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2008 Walters Prize Exhibition
Saturday, 13 September 2008, 12:33 am | Auckland Art Gallery
See the most important contemporary art produced in New Zealand over the past two years in the 2008 Walters Prize exhibition (13 September - 23 November). More >>
2008 Walters Prize judge announcement
Thursday, 7 August 2008, 3:22 pm | Auckland Art Gallery
Auckland Art Gallery is delighted to announce the judge for the 2008 Walters Prize – New Zealand’s richest and most prestigious contemporary art award. This year’s judge, Paris-based curator and writer Catherine David, is one of the most groundbreaking ... More >>
Max Gimblett gifts his art work to Gallery
Tuesday, 20 May 2008, 10:35 am | Auckland Art Gallery
Senior New Zealand artist Max Gimblett and Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett are gifting a major collection of the artist’s works on paper to the Auckland Art Gallery Foundation in support of the gallery’s development project – at a special event held at ... More >>
Walters Prize announcement
Monday, 14 April 2008, 10:13 am | Auckland Art Gallery
The finalists for New Zealand’s richest and most prestigious contemporary art award have been decided. More >>
Use the walls of Auckland Art Gallery
Tuesday, 30 October 2007, 3:35 pm | Auckland Art Gallery
Amateur artists – now’s your chance to use the walls of Auckland Art Gallery as your canvas. More >>
The Ponsonby Madonna
Tuesday, 23 October 2007, 4:12 pm | Auckland Art Gallery
Auckland Art Gallery proudly unveils a masterpiece of New Zealand art this Saturday. More >>
Montana Poetry Day reading
Monday, 23 July 2007, 9:37 am | Auckland Art Gallery
Montana Poetry Day 2007 will mark the 4th birthday of The Divine Muses Poetry Reading, an annual poetry reading featuring a stellar line-up of New Zealand poets. Known this year as The Divine Muses IV, the reading will bring together nine poets. They ... More >>
Unlocking Secrets At Art Gallery
Wednesday, 20 June 2007, 9:56 am | Auckland Art Gallery
Children can unlock the secrets of paintings from the hit Walt Disney Pictures movie Bridge to Terabithia at Auckland Art Gallery these school holidays. More >>
Brit art star Olivia Plender at Auckland Gallery
Tuesday, 19 June 2007, 9:58 am | Auckland Art Gallery
Rising British art star Olivia Plender is one of the big names in Auckland Art Gallery's new international show Mystic Truths, opening next Friday. More >>
Mystic Truths / Exhibition at Auckland Art Gallery
Tuesday, 19 June 2007, 8:25 am | Auckland Art Gallery
A new exhibition at Auckland Art Gallery explores the prevalence of mysticism in contemporary art and its potential to shift the existing relationship of art to life. Mystic Truths - 30 June to 14 October, 2007. More >>
Mystic Truths - Exhibition at AucklandArt Gallery
Monday, 18 June 2007, 1:48 pm | Auckland Art Gallery
A spellbinding new exhibition opening at Auckland Art Gallery next Friday explores the prevalence of mysticism in contemporary art. More >>
Students perform music in response to art
Wednesday, 23 May 2007, 10:01 am | Auckland Art Gallery
Students from Otahuhu perform original music in response to art at Auckland Art Gallery this Friday. Thanks to a partnership with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, the students have composed their own musical interpretations of works in the gallery’s ... More >>
Celebrate NZ Music Month at Auckland Art Gallery.
Tuesday, 1 May 2007, 10:42 am | Auckland Art Gallery
Celebrate NZ Music Month at Auckland Art Gallery. Free performances by Kiwi bands in the gallery auditorium every Saturday in May. ________________________________________ More >>
Love Chief - a new contemporary art exhibition
Monday, 23 April 2007, 11:21 am | Auckland Art Gallery
Love Chief, a new exhibition at Auckland Art Gallery, plays with the idea of personality in art. Drawing on seminal Pop Art works from the gallery’s collection, curator Natasha Conland explores the comic tension between ‘high’ and ‘low’ culture. More >>
Should Auckland have a Chinatown?
Thursday, 5 April 2007, 11:16 am | Auckland Art Gallery
This is just one of the questions posed by the Beijing-based art collective Long March Project with Auckland artists Daniel Malone and Kah Bee Chow. (above) Their No Chinatown survey asks the public to identify Auckland’s own Chinatowns and to ... More >>
Performing arts take centre stage
Wednesday, 4 April 2007, 11:56 am | Auckland Art Gallery
The performing arts take centre stage at Auckland Art Gallery this week as Unitec students perform live in the gallery. More >>
Up For Adoption
Monday, 12 February 2007, 10:44 am | Auckland Art Gallery
Auckland Art Gallery is putting historic art works Up For Adoption in a bid to restore them to their former glory. More >>
Passion & Politics: Two Centuries of British Art
Wednesday, 24 January 2007, 9:12 am | Auckland Art Gallery
Auckland Art Gallery celebrates the Golden Age of British Painting in a vast and sumptuous new show opening this weekend. More >>
Significant Painting Gifted to Auckland
Wednesday, 17 January 2007, 10:54 am | Auckland Art Gallery
A significant painting gifted to the people of Auckland by art dealer Denis Cohn is on display at Auckland Art Gallery. Cohn was one of Auckland’s most influential art dealers in the 1970s and 80s, supporting the careers of many artists including ... More >>
Auckland Art Gallery’s Summer Holiday Programme
Tuesday, 16 January 2007, 11:03 am | Auckland Art Gallery
Don’t miss out on Auckland Art Gallery’s summer holiday programme, starting this week. Parents can take a break in the gallery’s café or bookshop while their children take part in a two-hour workshop. More >>