Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Address: Cnr Kitchener and Wellesley Streets, Auckland CBD
Phone: 09 379 1349
Website: Visit Website
Hours Open:
- Weekdays: 10am–5pm
- Weekends: 10am–5pm
- Good Friday: 10am–5pm
- Easter Monday: 10am–5pm
- ANZAC Day: 10am–5pm
Attraction Types: Art Gallery
Amenities: Food Available, Gift Shop, Guided Tours Available, Toilets, Wheelchair Access
Suitable for Ages: Families
Restrictions: All Ages
Ticket Information:
- Admission: Free
History, heritage and culture are brought to life at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. Founded in 1888, it remains New Zealand’s largest visual arts experience, with a collection numbering over 15,000 works. The main gallery building has now opened after a comprehensive heritage restoration and expansion.
Explore a treasure trove of historic, modern and contemporary New Zealand art, as well as work by Māori and Pacific Island artists. International painting, sculpture and print collections range from 1376 to the present day.
As well as our exhibition schedule, the Gallery offers a lively calendar of talks, performances, film screenings and children's activities.
Choose from a range of free guided tours - organised group tours available by arrangement.
- Open daily 10am – 5pm (except Christmas Day)
- In the heart of Auckland City
- Wheelchair accessible. Wheelchairs available free of charge
- Café and espresso bar
- Gallery shop offers quality souvenirs, books and unique art-inspired gifts
Image credit: Patrick Reynolds.
Upcoming events at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
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Frances Hodgkins: Colour and Light
In 2007, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki acquired these 20 paintings by expatriate New Zealand artist Frances Hodgkins. Painted in the first decade… Read More
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John Pule: Hauaga (Arrivals)
From Saturday 17 December, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki will present renowned contemporary Pacific artist, writer and poet, John Pule's… Read More
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British and French Modernism
Modernism was posited on the belief that the present - what was happening now, the activities of city and country life, the lives, loves and foibles… Read More
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Whizz Bang Pop
Let your eyes grow wide, your hearing sharpen and your nerves tingle as sculpture, painting, photographs, videos and prints bring your senses roaring… Read More
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Degas to Dalí
Meet the Masters from the National Galleries of Scotland. Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki is to present Degas to Dalí - an outstanding… Read More
Past events at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
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Collection Overview: Mary Kisler on Frances Hodgkins: CANCELLED
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Dance Bite: Short + Sweet Dance Festival
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Lantern Festival: Shanghai Dragon & Lion Dance Group
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Collection Overview: Pita Turei
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Lantern Festival Film Screening: I.M. Pei — Building China
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Art Bite: Gretchen Albrecht and Mary Kisler
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Film Screening: Colin McCahon – I Am
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Demonstration: Struan Hamilton on Etching
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Nava and Sharnar
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Response to John Pule: Hauaga (Arrivals) by Daren Kamali
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Film Screening: Liquid Stone: Unlocking Gaudi’s Secrets
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Art Bite: Mary Kisler on Guido Reni
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Collection Highlight: Lonnie Hutchinson
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Story time with Tanya Batt
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Art Bite: Simon Ingram on Julian Dashper
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Anthony Wilson on He Aha Te Wa - Moments in Time
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Collection Highlight: Rodney Wilson on Petrus van der Velden
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Art Bite: Anna Miles on Frances Hodgkins
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Collection Highlight: Francis Pound on Gordon Walters
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Jane Davidson-Ladd on Property of a Gentleman
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Art Bite: Hamish Keith on Colin McCahon
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Collection Highlight - Alexa Johnston on Frances Hodgkins
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Music: Classical string quartet
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Collection Highlight : Peter Simpson on Rita Angus
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Collection Highlight: Jim & Mary Barr on Michael Parekowhai
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Art Week: Open Late & Pecha Kucha
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Dick Frizzell: It's All About the Image
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Collection Highlight: Wystan Curnow on Colin McCahon
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Art Bite: Peter Robinson
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Highlights from the Toi Aotearoa Historic Exhibition
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Jim Irvine: The Making of The Kauri Canopy
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Reinstating a Heritage Jewel: The Mackelvie Gallery
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Tempo Dance Festival Preview
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Curator's Talk: The Julian and Josie Robertson Promised Gift
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Michael Cryns: Restoring the Gallery Clock
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Collection Highlight: Natasha Conland on Luc Peire
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Film Screening: The Way it Was
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Behind the Scenes: Painting and Object Conservation
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Behind the Scenes: Paper Conservation
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Natasha Conland: The New Zealand Collection 1965-2011
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Opening Festival: Second Weekend
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Julian and Josie Robertson: Promised Gift
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Simultaneously Modern
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Property of a Gentleman: Sir George Grey’s Paintings
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The Art of Transformation
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Choi Jeong Hwa: Flower Chandelier
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Kate Newby: I'm Just Like a Pile of Leaves
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Friends Evening Art Talk: Life at Te Papa
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Writers Lounge: Literary Agents
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Holiday Programme: Roboboy, Robogirl
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KidsClub: Colour - Big, Bold and Bright
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KidsClub: Special Guest Presenter
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Writers Lounge: Food for Thought
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Friends Evening Art Talk: Pacific Artists and Gauguin
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KidsClub: Brian Brake - Night Lights
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Auckland Festival of Photography: The Roving Photojournalist
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Writers Lounge: The Blogosphere
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Auckland Festival of Photography: Magnum Film Screening
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Friends Monday Artmeet: Cut Collective
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Auckland Festival of Photography: Stephen Dupont
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Artist Talk by German Photographer Sascha Weidner
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Auckland Festival of Photography: Paul McNamara
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Friends of the Gallery Curator's Talk: Athol McCredie
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Brian Brake: Lens On the World
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KidsClub: Extreme Makeover - Landscape Edition
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KidsClub: My Family and Me
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Film Screening: From Ray Columbus to Crowded House
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Don Binney: Looking Back
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Clothing in Goldie and Lindauer's Portraits
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KidsClub: Akeake Mother's Day Special
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From Ray Columbus to Crowded House
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Holiday Programme: Yield to my shield
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Holiday Programme: Me in 3D: SOLD OUT
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Film Screening: Richard Killeen
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Film Screening: Tony Fomison
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Peter Simpson on John Pule: Hauaga (Arrivals)
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Lantern Festival: Taizhou Opera and Dance Group
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Lantern Festival: David Wong on Auckland's Chinese Heritage
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Lantern Festival: HKFYG Hong Kong Melody Makers
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Lantern Festival Film Screening: New Beijing
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Music: Classical String Quartet
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Jeffree Clarkson: Ambient Music
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Pacifica Mamas: Focus on Traditional Arts and Crafts
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Artist's Talk: John Pule
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Preview: A Criminal Christmas
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George Farrant: Restoring the Auckland Art Gallery
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Kate Newby and Natasha Conland - Artist Talk
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Muka Print Exhibition
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Tamashii Japanese Drumming Group
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Collection Highlight: Fred Graham on Te Waka Toi o Tāmaki
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Art Bite: Chanel Clarke on James Smetham
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Rita and Douglas
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Collection Overview: Natasha Conland, Simultaneously Modern
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Art Bite: Rod MacLeod on James Northcote
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Collection Highlight: Jonathan Mane-Wheoki – Modern Māori
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Collection Highlight: Roger Blackley on the Victorians
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Art Bite - Grace Joel
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Preview: A Thousand Hills
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Collection Highlight: Jill Trevelyan on Toss Woollaston
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Jeffree Clarkson
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Art Bite: Conservation
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Collection Highlight: Ian Wedde on Ralph Hotere
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Royal New Zealand Navy Pipes and Drums Band
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Ron Brownson: New Zealand Art 1940-1965
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Art Bite: Para Matchitt
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Film Screening: Good Sports
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Collection Highlight: Jon Bywater on Francis Upritchard
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Sarah Hopkinson on Kate Newby and Fiona Connor
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Film Screening: Auckland's Historic Moments
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Behind the Scenes: Photography
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Collection Highlight: Julia Waite on James Nairn
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Collection Highlight: Abbie Twiss on Greer Twiss
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Men In Black: New Zealand Rugby 1905 - 1958
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Ron Brownson: The New Zealand Collection 1900-1965
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Mary Kisler: James Mackelvie’s Gift to Auckland
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Opening Weekend Festival
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Toi Aotearoa
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James Mackelvie's Gift to Auckland
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Temples for the Gods
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Sacred Conversations
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Jeppe Hein: Long Modified Bench Auckland
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KidsClub: Giant Landscape
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Holiday Programme: Fab Fabric Painting
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KidsClub: New Perspectives
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Writers Lounge: Actors Read Their Favourite Authors
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Writers Lounge: Travel the Globe
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Sounds Like Us
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KidsClub: View From Above
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Writers Lounge: Crime Central
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Painting with Light: Brian Brake Rediscovered
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Philippa Blair: Looking back
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KidsClub: Artists in Wonderland
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Writers Lounge: Fantastic Worlds
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Auckland Festival of Photography: Geoffrey Batchen
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KidsClub: Art Animals
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Curator's Tour: Athol McCredie
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Auckland Festival of Photography: Sascha Weidner
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KidsClub: Matariki Family History
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Film Screening: Rock the Boat
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Nick Perry: The Beginnings of NZTV
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Film archive: From Ray Columbus to Crowded House
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KidsClub: Birds' Eye View
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Friends of the Gallery Monday Artmeet: Angela Ruegger
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Kathryn Hardy Bernal: Revolution & Revivalism 1965-75
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Tim Finn and Nick Bollinger: Looking Back
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KidsClub: A City Clothesline
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KidsClub: Tall Towers
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Murray Edmond, Russell Haley & Ian Wedde: Looking back
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KidsClub: Wired Art
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Film screening: Clairmont on Clairmont











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