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The building originally housed both the Auckland Art Gallery and the Auckland public library, and opened with collections donated by benefactors Governor Sir George Grey and James Tannock Mackelvie. This was the second public art gallery in New Zealand, after the Dunedin Public Art Gallery, which opened three years earlier in 1884.
Ruth Cleland (born 1976) is a New Zealand artist, based in Auckland. [1] Her works are held in the collection of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.Cleland is known for her photo-realist paintings and pencil drawings of suburban landscapes, and her abstract grid works. [2]
Allen turned 100 in July 2022, [19] [20] which was celebrated by the Auckland Art Gallery in an exhibition of his works from 19 July to 28 November 2022. [21] Allen died in Auckland on 9 June 2023, at the age of 100. [1] [22] Work by Allen is held in the collection of New Zealand's national museum, Te Papa. [23]
In the early 1960s a new generation of dealer galleries (often short-lived) arose in Auckland, encouraging people to see and buy contemporary New Zealand art. [5] Barry Lett Galleries filled a gap left in the Auckland cultural scene by the closure of Ikon Gallery (which had shown, among others, Colin McCahon, Don Binney and Pat Hanly), as did ...
Artspace Aotearoa (previously known as Artspace NZ) is an art gallery in Auckland, New Zealand. It is located on Karangahape Road in Newton. The gallery was founded in 1987, and focuses on contemporary New Zealand and overseas art. It should not be confused with Depot Artspace, an artists' community and working environment in Devonport.
The gallery closed in 2012 for a building project, with the new custom-built gallery, designed by Mitchell & Stout Architects, opening on 1 November 2014. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The building project received a warm critical reception and has received awards in the 2015 Auckland Architecture Awards Public Building and Heritage categories, and the 2015 New ...
In 1971 Hanly was one of ten artists chosen for the Ten Big Paintings exhibition to celebrate the opening of a new wing for the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. [5] His artwork is held in several New Zealand institutions including the collections of Te Papa, [6] Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.i [7] and Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o ...
Margaret Ann Lawlor-Bartlett QSM (née Lawlor; born 26 December 1929) is a New Zealand artist.Her works are held in the collections of Auckland Art Gallery.Her works are often on social issues such as feminism, institutional patriarchy, apartheid, and opposition to nuclear arms.