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Auckland Art Gallery

Address:   Corner Wellesley & Kitchener Streets, Auckland
Auckland
New Zealand
Phone:   (09) 379 1349
Website:   http://www.aucklandartgallery.govt.nz/

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Average Rating:   (4 votes)

Heralded in 1888 as 'the first permanent Art Gallery in the Dominion', Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki remains the largest art institution in New Zealand, with a collection numbering over 14,000 works.

These include major holdings of New Zealand historic, modern and contemporary art, and outstanding works by Maori and Pacific Island artists, as well as European painting, sculpture and print collections ranging in date from 1376 to the present day.

Free tours are available every day at 2.00pm. Taken by Gallery Docents these interactive 45 minute tours bring works of art alive for participants. Organised tours for groups are available by arrangement.

A public art gallery that was previously located within two buildings, the main gallery and the new gallery, it exhibits work from its collection along with a programme of national and international touring exhibitions. The main gallery (cnr of Wellesley and Kitchener Sts) is now closed for development. Exhibitions and events continue at the New Gallery. Works from the collection are on show in the ground floor collection displays. Upstairs special exhibitions will feature works by prominent New Zealand and international artists.

For that special gift or memento, the Gallery Shop is the ideal place to visit. A unique and exclusive range of New Zealand and New Zealand art related merchandise, including books and cards.

Entry to the ground floor displays are free.
Admission charges apply for special exhibitions.

Open daily 10.00am-5.00pm, except for Christmas Day and Easter Friday.


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    anyabea posted on January 20th, 2012
    Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

    Absolutely wonderful! A must visit in NZ's biggest city!

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    Beccabombom posted on December 23rd, 2011
    Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

    The building itself is a peice of art! A wonderful day out with inspirational works from both national and international artists.

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    Chasann posted on November 1st, 2010
    Overall Rating: 10.0 / 10

    If you are in Auckland anytime between now and June 2011 an absolute must see is the Goldie and Lindauer "Approaching Portraiture Exhibition" at the Auckland Art gallery. For the first time in 36 years the works of these two famous portrait painters are compared side by side.
    To see a Goldie print or in a magazine is one thing. To see the real thing is beyond your comprehension of what an artist can capture on canvas...seeing is believing and I am not an art critic. The fire of life burns strongly with all of Goldie's exhibits. The tufts of grey hair and whiskers on the cheeks and chin of Aperehama are so lifelike, even the blanket wrapped around his shoulders commands to be touched. A later portrait of the same man lacks the richness of Goldies earlier work yet it equally appeals.
    This is an opportunity to become up close and personal with history, a chance to feel at one with a master, and to really appreciate good art. I'll let the visitor make up their own mind about the art in the next room....a visit to your clothesline or garden shed might be just as stimulating but then as I said, "I am not an art critic."

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    maybesomeday posted on October 12th, 2009
    Overall Rating: 9.3 / 10

    Good to visit on a rainy day. Value for money is exceptional because it's free to visit, although there is a charge for special exhibitions. Went on the weekend was impressed with the broad spectrum of work from iconic New Zealand artists. Currently on display is "Picturing History", which is on until Feb 2010, and features works by Charles Goldie, Gottfried Lindauer, Colin McCahon and Shane Cotton, some of New Zealand's most celebrated artists of the past and present, amongst others. "Rita Angus: Life & Vision" is on until November 1 2009 and is a must see.