10am—4pm
event Details
Membership turns 10 and we are celebrating with a two-day festival jam packed with talks, art making, slow-looking sessions and cake!
Day 1 Programme highlights:
- Fascinating lectures – Mary Kisler on James Mackelvie, Béatrice Carlson on World of WearableArt, Natasha Conland on The Venice Biennale, and Gina Hochstein on Adorning Modernism
- Slow-looking sessions – dive deep into one artwork to see and discover more
- Printmaking – craft two prints in this quick-fire gelli print workshop
- Artland – you are never too old to play with clay
- Birthday cake – served in the Members Lounge
Tickets are limited to two per Gallery Member. Your ticket gives access to the entire programme on your day of choice, however, all activities have limited capacity – first come, first served.
Scroll down to read more about the programme. Click here for more information about day 2 of the festival.
- Date
- Location
- Multiple locations across the gallery
- Cost
- Members $25 (+ fees)
Lecture: Finding the Family of James Mackelvie by Mary Kisler MNZM
Auditorium
10.30am
As curator of the Mackelvie Collection (until 2019), Mary Kisler gained insight into the artworks in her care, but almost nothing about the man himself once he left Auckland in 1871. This talk will explore how Mary travelled from sun-filled towns of the Côte d'Azur to windswept ports in Scotland in search of James Mackelvie’s history.
Mary Kisler MNZM is a renowned curator, writer and art historian. After completing a Masters in Italian and Art History, she worked for 21 years at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, ultimately as Senior Curator, Mackelvie Collection, International Art.
Image credit: James Tannock, Self Portrait, date unknown, oil on canvas. Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of James Tannock Mackelvie, 1885.
![<p><strong>Lecture: The Venice Biennale – Where Contemporary Art Began by Natasha Conland</strong></p>
<p><strong>Auditorium</strong></p>
<p><strong>1.45pm </strong></p>
<p>An introduction to <em>La Biennale di Venezia</em>, its 131-year history and structure, and Aotearoa New Zealand’s place in this renowned art event. Natasha Conland was curator of the 2005 New Zealand Pavillion in Venice. This year she will attend the opening preview of Fiona Pardington’s <em>Taharaki Skyside</em>. Hear her thoughts about New Zealand’s role in this prestigious event.</p>
<p>Natasha Conland is Senior Curator, Global Contemporary Art at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. She has over 20 years’ experience developing exhibitions of contemporary art, and has written for a number of contemporary arts journals and catalogues.</p>
<p><strong>Image credit: </strong>MAHKU (Movimento dos Artistas Huni Kuin),<em> Kapewe Pukeni [Bridgealligator]</em>, 2024. 60th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, ‘Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere’, photo by Matteo de Mayda, courtesy La Biennale di Venezia.</p>](https://cdn.aucklandunlimited.com/artgallery/assets/media/conland-mdm-mahku-13-740x538.jpg)
