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Opened in February 1888, the Auckland Art Gallery is a cultural leader in Aotearoa New Zealand with a purpose of being a place for art and a catalyst for ideas. 

With multiple exhibition spaces spreading across four levels of an award-winning building, the Auckland Art Gallery is the largest and most inspiring visual arts experience in Aotearoa New Zealand. The collection and loan collections currently number more than 17,000 artworks. Together, they include major holdings of New Zealand historic, modern and contemporary art. Alongside outstanding works by Māori and Pacific artists, they represent significant international painting, sculpture and print collections.

The collection includes major holdings of New Zealand historic, modern and contemporary art. These artworks plot a visual history of New Zealand, beginning with the first contact between Māori and European explorers in the 1600s. Outstanding works by Māori and Pacific Island artists are a powerful feature of the Gallery, and the international painting, sculpture and print collections connect visitors with the world beyond the Pacific. The diversity of mediums and artistic practices in the collection also continues to grow. The oldest work of art is a sandstone figure from the walls of a Hindu temple in North India, dating from the 10th–12th century. 

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