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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Filmic portrait of the controversial Irish-born British figurative painter Francis Bacon and his masochistic relationship with his self-destructive younger lover.
Join Dr Misha Kavka, Associate Dean, Media and Communication, University of Auckland, for a revealing look at the images that art and the media confront, seduce, manipulate and titillate us with.
Assistant Curator Emma Jameson discusses the Victorian period’s fear and fascination of sexuality and how the naked female figure was clothed in various guises to satisfy both social decorum and latent desire.
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.
Assistant Curator Emma Jameson discusses the Victorian period’s fear and fascination of sexuality and how the naked female figure was clothed in various guises to satisfy both social decorum and latent desire.
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.
This short documentary looks at the convoluted history of Rodin’s sculpture The Kiss, originally commissioned by a resident of Lewes at the beginning of the 20th century and now in the collection of Tate.
Join Dr Mark Stocker, Curator, Historical International Art, Te Papa Tongarewa, and noted commentator on Rodin, who will peel back the layers of The Kiss and other artworks by revealing the stories behind the man and his masterpieces.
Join Dr Robin Woodward, Senior Lecturer Art History, University of Auckland as she discusses how the classical ideal of the nude maintained its hold over 19th century Western art. This was soon to be thrown out in the early part of the 20th century by a young Spaniard painting in Paris.
This short documentary looks at the convoluted history of Rodin’s sculpture The Kiss, originally commissioned by a resident of Lewes at the beginning of the 20th century and now in the collection of Tate.
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