pohio with Jon Bywater
In conversation: Nathan Pohio with Jon Bywater

12pm

Free

Join Walters Prize 2016 finalist Nathan Pohio in conversation with Jon Bywater, Senior Lecturer, University of Auckland.

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The winner speaks
The winner speaks

1pm

Free

Join Curator, Contemporary Art, Natasha Conland in conversation with the winner of the Walters Prize 2016.

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Megan Tamati-Quennell on Lisa Reihana
Megan Tamati-Quennell on Lisa Reihana

3pm

Free

Megan Tamati-Quennell, Curator Modern & Contemporary Māori & Indigenous Art at Te Papa Tongarewa, discusses the work of 2016 Walters Prize finalist Lisa Reihana.

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In conversation: Lisa Reihana with Rose Evans
In conversation: Lisa Reihana with Rose Evans

1pm

Free

Join Walters Prize 2016 finalist Lisa Reihana in conversation with independent objects conservator, Rose Evans.

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In conversation: Joyce Campbell with Balamohan Shingade
In conversation: Joyce Campbell with Balamohan Shingade

3pm

Free

Join Walters Prize 2016 finalist Joyce Campbell in conversation with Balamohan Shingade,  Manager and Curator, Malcolm Smith Gallery.

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Murdoch Stephens on Shannon Te Ao
Murdoch Stephens on Shannon Te Ao

3pm

Free

Join the coordinator of the 'Doing Our Bit' campaign to double New Zealand's refugee quota, Murdoch Stephens, who has been selected by Walters Prize finalist Shannon Te Ao to speak on his work Two shoots that stretch far out 2013–14.

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The Walters Prize unlocked: The 2018 finalists speak
The Walters Prize unlocked: The 2018 finalists speak

2pm

Ruth Buchanan, Jacqueline Fraser, Jess Johnson and Simon Ward, Pati Solomona Tyrell with Natasha Conland

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Jamie Hanton on Nathan Pohio
Jamie Hanton on Nathan Pohio

2pm

Free

Director of the Physics Room, Christchurch, Jamie Hanton discusses Nathan Pohio’s work Raise the anchor, unfurl the sails, set course to the centre of an ever setting sun? which is a finalist in the 2016 Walters Prize.

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Sriwhana Spong’s The painter-tailor – Live performance
Sriwhana Spong’s The painter-tailor – Live performance

2—2.20pm

Free

Renowned New Zealand musicians and audio-visual artists, Beth Dawson, Jade Farley and Alice Sparrow perform a twenty-minute improvisation of Sriwhana Spong’s ‘personal orchestra’, a key component of Spong’s Walters Prize exhibition, The Painter-tailor, 2019-2021.

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Sriwhana Spong’s The painter-tailor – Live performance July 3
Sriwhana Spong’s The painter-tailor – Live performance July 3

2—2.20pm

Free

Renowned New Zealand musicians and audio-visual artists, Beth Dawson, Jade Farley and Alice Sparrow perform a twenty-minute improvisation of Sriwhana Spong’s ‘personal orchestra’, a key component of Spong’s Walters Prize exhibition, The Painter-tailor, 2019-2021.

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Late Night Art
Late Night Art

5–9pm

Free

Indulge in streetARTdego, a creative-food-meets-artist-extravaganza in and around the Gallery that pairs top food vendors with renowned artists. Enjoy a live performance from Pacific Heights, after-hours entry to the Walters Prize exhibition, food by Judge Bao and drinks from the ArtDego Pop-Up Bar.

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She Claims: Art Matters #5 – Ruth Buchanan and Natasha Conland
She Claims: Art Matters #5 – Ruth Buchanan and Natasha Conland

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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Art Lovers' Films: Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
Art Lovers' Films: Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat

6pm

Members $26, General admission $28 Buy tickets

Join us for an advance screening of Boom for Real, a documentary about one of 80s New York's most charming and hailed (street) art darlings: Jean-Michel Basquiat.

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AUT Symposium: Art and Performance
AUT Symposium: Art and Performance

10am–5pm

This one-day symposium, accompanied by performance events, addresses the nature of performance and performativity especially for Aotearoa New Zealand.

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Lecture series: Masters of Light, 1700s to Now (II)
Lecture series: Masters of Light, 1700s to Now (II)

10.30am–12.30pm

From $40 Book now

Lecture Series Masters of Light – Day 2

Sun 28 May | 10.30am–12.30pm

This lecture series explores how light takes centre-stage in critically acclaimed paintings, sculptures, photographs, films and installations by ground-breaking artists through the centuries.

Day 1 focuses on historical European art, and Day 2 on modern and contemporary art, incorporating an Indigenous lens. Presented by four passionate art and design scholars, this series accompanying our current Light from Tate: 1700s to Now exhibition is not to be missed.

Like to attend? Come to both or pick your favourite day. Scroll down for more info on tickets or click here for a programme overview of Day 1.

Image credit: Wassily Kandinsky Swinging

 

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Barr Archive on et al.
Barr Archive on et al.

Jim Barr and Mary Barr

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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Ranginui
Ranginui

Lisa Reihana

Production date
2007
Medium
digital photograph printed on Fuji Crystal Archive resin coated paper mounted on 4mm aluminium C-print
Size (h x w)
2000 x 1200 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the Patrons of the Auckland Art Gallery, purchased with assistance from the Gallery, 2010
Accession no
2010/25/4
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The Urban Warrior
The Urban Warrior

Lisa Reihana

Production date
2007
Medium
digital photograph printed on Fuji Crystal Archive resin coated paper mounted on 4mm aluminium
Size (h x w)
2000 x 1200 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the Patrons of the Auckland Art Gallery, purchased with assistance from the Gallery, 2010
Accession no
2010/25/5
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Maureen Lander Archive
Maureen Lander Archive

Maureen Lander

Production date
1984-2020
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, gift of Maureen Lander, 2023
Accession no
RC2023/1
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Diva
Diva

Lisa Reihana

Production date
2007
Medium
digital photograph printed on Fuji Crystal Archive resin coated paper mounted on 4mm aluminium
Size (h x w)
2000 x 1200 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the Patrons of the Auckland Art Gallery, purchased with assistance from the Gallery, 2010
Accession no
2010/25/3
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Tukutuku Terrain
Tukutuku Terrain

Lisa Reihana

Production date
2007
Medium
two-channel video, standard definition (SD), 16:9, colour, silent
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the Patrons of the Auckland Art Gallery, 2010
Accession no
2010/25/7.1-2
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Maui
Maui

Lisa Reihana

Production date
2007
Medium
digital photograph printed on Fuji Crystal Archive resin coated paper mounted on 4mm aluminium
Size (h x w)
2000 x 1200 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the Patrons of the Auckland Art Gallery, purchased with assistance from the Gallery, 2010
Accession no
2010/25/6
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Introductory Logic Video Tutorial double canvas 2
Introductory Logic Video Tutorial double canvas 2

Simon Denny

Production date
2010
Medium
inkjet on canvas, metal fittings
Size (h x w)
490 x 510 x 470 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the artist and Michael Lett, 2013
Accession no
2013/3
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Barr Archive on et al.
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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Maureen Lander Archive
Maureen Lander Archive
Production date
1984-2020
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, gift of Maureen Lander, 2023
Accession no
RC2023/1

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