Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Join us for an unforgettable day at Gibbs Farm sculpture park.

The privately owned park is only open to the public on select days throughout the year, and we're lucky enough to be able to offer tickets for one of these days!

Gibbs Farm is home to an internationally renowned collection of large-scale sculptures by some of the world’s leading artists, commissioned and curated by Alan Gibbs over the past 30 years.

You will be free to roam the hillsides, taking in the surroundings of this special site. Your visit may also include an encounter with an exotic animal or two, including emus and giraffes!

Self-guide with the map provided and enjoy an introduction to some of the key works by our friendly art experts stationed throughout the park. Gibbs Farm rests on 400 hectares of re-formed farmland on the Kaipara Harbour so bring good walking shoes! Check out our website via the link in bio for more essential info for the day.

It is a privilege to have access to this special site and we are very grateful to The Gibbs Farm trustees for their hospitality. All funds raised go directly to supporting Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.

📅 Sunday 10 November
⌚ 10am–2pm
🎟️ Adult $100; Child (5–12 yrs) $60; Members $90; Children under 5 free
🔗 More info here: https://bit.ly/3Zm9x9V

Looking to build your arts network? Sign up for our women artists mingle!

In the spirit of our new exhibition 'Modern Women: Flight of Time', we are bringing senior and junior women artists and arts professionals together to connect and celebrate each other’s work. At this Women Artist Mingle event, you get to ‘speed date’ with up to four seasoned creatives and kōrero over a shared potluck lunch 💘

Participating senior artists and arts professionals are: Hiria Anderson-Mita, Lucinda Bennett, Zoe Black, Henrietta Harris, Ngahuia Harrison, Tasha Jenkins, Yona Lee, Viginia Leonard, Claire Olsen, Rosanna Raymond, Nat Tozer, and Julia Waite.

Limited tickets so get in quick to secure your spot for this fun and intimate networking event! Your ticket will include drinks, thanks to our partner Almighty.

This event is part of our Young Members event programme, for the bold and curious under 40s (and young at heart).

📅 Sun 22 Sep
⌚ 11.30am–2pm
🎟️ $25
🔗 More info here: https://bit.ly/3XhQg72
📷 Image credits: Bob Watson, 'Woman with face raised and eyes shut', date unknown, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010. | Annette Bezor, 'Growing older is a once in a lifetime experience', 1987, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1988. | Gil Hanly, 'Serving the Meal', 1984, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1986. |

Today, in honour of Father’s Day, we explore the powerful bond between father and child through Carlo Ceresa’s captivating painting, ‘A Man with a Child’ 💕

These days, we might take a scene of a father holding onto his little child for granted, but this portrait was considered highly unusual for its time. Painted circa 1635, when children were more commonly shown with their mothers, the father's affection for his child is apparent in his pose and facial expression.

Various details in the painting help tell a story. The little child is holding an apple and a rose, which are symbols of Eve and Venus respectively. These could be interpreted as signs of sin, possibly indicating that this scholar's child is illegitimate. However, they could also refer to the man’s lost love, the wife who perhaps died in childbirth. In this interpretation, the work could be seen as a commemoration painting for a mother, who is remembered through her child.

This remarkable oil painting can be seen on display in ‘Threads of Time: Fashion, Trade & Textiles’. Exhibition info here: www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/exhibition/threads-of-time

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Image credit: Carlo Ceresa, ‘A Man with a Child, circa 1635, Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1956.

Today we bid a bittersweet farewell to our current longest-serving staff member, Principal Conservator Sarah Hillary. After over 40 incredible years at the Gallery, Sarah has made remarkable contributions in painting conservation, research, writing, and mentoring colleagues.

Sarah joined us in 1983 as a painting conservation intern. The next year she joined the staff as a conservator, and quickly advanced to become a senior conservator in 1987 and then principal conservator in 1997. Throughout her tenure, she has played a key role in preventive conservation, treated numerous paintings, and worked on a plethora of exhibitions, research projects and publications. She has become a leading expert on the techniques and materials of both old masters and modern New Zealand painters.

Beyond her work at the Gallery, Sarah has been of great service to the conservation field, serving as a mentor and advisor to her industry colleagues. In her retirement, we're pleased that Sarah will remain associated with the Gallery as Conservator Emerita through research and publications.

While her departure will leave a significant void, we are very lucky to have Sarah remain a presence – and a force – here at the Gallery for some time to come!

Thank you for all your mahi over the years, Sarah ❤ You will be greatly missed but remain an integral part of the Gallery whānau.

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Image credit: First image by Doug Sherring

On the Mezzanine floor of our Gallery sits a treasure trove of books, archives and more 📚🔍

Visit the EH McCormick Research Library to delve into our extensive collection of scholarly books, the latest magazines and journals, audio-visual material, international databases and a unique collection of archives. We’re open Wednesday to Friday, 1–5pm.

Head to: www.aucklandartgallery.com/researchlibrary for more info.

Show your love and appreciation with a thoughtful Aotearoa made gift for the father figure in your life. We’re proud to offer beautifully crafted pounamu, ceramics, glassware and more! Check out our carefully curated online shop for arty dads or at the Gallery 10am–5pm daily.

⭐️DRA | Dance Activation⭐️

Don’t miss the second performance of ‘DRA’ by Jahra Wasasala .arieta, performed by Kai Waqalevu tomorrow, Sunday 25 August at 2pm! Presented as part of ‘Aotearoa Contemporary’, this choreographed work explores the concept of the bloodlines of life and ancestral knowledge in Fijian cultural and dance traditions.

Ratu Komaiwainicika Loaloadravu Waqalevu, hailing from Tokalau, Kabara in the province of Lau, Fiji, is a 22-year-old emerging performing artist. Currently in his second year of pursuing a Bachelor of Performing and Screen Arts at Unitec, Waqalevu is dedicated to honing his craft and expanding his artistic horizons.

Waqalevu’s work is characterized by a fusion of traditional and contemporary influences, aiming to bring fresh perspectives to the stage. As he continues his education and artistic journey, he is focused on exploring new artistic expressions and contributing to the vibrant world of performing arts.

Full performance schedule available to view on our website.

📍 Level 1
📅 Sunday 25 August
⌚ 2pm
🎟️ Free
🔗 More info via the ‘Aotearoa Contemporary’ link in bio
📷 Image credit: courtesy of the artist

PSA: all our current exhibitions are free entry for *all* visitors!

From beautiful 14th century paintings to large-scale contemporary installations, there's something for everyone. Whether you're an art aficionado or just looking for somewhere to while away a few hours, we’ll welcome you with open arms! 🤗

Visit us 10am to 5pm daily.

Inspired by the unique Māori art form of abstract rafter paintings called kōwhaiwhai, Kura Te Waru Rewiri (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu, Ngāti Rangi, Ngāti Raukawa ki Kauwhata) explores the ebb and flow of contrasting positive and negative space to explore depth. Titled 'Puhoro Meets the Stripes III', this work references the dominance of male practitioners who draw on or replicate kōwhaiwhai designs as a status symbol. We’re lucky to have a limited number of A4 prints featuring Kura Te Waru Rewiri’s powerful work available.

Shop online anytime via the link in bio or at the Gallery, 10am–5pm daily.

In 'A resilient heart like the mānawa', 2024, Walters Prize finalist Ana Iti reimagines the structure of the Rāwene wharf as a skeletal version of itself, replacing concrete piles for steel and reducing its boardwalk to a delicate network of kauri timber beams.

The original wharf was built in 1881 as a means of servicing the booming timber industry that Rāwene and much of Hokianga had become renowned for, increasing settler appetites for the area’s natural resources and accelerating the degradation of its waterways and forests. The wharf lies in the Hokianga Harbour across from Motukaraka Point where Iti’s marae, Ngāi Tūpoto, is situated. Iti has collected field recordings from Rāwene, distilling the rhythms of the sea, mānawa (native mangroves) and the arrival and departure of the passenger ferry.

In this installation Iti continues her interest in referencing found elements within the built and natural environment to explore materiality, the metaphorical traces of colonialism and industrialisation, and more broadly, the complex relationships between people, whenua (land) and the environment. In 'the woman whose back was a whetstone', 2021, one of the works for which Iti won a nomination for the Walters Prize, she invoked Hinetūāhōanga, the atua wahine (goddess) of grindstone, as a foundational ancestor for the practice of sculpture. Poetically expanding on this, Iti now thinks of her work as responding to ‘ko te pā o te hōanga’, or the touch of the grindstone, the shifting points of contact between cultures and environments which generate new meaning.

Ana Iti is one of the four finalists for the 'Walters Prize 2024'. See her new work on display now at the Gallery.

Open 10am–5pm daily. Free entry.

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Image credit: Ana Iti, 'A resilient heart like the mānawa', 2024, installation view, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, 2024.

Meet Ani O'Neill's 'Eke Nui' and its family of babies who have found a temporary home in 'Taimoana | Coastlines: Art in Aotearoa' 🐙🥺

Weighing a considerable 61kg, this sculpture, with its family of over 100 baby eke, is a firm favourite among Gallery visitors – particularly tamariki!

The eke (common reef octopus) holds cultural significance across the many islands of Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, the great Pacific Ocean. Created by installation artist and object maker Ani O'Neill, 'Eke Nui and Babies' encapsulates Pacific weaving traditions while reimagining it within a festive palette of rainbow wool, cherished by weavers in the contemporary Cook Islands.

If you haven't already, come and meet them on our ground floor now 💙

Free entry.

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Image credit: Ani O'Neill, 'Fresh Eke (Eke Nui and Babies)', 2003–4, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the Patrons of the Auckland Art Gallery, 2009.

POSTPONEMENT UPDATE: This performance has now been postponed. We'll announce a new date soon. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

This Saturday 17 August, witness a live performance by Pelenakeke Brown - 'Is this a performance 1+2'. 📝🖊️✨

In this performance, Pelenakeke Brown transforms blackout poems into dynamic movement scores, integrating audio description through witnessing and improvisation.
The artists reflects on access as a site for creative practice by blending audio description as a form of poetry with her own access needs. Her sister, who has supported her globally, joins her to perform and document the work in real time.

In 2018, a request for her medical records revealed not only a detailed account of her disability but also intimate connections and fragments of family history. This research resulted in a series of ongoing works and performances 'excavātion: an archival process', 2018, in which Brown dismantles and reimagines her own medical files as poetry, installations and performance.

Don’t miss your opportunity to see 'Is this a performance 1+2' live at the Gallery. Full schedule available to view on our website.

📍 Level 1
📅 Saturday 17 August
⌚ 2pm
🎟️ Free

This Sunday, get swept up in the electrifying rhythms of the Wāhine in Jazz collective () at our next Music of the Month event at the Gallery! 🎶 🎷 🎺

Based in Tāmaki Makaurau, Wāhine in Jazz champions women jazz musicians in Aotearoa, driving change in the music industry by boosting visibility and advocating for fair pay. Their mission aligns with our current exhibition 'Modern Women: Flight of Time', which celebrates women in modern art.

For this special occasion, has assembled an incredible lineup of local talent, including Minju Kim (tenor saxophone), Jenna Aspeling (alto saxophone), Crystal Choi (piano), Kat Tomacruz (guitar), Wren Probett (bass), Wynefred Wang (voice) and honorary wāhine, Maximilian Crook (drums). They'll perform original music, showcasing some of Aotearoa's top contemporary musicians.

The event is open to all ages, accessible, and free to attend.

🎶 Sunday 18 August
⌚ 2–3pm
🎟️ Free
📷 Image credit: courtesy of the artists.

Want to learn more about art but not sure where to start? We've got you covered with our free guided tours!

Held every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday afternoon at 1.30pm, our friendly and knowledgeable team will introduce you to the art, artists, stories and histories that make up our Gallery.

Register your place on the day by checking in with the front desk. Please note, spaces are available on a first-come, first-served basis.

More info here: www.aucklandartgallery.com/tours

‘Modern Women: Flight of Time’ is now officially OPEN at the Gallery!

This free exhibition looks at the key role that women artists played in shaping modern art in Aotearoa New Zealand.

We hope you enjoy exploring this exhibition!

More info here: www.aucklandartgallery.com/ModernWomen

Celebrate the opening weekend of ‘Modern Women: Flight of Time' with us! We have a series of artist talks and an exclusive walk-through of the exhibition with the curator.

⭐Artist talks
Hear from the artists Tanya Ashken, Jacqueline Fahey, and Julia Holderness as they discuss their work featured in the exhibition.
📆 Sat 10 August
⌚ 10.15am–1pm
🎟️ Free

⭐Curator talk
Join us for a walk-through of the exhibition guided by Curator, Julia Waite.
📆 Sun 11 August
⌚ 2–2.30pm
🎟️ Free

Registration is not required, but space is limited. We hope to see you there!
📷: Julia Waite. Photo by Florence Noble.

This Saturday we open the exhibition ‘Modern Women: Flight of Time’ and if you are a Gallery Member, you have access to a great line-up of events!
Not a Member yet? Visit our website to sign up and receive a suite of perks.

👩‍🎨 Kōrero + workshop with Julia Holderness
📅 Sat 10/8
Grab a coffee and pastry and hear Julia Holderness chat about creating art as her modernist alter ego Florence Weir, while picking up some watercolour tips and tricks. This event is part of our Young Members programme. Thanks to

👩‍🎨Members Late
📅 Wed 14/8
Drinks, poetry readings, and art after hours at this social get-together.

👩‍🎨Curator Tour
📅 Sat 7/9
Have the Gallery to yourself at this morning tour with Curator New Zealand Art, Julia Waite.

👩‍🎨Library Archive Tour
📅 Sat 12/10
Gallery Archivist Freya Elmer facilitates a conversation about the lives, works and artistic heritage of artists May Smith and June Black.

Tickets via aucklandartgallery.com
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Image credits:
1. Julia Holderness, Passage de Terrasse avec Florence Weir, 2023. Image courtesy of Sanderson Contemporary.
2. Anne Estelle Rice, Portrait of Katherine Mansfield, 1918 (detail). Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa purchased with T G Maccarthy Trust Funds, 1940.
3. Ngaio Marsh, [Portrait], 1925 (detail). Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, The Ilene and Laurence Dakin Bequest, purchased 2021.
4. May Smith, Untitled [Landscape], 1939. May Smith Archive, E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of May Smith Estate, 1991.

Accompanying the ‘Modern Women: Flight of Time’ exhibition is a beautifully illustrated book of the same name.

‘Modern Women: Flight of Time’ offers a deeper exploration of the featured artists and profiles additional artists. Featuring writing from various experts, it presents a new history that places women centre stage, exploring their vivid responses to modernity.

The book hits the stands *tomorrow* so you’ll be able to get your ‘Modern Women’ fix a day early!

Available to purchase from our Gallery shop online or in-store, and at all good bookstores.

The ‘Modern Women: Flight of Time’ exhibition opens Saturday 10 August.

The countdown for the opening of ‘Modern Women: Flight of Time’ is on!

This exhibition showcases over 80 works by trailblazing women artists – including Molly Macalister’s ‘Bird Watcher’ pictured here.

Molly Macalister (1920–1979) was a founding member of the New Zealand Society of Sculptors and Associates in 1961 and an influential advocate for her art at a time when little sculpture was being made or exhibited in public art galleries in New Zealand. She brought a modernist simplicity and strength of form to her work and is best known for her bronze sculpture, Maori Chief, 1964–66, which stands at the entrance to Queen Street overlooking the Waitematā.

In the 1960s, Macalister joined a Zen Buddhist group in Auckland and Bird Watcher, 1961 exemplifies a sense of spirituality and peace. The young woman gazes skywards in wonder at the natural world; a silent watcher, she embodies admiration in life’s mysteries.

‘Modern Women: Flight of Time’ opens Saturday 10 August. More info here: www.aucklandartgallery.com/ModernWomen

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Image credit: Molly Macalister, ‘Bird Watcher’, 1961, cast cement, private collection, Auckland. Photo by Sam Hartnett.

New Zealand artist Flora Scales (1888–1985) lived a peripatetic existence.

Born in Te Awakairangi ki Tai Lower Hutt, she lived and studied in New Zealand, England, France and Germany, before spending her final years in Rotorua. She often painted the places she lived and the natural environment around her and it was during her time in Cornwall in the early 1950s that Scales painted ‘Le Port de Moshool, au soleil couchant [Port of Mousehole at Sunset]’, pictured here. Created in the coastal village of Mousehole, Scales captured with uncompromising concision the moment the sun appears to hit the water. Like a flower, or abstracted lion’s head, the sun in ‘Port of Mousehole at Sunset’, 1951–53 is a yellow ball surrounded by a fiery red mane.

See four of Scales’ works, including ‘Port of Mousehole at Sunset’, in Modern Women: Flight of Time’. Open Saturday 10 August, free entry.

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Image credit: Flora Scales, 'Le Port de Moshool, au soleil couchant [Port of Mousehole at Sunset]', 1951–53, oil on board, on loan from a private collection, New Zealand

‘Modern Women: Flight of Time’ opens THIS WEEKEND (Saturday 10 August, 10am).

In the lead-up to the exhibition, we’ll be sharing some of the artworks featured to get you in the ‘Modern Women’ mood ✨

Pictured here is Anne Estelle Rice’s ‘Portrait of Katherine Mansfield’, 1918.

In this oil painting, Anne Estelle Rice (1877–1959) envelops her friend in shades of scarlet while flowers burst forwards and bloom up the wall. Rice remembered how important dressing up was to Katherine Mansfield’s ‘imaginative nature’. Painted from life when Mansfield was suffering with tuberculosis, in Rice’s portrait the writer’s body dominates the pictorial space, emphasising her powerful presence and inner magnetism.

See this and over 80 other works by women artists in ‘Modern Women: Flight of Time’.

Free entry.

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Image credit: Anne Estelle Rice, ‘Portrait of Katherine Mansfield’, 1918, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa purchased with T G Maccarthy Trust Funds, 1940.

Did you know that we are kaitiaki (custodians) of more than 18,000 artworks? When artworks aren't on display in the Gallery, online collections are a way of sharing art with people across the world.

Specially curated to celebrate winter, explore an online collection of artworks inspired by the cold months. This collection features 12 artworks, including Charles Howarth's 'Winter, Mount Cook from the Hermitage', pictured here. Please note, the artworks in the winter online collection are available to view online only.

Explore now here: https://bit.ly/4fvdzlW

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Image credit: Charles Howarth, 'Winter, Mount Cook from the Hermitage', date unknown, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Maye Lambert, 1935.

Specially commissioned for 'Aotearoa Contemporary', see four brand-new choreographed works performed in the Gallery over the comings months.

Whether you're drawn to a specific performance, or simply stumble upon one during your visit, it's a unique opportunity to experience dance within the context of contemporary art.

More info here: www.aucklandartgallery.com/AotearoaContemporary

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📷 Image credits: Xin Ji by Teng Long | Jahra Wasasala by Jocelyn Janon

Born from the idea that art can connect people and serve as a catalyst for nurturing and strengthening communities, 'Beyond the Walls' is an education project that brings senior students from secondary schools across Tāmaki Makaurau into Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki to engage with art and each other.

Following a series of artist-led workshops, students were invited to create their own artworks responding to the Gallery’s collection and this year's theme: Tōku Tūrangawaewae – my place to stand. Tūrangawaewae is a Māori concept that refers to a place of ancestral connection and empowerment, a place that someone can call home and where they feel a profound sense of belonging andidentity.

For many of the students, responding to the question ‘What is your tūrangawaewae?’ was a complex process, given that many people in Aotearoa are from other countries or our ties to whakapapa, our ancestry, have been disrupted. The diverse artworks in this exhibition reflect the unique ways these students have grappled with this question, unravelling their connections to their identity, whānau, whakapapa, culture, communities and each other.

This year all 60 students’ artworks are exhibited at Toi o Tāmaki for the first time, presenting visitors with the remarkable opportunity to step into the worlds of our young people, to witness their stories, and learn how they understand their place in the world.

Participating schools: Aorere College, Papakura High School, Ngā Puna O Waiōrea, Pukekohe High School, Wesley College and Kelston Boys’ High School.

This project was made possible with the generous support of Sue Fisher Art Trust, Joyce Fisher Charitable Trust and the Friedlander Foundation. The Sir William and Lady Lois Manchester Charitable Trust provides further support for removing barriers for schools and students. This project is Enriching Local Curriculum (ELC) based and supported by the Ministry of Education.

📅 Sat 3 Aug — Sun 18 Aug
📌 Lower ground level
🎟️ Free
🔗 More info via the ‘current exhibition programme’ link in bio
📷 Image credits: Exodus Godinet-Faafia, 'Culture In Kelston', 2024.

Take home a piece of Auckland’s vibrant history as a special gift for an art lover in your life! These one-of-a-kind adornment pieces are made from the original slate tiles of the 137-year-old Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki building, hand-carved by artists from Sands Carving Studio. Carefully removed from the roof as part of the Gallery’s heritage restoration project 'Kia whakahou, kia whakaora', each tile has been beautifully preserved by Alex Sands and his team for future generations.

Shop at the Gallery 10am–5pm daily or online anytime here: https://bit.ly/46sJbVt

✨ NEW EXHIBITION ANNOUNCEMENT | Opening Saturday 10 August ✨

'Modern Women: Flight of Time' explores the impact of women artists in 20th Century New Zealand.

Spanning a period of roughly 50 years, from 1920 to 1970, this free exhibition mixes paintings, prints, sculptures, and textiles from public and private collections across Aotearoa New Zealand to reveal new connections between artists, uncover previously hidden themes and revel in the theatre of modern art.

Alongside key works by such iconic figures as Rita Angus, Frances Hodgkins, and A Lois White, the exhibition also aims to celebrate the significant yet often overlooked contributions of lesser known figures, including June Black, Flora Scales, and Pauline Yearbury, one of the first Māori graduates of the Elam School of Fine Arts. Through their works, the exhibition uncovers how these women navigated and transformed the cultural and political landscape of their time, offering new insights into themes of storytelling, identity and belonging.

The exhibition includes an accompanying publication, 'Modern Women: Flight of Time', which offers a deeper exploration of the featured artists and profiles additional artists – available to purchase at the Gallery shop and bookstores from 9 August.

'Modern Women: Flight of Time' is proudly supported by Auckland Art Gallery Foundation.

📅 Sat 10 Aug 2024 — Sun 23 Feb 2025
📍 Level 2
🎟️ FREE
🔗 More info here: https://bit.ly/4d1KLQk

By taking a historic monument symbolising a key act of colonial aggression in the Waikato Wars and indigenising it in sculptural form, Brett Graham (Ngāti Korokī Kahukura, Tainui)
creates something of a crucible for our times.

Brett Graham's 'Ka Wheke', 2024 replicates the shape of the gun turret which sat atop New Zealand’s first purpose-built war vessel, the 'Pioneer'. This gunboat was commissioned in 1863 by Governor Grey, the chief representative of the British government, to move down the Waikato River, thereby breaching the aukati or boundary line of the Kīngitanga (Māori King movement) and initiating the Waikato Wars.

Graham cloaks the turret in a variation of rauponga, a traditional whakairo (carving) design. Reminiscent of the patterns seen in an 1844 drawing of a monument erected by the first Māori king, Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, for Graham this design infers the currents of the Waikato River which bind Tainui Māori together. In this form, Graham transforms the architecture of colonial hostility into a powerful totem of Māori agency.

Brett Graham is one of the four finalists for the 'Walters Prize 2024'. See his new work on display now at the Gallery.

Open 10am–5pm daily. Free entry.

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Image credit: Brett Graham, 'Ka Wheke', 2024, installation view, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, 2024.

⭐ TOMORROW | DRA, dance activation ⭐

‘DRA’, 2024, developed by Jahra Wasasala for ‘Aotearoa Contemporary’, will be performed for the first time at 2pm on Thursday 25 July.

The choreographed work explores the concept of the bloodlines of life and ancestral knowledge in Fijian cultural and dance traditions.

‘DRA’ will be performed tomorrow by Ooshcon, wearing a garment by Steven Junil Park. Hailing from the villages of Vailele and Lalomanu in Samoa, Ooshcon is a dancer, specialising in street dance techniques and forms. Ooshcon’s guiding principle, ‘Ina ia sosolo le alofa | Ao love may flow’, is interwoven into every aspect of their practice – performance, workshop facilitating and mentoring young Pasifika and Māori men. Ooshcon is a long-term collaborator of Jahra Wasasala's, presenting performance works through their award-winning collective 'CONJAH'.

With just four performances scheduled, don’t miss your opportunity to see ‘DRA’ live at the Gallery. Full schedule available to view on our website: www.aucklandartgallery.com/AotearoaContemporary

📍 Level 1
📅 Thursday 25 July
⌚ 2pm
🎟️ Free
🔗 More info via the ‘Aotearoa Contemporary’ link in bio
📷 Image credit: Holly Burgess

Join us in the studio to flex your creative skills in a friendly, inspiring, hands-on learning environment.

This six-week course provides an introduction to the art of observational life drawing. Whether you’re a beginner or looking to refine your skills, this course will guide you through traditional and contemporary techniques to capturing the human figure. Plus there will be a tour of artworks in the Gallery’s collection to learn more about the art of life drawing.

Hurry, spots are limited! More info on our website: https://bit.ly/3YfwpHP

📅 Every Sunday between 4 Aug — 8 Sep (6 week course)
⌚ 2–5pm
🎟️ General $425, Members $382.50 (+ booking fee)