View Exhibition
A Pioneering Spirit
A Pioneering Spirit

Free entry

A Pioneering Spirit

Free entry

View Exhibition
Mary Quant: Fashion Revolutionary
Mary Quant: Fashion Revolutionary

From $20 Buy tickets

Mary Quant: Fashion Revolutionary

From $20 Buy tickets

View Exhibition
Handboek: Ans Westra Photographs
Handboek: Ans Westra Photographs

Free entry

Handboek: Ans Westra Photographs

Free entry

View Exhibition
Honoré Daumier: Mirror to the World
Honoré Daumier: Mirror to the World

Free entry

Honoré Daumier: Mirror to the World

Free entry

View Event
Anno Domini:  Gerd Janson
Anno Domini: Gerd Janson

2.30–9pm

$39.90 + booking fee Buy tickets

After a successful debut last summer, music series Anno Domini returns to our East Terrace for 2016/17.

Anno Domini: Gerd Janson

2.30–9pm

$39.90 + booking fee Buy tickets

View Event
David Hockney: A Bigger Picture (2009)
David Hockney: A Bigger Picture (2009)

3pm

Free

A revealing portrait of what inspires and motivates today’s greatest living British-born artist. 

View Event
A day at Gibbs Farm
A day at Gibbs Farm

10am–2pm

General admission $95 (+ booking fee), Members $85 (+booking fee), Children $53 (+booking fee) Book now

A day at Gibbs Farm

10am–2pm

General admission $95 (+ booking fee), Members $85 (+booking fee), Children $53 (+booking fee) Book now

View Event
SOLD OUT | Drop-in Drawing Special Edition |  Experimental Sound and Sketching
SOLD OUT | Drop-in Drawing Special Edition | Experimental Sound and Sketching

Fri July 16, 6:30-8pm

FREE

Join us for a special edition of our Friday Lates Drop-in Drawing with a performance by the renowned experimental pianist Hermione Johnson. 

View Event
POSTPONED Curatorial Notes with Juliana Engberg
POSTPONED Curatorial Notes with Juliana Engberg

6—7.30pm

From $5 Book now

At Alert Level 4, this event is regrettably postponed. Please see our latest COVID-19 updates here.

Part-open forum, part-insight to her curatorial mind, Juliana Engberg offers up her notes on pandemic curation, producing a newspaper alongside exhibition All That Was Solid Melts and deep-diving the Gallery's holdings in preparation for Romancing the Collection, which opens early August. Don’t miss the opportunity to hear from this award-winning and internationally acclaimed curator – a treat for students, art lovers and professionals alike.

View Event
School Holiday Programme Week 1: Music
School Holiday Programme Week 1: Music

$70 —$80 Book now

School holidays at the art Gallery!

View Event
School Holiday Programme Week 2: Music
School Holiday Programme Week 2: Music

$70—$80 Book now

School holidays at the art Gallery!

View Event
Summer School Holiday Programmes 2023
Summer School Holiday Programmes 2023

9am–3pm

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

Embrace the colours and textures of Mexico in this summer school holiday programme - create ceramics, textiles and portraits bursting with colour and fun!

Summer School Holiday Programmes 2023

9am–3pm

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

View Event
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

 

BOOK

View Event
July School Holiday Programmes
July School Holiday Programmes

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

9am–3pm

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

View Event
School Holiday Programmes at the Gallery
School Holiday Programmes at the Gallery

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

School holiday programmes with activities inspired by Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art.

School Holiday Programmes at the Gallery

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

View Event
SOLD OUT| A Day at Gibbs Farm with Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki POSTPONED TO OCTOBER
SOLD OUT| A Day at Gibbs Farm with Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki POSTPONED T...

Sun 30 October 2022, 10am–2pm

Adult: $95.00 Auckland Art Gallery Member: $85.00 Child (5 -13 yrs): $53.00 Children under 5: free Return Bus Ticket: (North Shore and Central departures) $20.00 On-site parking: per vehicle $20.00 NB: Ticketing fees will be applied by Eventfinda.

SOLD OUT| A Day at Gibbs Farm with Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki POSTPONED T...

Sun 30 October 2022, 10am–2pm

Adult: $95.00 Auckland Art Gallery Member: $85.00 Child (5 -13 yrs): $53.00 Children under 5: free Return Bus Ticket: (North Shore and Central departures) $20.00 On-site parking: per vehicle $20.00 NB: Ticketing fees will be applied by Eventfinda.

View Event
German documentary films
German documentary films

12pm

Free

To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the DEFA (Deutsche Film-AG) Studio in East Germany, the Goethe-Institut New Zealand presents in its Winter Film Series at the Auckland Art Gallery a film programme highlighting different themes and genres that were important to the DEFA.

German documentary films

12pm

Free

View Event
SOLD OUT: April School Holiday Programmes at the Gallery
SOLD OUT: April School Holiday Programmes at the Gallery

9am–3pm

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

Please note: this programme is now sold out. Check back in June for more school holiday programming. 

School holiday programmes with activities inspired by Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art.

SOLD OUT: April School Holiday Programmes at the Gallery

9am–3pm

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

View Event
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

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

View Event
January School Holiday Programmes 2022
January School Holiday Programmes 2022

9am–3pm

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

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

January School Holiday Programmes 2022

9am–3pm

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

View Event
July School Holiday Programme
July School Holiday Programme

9am-3pm

From $80 (+ booking fee) Book now

July School Holiday Programme

9am-3pm

From $80 (+ booking fee) Book now

View Event
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

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

Artworks

View Artwork

Not on display

Herd Returning in Stormy Weather
Herd Returning in Stormy Weather

Claude Lorrain

Production date
circa 1650-circa 1651
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
163 x 220 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Peter Tomory Collection, purchased 2004
Accession no
2004/30/55
View Artwork

Not on display

Rain clouds
Rain clouds

Richard Killeen

Production date
1997
Medium
acrylic and gesso on aluminium
Size (h x w)
680 x 1140 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 1997
Accession no
C1997/1/25/1-165
View Artwork

Not on display

Upper Moutere
Upper Moutere

M T Woollaston

Production date
1946
Medium
oil on board
Size (h x w)
606 x 608 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1959
Accession no
1959/8/1
View Artwork

Not on display

Will she weather it?
Will she weather it?

John Gibb

Production date
1887
Medium
oil on canvas
Size (h x w)
920 x 1430 x 50 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the Auckland Society of Arts
Accession no
U/6
View Artwork

Not on display

Song Cycle
Song Cycle

Ralph Hotere

Production date
1988
Medium
lithograph
Size (h x w)
547 x 432 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1990
Accession no
1990/4/1
View Artwork

Not on display

Untitled [Interior of a Cathedral]
Untitled [Interior of a Cathedral]

Frances Hodgkins

Production date
Post 1908
Medium
watercolour
Size (h x w)
458 x 378 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2007
Accession no
2007/8/17
View Artwork

Not on display

A Small Boat in Stormy Weather
A Small Boat in Stormy Weather

Petrus van der Velden

Production date
Unknown
Medium
wash
Size (h x w)
248 x 382 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Mrs J W Shaw, 1955
Accession no
1955/19
View Artwork

Not on display

Untitled [Checking the baskets]
Untitled [Checking the baskets]

Frances Hodgkins

Production date
1906
Medium
watercolour and charcoal
Size (h x w)
820 x 935 x 33 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased with assistance from the Auckland Decorative & Fine Arts Society, 2007
Accession no
2007/8/4
View Artwork

Not on display

Cologne
Cologne

Wenceslaus Hollar

Production date
circa 1635
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
60 x 94 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982
Accession no
M1982/1/3/62
View Artwork

Not on display

Nature's weathervane
Nature's weathervane

Arnold Macdonald

Production date
Unknown
Medium
bromoil photograph
Size (h x w)
234 x 296 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010
Accession no
2010/14/282
View Artwork

Not on display

The Woollastons
The Woollastons

Julian Dashper

Production date
1992
Medium
acrylic on drumhead with drumkit
Size (h x w)
1250 x 1500 x 1500 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2001
Accession no
C2001/1/27/4
View Artwork

Not on display

The Drivers
The Drivers

Julian Dashper

Production date
1992
Medium
enamel on drumhead with drumkit
Size (h x w)
1250 x 1500 x 1500 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2001
Accession no
C2001/1/27/1
View Artwork

Not on display

Standing and reclining figures
Standing and reclining figures

Henry Moore

Production date
1950
Medium
colour lithograph
Size (h x w)
295 x 241 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1952
Accession no
1952/24/2
View Artwork

Not on display

Drachenfels
Drachenfels

Wenceslaus Hollar

Production date
circa 1635
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
60 x 93 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982
Accession no
M1982/1/3/61
View Artwork

Not on display

Cologne
Cologne

Wenceslaus Hollar

Production date
circa 1635
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
60 x 93 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982
Accession no
M1982/1/3/63
View Artwork

Not on display

Düren: The Philippstor
Düren: The Philippstor

Wenceslaus Hollar

Production date
circa 1635
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
60 x 94 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982
Accession no
M1982/1/3/64
View Artwork

Not on display

Zuyder Zee
Zuyder Zee

Wenceslaus Hollar

Production date
circa 1635
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
60 x 93 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982
Accession no
M1982/1/3/67
View Artwork

Not on display

The Colin McCahons
The Colin McCahons

Julian Dashper

Production date
1992
Medium
enamel on drumhead with drumkit
Size (h x w)
1250 x 1500 x 1500 mm
Credit line
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2001
Accession no
C2001/1/27/3
View Artwork

Not on display

Wesel
Wesel

Wenceslaus Hollar

Production date
circa 1635
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
60 x 94 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982
Accession no
M1982/1/3/65
View Artwork

Not on display

Zuyder Zee
Zuyder Zee

Wenceslaus Hollar

Production date
circa 1635
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
60 x 93 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982
Accession no
M1982/1/3/68
View Artwork

Not on display

Koblenz
Koblenz

Wenceslaus Hollar

Production date
1635
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
59 x 93 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982
Accession no
M1982/1/3/60
View Artwork

Not on display

Delfshaven
Delfshaven

Wenceslaus Hollar

Production date
circa 1635
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
75 x 107 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982
Accession no
M1982/1/3/66
View Artwork

Not on display

Seascape
Seascape

Wenceslaus Hollar

Production date
circa 1635
Medium
etching
Size (h x w)
60 x 93 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982
Accession no
M1982/1/3/69
View Artwork

Not on display

Te Ana o Hineraki/Moa Bone Cave, Otautahi, Te Waipounamu 19 May 1989
Te Ana o Hineraki/Moa Bone Cave, Otautahi, Te Waipounamu 19 May 1989

Mark Adams

Production date
2013
Medium
gold-toned silver bromide fibre-based print
Size (h x w)
795 x 1163 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the Patrons of the Auckland Art Gallery, 2014
Accession no
2014/20/3
View Artwork

Not on display

Nine Fathoms Passage - 27.6.2014 - 1.7.2014 After William Hodges 'Waterfall in Dusky Bay with a Maori Canoe, 1775-7’
Nine Fathoms Passage - 27.6.2014 - 1.7.2014 After William Hodges 'Waterfall in D...

Mark Adams

Production date
2015
Medium
C-type print
Size (h x w)
1240 x 11022 x 43 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2016
Accession no
2016/2.1-11
View Artwork

Not on display

Brigand de propriétaire ... qui ne veut me faire faire des réparations qu'au beau temps! .... [The landlord really is a real robber ... It seems he chooses to make roof repairs only during sunny weather ...].
Brigand de propriétaire ... qui ne veut me faire faire des réparations qu'au bea...

Honoré Daumier

Production date
1848
Medium
lithograph
Size (h x w)
258 x 225 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1981
Accession no
1981/50/13/5
View Artwork

Not on display

Untitled (Mud pool) 3
Untitled (Mud pool) 3

Theo Schoon

Production date
circa 1967
Medium
gelatin silver print
Size (h x w)
257 x 257 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the artist, 1983
Accession no
1983/19/37
View Artwork

Not on display

A Woman and Her Sons of Nga Ti Toa Tribe.  Porirua Cook's Straits
A Woman and Her Sons of Nga Ti Toa Tribe. Porirua Cook's Straits

George French Angas W Hawkins

Production date
circa 1847
Medium
hand coloured lithograph
Size (h x w)
235 x 185 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2009
Accession no
2009/16/5/1
View Artwork

Not on display

Nor'west light, Wakatipu
Nor'west light, Wakatipu

Olivia Spencer Bower

Production date
circa 1938
Medium
watercolour
Size (h x w)
285 x 390 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1979
Accession no
1979/25/1
View Artwork

Not on display

House of Iwikau, brother of Te Heuheu, and Falls of Ko Waihi at Te Rapa, Taupo Lake
House of Iwikau, brother of Te Heuheu, and Falls of Ko Waihi at Te Rapa, Taupo L...

J W Giles George French Angas

Production date
1844
Medium
lithograph in tints, handcoloured paper
Size (h x w)
320 x 233 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased with funds from the M A Serra Trust, 1987
Accession no
1987/16/3
View Artwork

Not on display

Frederick B. Butler Collection, Puke Ariki, New Plymouth, Scrapbooks from: Weather 1956 April – May to Young Farmers 1969 April – October
Frederick B. Butler Collection, Puke Ariki, New Plymouth, Scrapbooks from: Weath...

Ann Shelton

Production date
2006
Medium
C-type print
Size (h x w)
1365 x 965 mm
Credit line
Artist’s exhibition set on long-term loan to the Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
C2008/1/34/25
View Artwork

Not on display

Poahu and E Koti. Two Lads of Poverty Bay. Children of Te Pakaru, The Principal Chief of Kaioha
Poahu and E Koti. Two Lads of Poverty Bay. Children of Te Pakaru, The Principal...

George French Angas George French Angas

Production date
circa 1847
Medium
hand coloured lithograph
Size (h x w)
225 x 400 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2009
Accession no
2009/16/13/1
View Artwork

Not on display

Frederick B. Butler Collection, Puke Ariki, New Plymouth, Scrapbooks from: War General January 1944 – November 1945 to Weather 1956 March – April
Frederick B. Butler Collection, Puke Ariki, New Plymouth, Scrapbooks from: War G...

Ann Shelton

Production date
2006
Medium
C-type print
Size (h x w)
1365 x 965 mm
Credit line
Artist’s exhibition set on long-term loan to the Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
C2008/1/34/24
View Artwork

Not on display

Tu Kaitote, The Pah of Te Whero Whero, on the Waikato
Tu Kaitote, The Pah of Te Whero Whero, on the Waikato

George French Angas J W Giles

Production date
Unknown
Medium
handcoloured lithograph
Size (h x w)
228 x 324 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1964
Accession no
1964/15/5
View Artwork

Not on display

Te Mutu, Chief of the Shutai, with his Sons Patuoni and Te Kuri Hokianga
Te Mutu, Chief of the Shutai, with his Sons Patuoni and Te Kuri Hokianga

George French Angas J W Giles

Production date
circa 1847
Medium
hand coloured lithograph
Size (h x w)
270 x 205 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2009
Accession no
2009/16/6/1
View Artwork

Not on display

Postcard from Hannah Ritchie of Saint-Valéry-sur-Somme to W R Ritchie
Postcard from Hannah Ritchie of Saint-Valéry-sur-Somme to W R Ritchie

Hannah Ritchie

Production date
1902
Medium
printed card
Credit line
E H McCormick Papers, E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Linda Gill, 2015
Accession no
RC2015/4/7/53
View Archive
E H McCormick Papers
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

Ideas

Articles

More