A playful workshop series incorporating visual arts, drama, movement & mindfulness to explore expression & wellbeing

Dive into a deep blue world teeming with life in Ngā Huhua: Abundance, an immersive exhibition celebrating the lifeforce of Te Moana-nui-a-Toi, the outer Hauraki Gulf Marine Park, just beyond Auckland’s shores. Meet the surprising and spectacular creatures that call this place home, from tohorā (whales) to honu (turtle

Join Suzy Cato and Auckland's orchestra for this Christmas extravaganza!

Auckland Philharmonia is bringing the joy of Christmas to the Auckland Town Hall in 2025.

Join Suzy Cato and Auckland's orchestra for this Christmas extravaganza!

Q is delighted to announce a second round of submissions for Q Season Support and this time it’s bigger!

Keen to practice your sketching and observation skills in a relaxed environment? Be inspired by a life model in an open drawing encounter, every Friday lunchtime.

An hour of free live music every Friday lunchtime

Entries for the New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Awards 2026 are open! Enter now at wsa.org.nz. Entries close December 10, 2025.

Australasia’s largest lightwall, The Lightship, is set to launch its 2025–26 season next month, illuminating Auckland’s waterfront with its contemporary art platform and a bold new series of works commissioned from six emerging and established artists from Aotearoa and Australia.

The Rebel Alliance and Auckland Live present The Valentina

Hannah Ireland, a Tāmaki Makaurau-based artist of Ngāti Hine and Ngāpuhi descent, paints portraits in the broadest, loosest sense, capturing the essence of faces and emotions. Her paintings feature faces that appear distorted, as if pressed against the glass plate of a photocopier.