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Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Auckland, New Zealand

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Take a photo and read the work's sourced story

Illustrative photo demo

Illustrative collection

  1. Take a permitted photo Use a photo allowed by the museum's current rules.
  2. Read the sourced history When Lensmark can verify the work, it explains what the sources support and links to them. When it cannot, it says so plainly.
  3. Ask a follow-up Continue with a question about the work's maker, age or significance.
  4. Your Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki walk saves itself. Just take pictures. Each work is kept with its sourced history, grouped by day.

The illustrative demo shows a rights-cleared detail of Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam; the collection list shows landmarks from the standard Lensmark demo. These images do not show Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki works or grant permission to photograph them.

What the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki collection covers

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki opened on 17 February 1888 with gifts that focused on European and British art. Its collection now connects historical, modern and contemporary art from Aotearoa New Zealand and the Pacific with works from Asia, Europe and the Americas. History and collections

The original building housed a public library and municipal offices as well as the gallery. A redevelopment completed in 2011 joined that heritage building to a modern addition; paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings and photography now share its four floors of exhibition spaces.

Its collection strengths include Aotearoa New Zealand art, Māori art, Pacific art, and European and international art.

  • The Promised Land

    Colin McCahon

    Date
    Aug 1948

    McCahon places himself in the role of Moses among the hills of Nelson. The Gallery received this painting as a gift from the McCahon Family in 1988.

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  • Takaka: night and day

    Colin McCahon

    Date
    1948

    Light and darkness fall across the same landscape in McCahon's painting. The Rutland Group gave the work to the Gallery in 1958; its accession number is 1959/9.

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  • Titirangi landscape

    Colin McCahon

    Date
    1954

    McCahon based this view on memories of his bus journey home from the Gallery. Painted at his French Bay home in 1954, it entered the collection through purchase in 1982.

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These are collection records, not confirmation that the works are on display today.

Check the photography rules first

The Gallery permits hand-held photography and filming for personal use only: obtain permission before using tripods, selfie sticks, stabilisers, camera attachments, flash or extra lighting, or before livestreaming; do not disrupt visitors or disrespect artworks, reproduce images on personal or company websites, sell them commercially, display them offensively, or photograph objects, exhibitions or events marked No photography for cultural, copyright, privacy or protection reasons. Read its current visitor conditions and follow gallery signs before taking a photo. Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki photography policy

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