
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Ongoing
Toi Aotearoa.
Explore the Gallery’s permanent collection in one of the largest and most absorbing presentations of New Zealand art.

Ongoing
Explore the Gallery’s permanent collection in one of the largest and most absorbing presentations of New Zealand art.

Dec 2010 - Dec 2011
The first major public sculpture by Auckland artist Richard Orjis.

26 August — 29 October
Frank Hofmann arrived in New Zealand in 1940 as a refugee from Nazism. He quickly established himself as a professional photographer, first in Christchurch, then in Auckland from 1941.

26 August — 29 October
Operating from between the spaces of coming and going, Liyen Chong continues her explorations of the self and consciousness through particular modes of cultural production.

28 August — 31 December
From original archives to concept sketches, 3D models, architects’ plans and project photographs, trace its transformation both inside and out.

01 September — 14 October
Selected works from New Zealand and across the Pacific.

01 September — 14 October
Selected works from New Zealand and across the Pacific.
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03 September — 30 October
Enjoy the rare opportunity to view the private art collection of American philanthropists Julian and Josie Robertson.

03 September — 27 November
Larger-than-life installations by New Zealanders Dane Mitchell, Peter Robinson and et al will excite your curiosity and conversation.

03 September — 06 February
Marvel at one of New Zealand's most important and generous art collections.

Early May
From the eye-watering op art of Bridget Riley’s Nineteen Greys to the mind-bending, interactive installation of Luc Peire’s Mirrored Box, this exhibition fizzes with emotion.

03 September — 01 February
On 17 February 1888, the Auckland Art Gallery officially opened with a display of European and local paintings gifted by soldier, explorer, collector and twice governor of New Zealand, Sir George Grey.

07 September — 15 October
Calder’s latest works continue her manipulations of paint and colour. These works are composed of long multiple coloured strips of acrylic paint hanging in layers from steel pins.

08 September — 23 October
Kura's third annual Carving Exhibition showcasing the latest contemporary and traditional carvings by some of Aotearoa's most celebrated established and emerging artists.

08 September — 23 October
Tongan born artist Filipe Tohi emigrated to Aotearoa New Zealand in 1978 and has been sculpting in wood, stone and steel since 1992.

09 September — 22 October
Stephen Bambury is one of New Zealand's most prominent artists. For more than 35 years he has maintained a commitment to international abstraction in an aesthetic practice that considers paintings as objects to be experienced and contemplated.

09 September — 22 October
In many ways the Mushrooms: The Champignons Barla series of photographs is simply yet another arrow in Fiona Pardington’s thematic quiver of Eros and Thanatos, the Aristotelian and encyclopaedic collecting policies of the nineteenth century museums, the eighteenth century Wunderkammer cabinet of curiosities, and a pronounced Francophilia.
23 September — 02 November
The three pieces of furniture in Kennedy Brown’s Pacific Allsorts installation continue his exploration of the relationship between the traditional and modern in New Zealand furniture design. This most recent investigation, created for Objectspace, focuses on the blending of traditional Pacific construction methods with contemporary furniture design.

25 September — 07 November
Auckland-based artist Lisa Crowly's exhibition The Reading Hall features a series of video works that document the Vyborg Library in Russia.

25 September — 06 November
Auckland-based artist Matt Henry creates meticulously painted minimalist paintings that often mimic high-end modernist style appliances or humble architectural utilities and fixtures.

27 September — 22 October
Established artist Robyn Gibson exhibits paintings and drawings in ‘New Works’ at Sputnik Room, Satellite Gallery.

27 September — 22 October
Christchurch born photographer David Straight presents 'Still Here', a photographic documentation depicting suburban Christchurch following the February 22 earthquake.

27 September — 05 November
For the last 15 years Lisa Crowley has developed a practice that is literate in the developments of both contemporary photography and video. Her work is conceptually driven and is always the result of a measured and creative thought process.

28 September — 22 October
New work by Julian Hooper: Wednesday 28th Septermber - Saturday 22nd October 2011
28 September — 22 October
Photographer, Allan McDonald, is a poetic documentarian — known for finely tuned images of modest and ordinary aspects of the suburban and urban environment that are in the process of passing into oblivion.

29 September — 23 October
The Dirty 13 is a celebration of Auckland’s emerging street-art scene.

30 September — 28 October
Reason and Rhyme investigates the urge to structure and channel creative production through systems, grids and frameworks. It explores the urge to locate oneself within the map or the doctrine, and to impose rules and structures across creative practice.
01 — 21 October
Glasswear presents an exciting snapshot of current practice by this group of innovative jewellers. In what has become an annual exhibition, the show explores the physical properties of glass through the work of six very different makers.

01 — 21 October
Coinciding with the Glasswear show is an annual exhibition by textile makers working on small works.

04 — 29 October
In 2006 Joe was one of the inaugural recipients of the New Zealand Arts Foundation's New Generation Awards, in 2008 he was invited to represent New Zealand at the 28th Sao Paulo Bienal, and in 2010 he was a recipient of the Antarctica New Zealand Arts Fellowship.

04 — 22 October
Leading NZ artist Philip presents his larger than life paintings of rugby players on the field and in action.
05 October — 12 November
The Film Archive presents four evenings of new dance performance, combining to create an accumulative exhibition of moving image and dance. Bringing together some of Auckland’s finest progressive experimental choreographers Forever Tuesday is a series of recontextualisations and interventions in which archived footage of dance and performance is collapsed together with contemporary choreographic practice.

05 — 22 October
Kia Ora Koutou, Kia Ora Koutou, Kia Ora Koutou is a collaborative cash and carry exhibition where artists are invited to respond to this exceptional time of the Rugby World Cup.

05 — 22 October
An exhibition showcasing a wild and fantastic array of over 100 original prints, drawings, sculptures and paintings by some of New Zealand’s most promising contemporary artists.

06 — 30 October
Artists Stanley Palmer, Martin Poppelwell, Dick Lyne, Derek Henderson and Corrina Hosseason explore landscape and the New Zealand environment through painting, photography and ceramic sculpture.

06 — 26 October
Jacqui Chan's practice explores jewellery's relation with urban environments. The making and wearing of jewellery are used to engage with a number of urban locations.
06 — 26 October
Top Drawer showcases a collection of work by New Zealand and Australia’s leading Applied Arts practitioners.

06 October — 12 November
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07 — 27 October
Barry Clarke is a self taught jeweller based in Christchurch.

07 — 22 October
Field Essays is a group exhibition of young artists in a temporary gallery space. Curated by Andy Gomez, Michelle Beattie and Yolunda Hickman with consideration to art making as a form of research, observation and investigation.
08 October — 12 November
In February 2010 New Zealand graphic designer Tana Mitchell, then resident in Berlin, discovered an expansive collection of letterpress type in the basement of the Druckwerkstatt im Kulturwerk des BBK. Dusty, neglected and mostly unused, the BBK letterpress type collection consists of a vast and incomprehensible collection of metal and wooden letterpress type.

08 — 24 October
“Light” New Paintings by Kirsty Nixon

08 October — 05 November
Ann Verdcourt is one of New Zealand’s most innovative and dedicated ceramic artists. This exhibition considers three decades of Verdcourt’s career through her still life works, an enduring theme which she continues to draw lively inspiration from.
09 — 21 October
Colours can be described as the unifying factor in this exhibition by Stanley Jones. The vivid colour combinations and strong brushwork enrich the subject matter which is often abstract and deep with symbolism relating to human existence and experiences.

09 October — 12 February
Sculpture in the Gardens is a 4 month exhibition of 21 large scale sculptures by top New Zealand artists on a 2km garden trail.

11 — 28 October
These paintings reflect the magnificent coastal pohutukawa, the rugged, boulder-strewn shores and the birds that abound in this sanctuary.

11 — 30 October
Alan Pearson is one of New Zealand’s foremost expressionist artists.

11 October — 05 November
Peter Robinson was born in Ashburton in 1966. He studied sculpture at Ilam School of Fine Arts between 1985 and 1989.

12 — 24 October
Robyn Gibson’s sculptural installation ‘Art on the Street’ will bring art out in the open; it will make art accessible to people and show how art can enhance the environment. Art does not have to be in a gallery to be appreciated as art, and art interacting with its environment can throw a new light on each.

12 October — 05 November
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13 October — 05 November
The paintings and drawings reflect the beat of the place... are they the same issues or is the artist forced into bigger concerns?

13 October — 05 November
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13 — 23 October
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13 — 22 October
10 Hungry Creek Art School Grads and Students provide an eclectic mix of media and mediums for viewers with a serious taste for fresh art.

13 October — 12 November
Artis Gallery presents a selection of leading New Zealand artists.

13 — 23 October
A self-taught photographer, I spent many years traveling the world as a photographer on cruise ships, returning to New Zealand in 2003, when I began experimenting with images on canvas.

13 October — 17 November
Professional photographers showcasing the underwater world.

13 — 23 October
JAX's inaugural exhibition, Fluidity, explores the way bodies of water are captured and interpreted by photographers who differ as much in their approach to the subject as they do in their locations.
13 — 21 October
'I nga waa o mua' Past/ Present// Future/// Time according to Maori: the present draws from the past, the past exists within the present & this potential feeds the future. A digital environment, an organic continuum, made by hand -an oil paint animation, howling wind soundscape; reflections take the work beyond the room & into the realm of 'other', a liminal space this work reflects my whakapapa-genealogy .

13 — 22 October
An exhibition of paintings & drawings by Studio Art Supplies staff, who include exhibiting artists Evan Woodruffe (winner of the Molly Morpeth Canaday Award 2011), Dean Tercel, and Michael Mitchell, in their in-store Squeezed Tube Gallery.
13 — 21 October
Anita Levering will be showing in the Billiard House at Highwic.

14 — 24 October
Since his return from Tokyo visual artist Spencer Harrington aka Random, has been gathering his ideas, influences, experiences and lessons into an exhibition titled ‘The Colour of Originality’.

14 October — 04 December
I don’t know your name (but I’ll call you…) is grounded in colonial art history and traditional botanical art, particularly the identification, labeling and placement of value on specimens.

15 October — 05 December
Lopdell House Gallery, with the support of the Trusts, celebrates the 11th Portage Ceramic Awards showcasing the best in contemporary ceramics from across the country.

17 October — 25 November
Digital Art Live is pleased to present its new interactive exhibition by Reuben Paterson.

17 — 21 October
As the inaugural Artists Alliance Artist in Residence, Jessica Pearless will open her studio to the public during Art Week Auckland.

19 October — 09 November
Work by Sophie Bannan, Ashlin Raymond, Julia Lomas, Ben Clement, Ryan Ballinger, Tom Henry and Zhoe Granger.

19 October — 26 November
With early 20th century Auckland theatre ephemera as a point of departure, Kelvin Soh and Louise Tu'u present a conversation about fiction, indexicality and dramatisation through printed matter and performance.

19 October — 19 November
Senior figurative artist Jan Nigro will be present at the preview of her new series Lady Chatterley’s Lover. A remarkable woman who has had a successful career of over 70 years now staying true to her subject – the human figure – celebrating it.

20 October — 19 November
Edwards latest works continue her exploration of the relationship between humans and nature.

21 October — 12 November
Allen Maddox's work stands out from that of his peers. Although only in his early fifties at the time of his death in 2000, Maddox remains an important and powerful figure within the history of New Zealand painting. His ardent and impassioned paintings established him as one for the most noted Abstract Expressionists this country has produced.
22 October — 03 November
Wrapt: Adorn, Embrace, Engage photographer Richard Leonard and artist and mask maker Sally Blyth present a collaboration of human decoration & embellishment.
23 October — 04 November
Emma Thomsen’s new work explores both the passivity and power of interacting with the landscape. Working in silverpoint on board, the works are renderings of ‘sods’ (from the earth) transformed by movement and new growth.