Auckland Art Gallery - Latest News [Page 5]
Funding success secures important Frances Hodgkins project
Monday, 12 January 2015, 4:12 pm | Auckland Art Gallery
Image credit: Frances Hodgkins, Red jug , 1931, oil on canvas, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1982 Media release: Monday 12 January 2015 More >>
Artist’s bubbles burst to life on Gallery sculpture terrace
Monday, 24 November 2014, 4:09 pm | Auckland Art Gallery
Giant, monumental bubbles will jostle for prime position on Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki’s Edmiston Sculpture Terrace from this Saturday 29 November. More >>
Auckland Art Gallery Honours Curator
Sunday, 12 October 2014, 9:45 am | Auckland Art Gallery
Jonathan Ngamuri Mane-Wheoki (1943 – 2014) It is with tremendous sorrow that Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki shares the news of the passing of Professor Jonathan Ngarimu Mane-Wheoki (Ngāpuhi/Te Aupouri/Ngāti Kuri) who died peacefully yesterday evening. More >>
Descendants farewell Lindauer Māori portraits
Thursday, 9 October 2014, 2:55 pm | Auckland Art Gallery
This Saturday 11 October 2014, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki will host a historic gathering as descendants of the painter Gottfried Lindauer, his patron Henry Partridge and his Māori sitters come together to farewell a collection of important 19th-century ... More >>
Light Show shines bright at Auckland Art Gallery this weeken
Monday, 6 October 2014, 1:16 pm | Auckland Art Gallery
This Saturday 11 October , Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki will open the doors to its latest international exhibition, Light Show . More >>
Light Show tickets go on sale today
Thursday, 11 September 2014, 10:12 am | Auckland Art Gallery
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki gets ready to flick the switch on the much-anticipated Light Show . Tickets to the acclaimed international exhibition go on sale at 10am today, Thursday 11 September . More >>
Auckland set to shine for spectacular Light Show
Thursday, 12 June 2014, 5:00 pm | Auckland Art Gallery
Opening Saturday 11 October, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki presents the popular international exhibition, Light Show . Continuing from its sell-out season at the Hayward Gallery, London, in 2013, the exhibition is the first presentation of international ... More >>
Lindauer’s Māori portraits to travel to Europe
Monday, 28 April 2014, 1:21 pm | Auckland Art Gallery
Image credit: Gottfried Lindauer, Anehana 1897, oil on canvas, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of H E Partridge, 1915 More >>
My Country: Contemporary Art from Black Australia
Thursday, 27 March 2014, 3:59 pm | Auckland Art Gallery
Be moved by the power and beauty of My Country: Contemporary Art from Black Australia opening tomorrow at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. More >>
Jonathan Jones lights up Auckland Art Gallery Atrium
Thursday, 20 March 2014, 1:27 pm | Auckland Art Gallery
Indigenous Australian artist Jonathan Jones is set to light up Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki’s North Atrium with a work comprising more than 80 precisely spaced fluorescent lights from Sunday 23 March, 2014. More >>
Finalists announced for the Walters Prize 2014
Wednesday, 19 March 2014, 10:15 am | Auckland Art Gallery
The four artworks shortlisted for the Walters Prize 2014, New Zealand’s most significant contemporary art prize, are announced today. The $50,000 Walters Prize, named after the late New Zealand artist Gordon Walters, is awarded for an outstanding work of ... More >>
Five Māori Painters opens tomorrow - full weekend of events
Friday, 21 February 2014, 1:23 pm | Auckland Art Gallery
Trace the evolution of Māori painting from the 19th century to the present day with Five Māori Painters , opening at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki this Saturday 22 February. More >>
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists to show in Ak
Wednesday, 15 January 2014, 11:19 am | Auckland Art Gallery
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki is bringing the largest and most significant exhibition of contemporary Indigenous Australian art yet seen in New Zealand to Auckland with My Country: Contemporary Art from Black Australia from Friday 28 March. More >>
Final weeks to see internationally acclaimed artworks
Thursday, 19 December 2013, 3:21 pm | Auckland Art Gallery
There are only weeks left to view work by some of the art world’s biggest names in Auckland Art Gallery’s exhibition, A Puppet, a Pauper, a Pirate, a Poet, a Pawn and a King . More >>
One million dollars to grow future exhibitions
Friday, 13 December 2013, 3:36 pm | Auckland Art Gallery
Following approval from Auckland Councillors today, Regional Facilities Auckland announced it has established a working development fund of $1m to allow Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki to develop and present major exhibitions in the future. More >>
'What’s It Doing?' opens with Big Day Art
Thursday, 14 November 2013, 3:55 pm | Auckland Art Gallery
On Saturday 23 November, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki unveils a fresh interactive work by artist Sean Kerr who takes over the Todd Foundation Creative Learning Centre with his new installation, What’s It Doing? More >>
Freedom Farmers opens this Saturday at Auckland Art Gallery
Friday, 25 October 2013, 11:39 am | Auckland Art Gallery
25 October, 2013 Freedom Farmers opens this Saturday at Auckland Art Gallery Auckland Art Gallery kicks off Labour Weekend with the opening of Freedom Farmers: New Zealand Artists Growing Ideas, the largest overview of new contemporary art in New Zealand ... More >>
Landmark NZ art exhibition at Auckland Art Gallery
Thursday, 26 September 2013, 2:41 pm | Auckland Art Gallery
On 26 October Auckland Art Gallery opens its largest overview of contemporary New Zealand art in 25 years – Freedom Farmers: New Zealand Artists Growing Ideas. Freedom Farmers offers a dynamic sample of 20 New Zealand contemporary artists from emerging ... More >>
Final weeks for California Design at Auckland Art Gallery
Thursday, 29 August 2013, 4:59 pm | Auckland Art Gallery
It’s your last chance to see the major touring exhibition, California Design 1930-1965: Living in a modern way, at Auckland Art Gallery before it finishes on Sunday 29 September. With over 250 objects including graphic design, furniture, fashion, architecture, ... More >>
Private collector brings leading contemporary art to NZ
Thursday, 15 August 2013, 3:47 pm | Auckland Art Gallery
A Puppet, a Pauper, a Pirate, a Poet, a Pawn and a King. Works from the private collection of Naomi Milgrom AO. Curated by Natasha Conland, Curator, Contemporary Art More >>