Auckland Art Gallery

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Auckland Art Gallery , 2017

The Auckland Art Gallery ( Māori : Toi o Tamaki ) is New Zealand's largest art gallery with a collection of more than 15,000 works. It is located in central Auckland , at the intersection of Wellesley and Kitchener Streets , on the edge of Albert Park .

history

In 1888, the building was established as a combined art gallery and public library with donations and funding from former New Zealand Governor Sir George Gray . Today the building is used exclusively as an art gallery. The Auckland Art Gallery has a museum shop, café, guided tours and the building can be rented for events. Admission is usually free, with occasional exceptions depending on certain exhibitions.

Main expansion (2012)

The building was originally designed by Melbourne architects John Harry Grainger and Charles D'Ebro and constructed from brick and plaster. It is a mix of different styles because New Zealand did not have a dominant architectural style at the time. However, it has been associated with the French chateau style. The building has undergone a number of structural changes since it was built in 1887. As a result of the gallery's rapidly growing collections, additional exhibition space had to be created. Due to its proximity to the University of Auckland , the Auckland Art Gallery ( Toi o Tamaki ) is frequented by numerous students of art and architecture for study purposes.

In 1995 the gallery was expanded. Since then there has been another part of the gallery, the " New Gallery ", on the opposite side of the street . Contemporary works are shown here. often works by New Zealand artists for whom landscape is an important theme. In 2007 a large new building and renovation was carried out in cooperation between the companies FJMT ( Sydney ) and Archimedia ( Auckland ). The exhibition space in the gallery was down nearly fifty percent.

collection

Tukukino (a " Māori Chief ", by Gottfried Lindauer)

The museum houses a collection of over 15,000 works from different eras. Numerous works by artists from the Pacific region or Europe are exhibited. These include artwork by New Zealand and British artists such as Colin McCahon , Marti Friedlander, and Frances Hodgkins , and in some cases donated to the gallery by the artists themselves.

Paintings by Charles Goldie and Gottfried Lindauer , a German-speaking artist of the 19th century, are also part of the collection. The pictures by artists who belong to the early European settlers are mainly characterized by the depiction of the Māori and the early European settlement. Lindauer's collection of paintings is called " The Partridge Collection " and was donated in 1915.

In 2009, New York art collectors Josie and Julian Robertson donated a collection of 15 works of art by well-known European artists such as Dalí , Picasso and Matisse . One of the gallery's most eye-catching exhibits since it was renovated from 2008 to 2011 is the “ Flower Chandelier ” by Choi Jeong Hwa . The space-consuming installation hangs from the ceiling in the main entrance of the gallery and is dominated by flowers that open and close, giving the impression of flowers in full bloom.

literature

  • Donald Bowen : Contemporary Art In The Commonwealth . In: Journal of the Royal Society of Arts . Vol. 113, no. 5101 , December 1964, p. 15-22 (English).
  • John Stacpoole : New Zealand Art - Architecture 1820–1970 . Reed , Wellington 1972 (English).
  • Valerie Richards : A Note from the Antipodes: The Fine Arts Library, University of Auckland, NZ . In: ARLIS / NA Newsletter . Vol. 1, No. October 6 , 1973 (English).
  • John Stacpoole : Colonial Architecture in New Zealand . Reed , Wellington 1976 (English).
  • Peter Shaw : A History of New Zealand Architecture . Hodder Moa Beckett , Auckland 1997 (English).

See also

Web links

Commons : Auckland Art Gallery  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Stacpoole : New Zealand Art - Architecture 1820-1970 . 1972, p.  52 .
  2. ↑ a b Architecture . Auckland Art Gallery , accessed April 1, 2018 .
  3. ^ Shaw : A History of New Zealand Architecture . 1997, p.  64 .
  4. ^ Stacpoole : Colonial Architecture in New Zealand . 1976, p.  207 .
  5. ^ Richards : A Note from the Antipodes: The Fine Arts Library, University of Auckland, NZ . 1973, p.  34 .
  6. ^ Margaret McClure : Auckland region - Arts and culture . In: Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand . Ministry for Culture & Heritage , August 5, 2016, accessed April 1, 2018 .
  7. ^ Bowen : Contemporary Art In The Commonwealth . 1964, p.  19 .
  8. ↑ photo. Listener , archived from the original on April 5, 2016 ; accessed on April 1, 2018 (English, original website no longer available).


Coordinates: 36 ° 51 ′ 4 ″  S , 174 ° 45 ′ 59.1 ″  E