The first painting by Claude Monet under our stewardship went on display at the Gallery last week. The painting, Le pont japonais (Japanese Bridge) 1918–1924, depicts Monet’s famous waterlily garden and Japanese bridge, a scene he is most celebrated for and which he painted more than 100 times. The painting was presented to Auckland Art Gallery on a five-year long-term loan by Soichiro Fukutake, initiator and owner of the Benesse Art Site in Naoshima, Japan.

See the work on level 1 in Game Changers: International Modernism. 

Mending, letter writing, sleeping and receiving the gift of song are just some of the ways you can experience Lee Mingwei and His Relations: The Art of Participation, a newly-opened exhibition by one of the world’s most engaging international contemporary artists. Developed by Mami Kataoka for Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, this is the first time Lee’s work has been experienced in Auckland and is the largest retrospective of the artist’s practice in the southern hemisphere.

There are only a few weeks left to enjoy Hole of Yellow Archipelago an innovative and hugely popular collaboration between Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, artist Judy Darragh, Balmoral Primary School children and AUT's TurnSpace Collective. Designed to seize your child's attention and transport them through activity and imagination, the installation takes its lead from Darragh's bright and layered work, and shares its clever and alluring sense of fun.