Lunchtime Drop-in Drawing
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.
Louise Bourgeois: In Private View
Louise Bourgeois: In Private View is the first solo exhibition in Aotearoa New Zealand of Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010), one of the most intriguing and influential artists of the last century.
Community Quilts for Charity
Inspired by Pop art we’re inviting you to come and contribute to making community quilts to donate to a charitable organisation.
A Day at Gibbs Farm with Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki 2025
Join the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki whānau for an unforgettable day at Gibbs Farm sculpture park. Your visit will help us to raise funds for our exhibitions and our programmes.
Stitching Anew
Join Prairie Hatchard-McGill in crafting a fabric collage, inspired by Louise Bourgeois’s work with textiles and her efforts to process difficult emotions through the act of stitching.
Art and Faith: Navigating Colin McCahon’s Dark Equations
Join us for an in-conversation between Dr Nicholas Thompson, Senior Lecturer in Theological and Religious Studies (University of Auckland Waipapa Taumata Rau), and Julia Waite, Curator, New Zealand Art | Kairauhi, Toi no Aotearoa, as they delve into the deeper themes in Colin McCahon’s enigmatic number paintings.
Beyond the Frame: Black Abstraction and the Politics of Joy
An inspiring exchange at the intersection of art, history, and radical possibility, Beyond the Frame invites audiences to look deeper, listen differently, and witness how Black creativity redefines the canvas — and the world beyond it.
New exhibition showcases 1970s experimental art scene in Auckland
The dynamic energy of 1970s avant-garde art in Auckland is explored in a new exhibition, Groundswell: Avant-garde Auckland 1971–79
Ruth Buchanan wins Walters Prize 2018
Ruth Buchanan has been announced as the winner of the Walters Prize 2018, New Zealand’s most prestigious contemporary art award.
Dane Mitchell’s Iris, Iris, Iris opens at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki presents Iris, Iris, Iris, a solo exhibition by New Zealand’s representative to the 2019 Venice Biennale, Dane Mitchell, from Saturday 1 September.
Auckland Art Gallery tours The Māori Portraits to the United States
The first major exhibition of Māori portraits in the United States opens tomorrow, Saturday 9 September, at the de Young Museum in San Francisco.
A New Zealand first: Google Museum View showcases Auckland Art Gallery
Auckland Art Gallery is New Zealand's first museum to be featured on Google Museum View.