Best Large Art Galleries In Auckland Near Me

4worldlovers: Gow Langsford is a commercial art space committed to fostering and promoting the best contemporary art from New Zealand and abroad. Located directly opposite the Auckland Art Gallery, Gow Langsford Gallery represents over thirty established New Zealand and international artists. Gow Langsford is one of the country’s most established galleries and is widely regarded as its most influential dealer gallery. Alongside a regular and varied exhibition schedule, Gow Langsford is a market leader in works on the secondary market.

From 2008 - 2021 the Gallery also ran a second viewing space on Lorne St which is now permanently closed to the public.

The Gallery’s experienced staff provide comprehensive art collection advice. This service is client-centered and encompasses acquisitions; valuations; restoration and framing advice; investment opportunities and collection management.

4worldlovers: Hire art for your office, your public spaces or your home - and it’s fully tax deductible..

"View on Wall" allows you to see what a painting looks like on an actual wall. You can view your selected art against our sample walls, or you can take a photo of your own wall and upload.

4worldlovers: Black Door Gallery is situated in a charming historic villa in the heart of Parnell, Auckland.

Exhibiting an ever-changing selection of contemporary painting, wall art, sculpture and glass.

New Plymouth based artist, Harry Moores, creates large scale contemporary portraits that blend representation with automatic text.

Moores has made a name for himself for his depictions of iconic portraits, rendered in repeated abstract text, numbers or phrases. By combining words and images in one artwork Moores creates an interesting tension, challenging the viewer to simultaneously read words and images- calling on different mental processes or faculties.

Harry Moore's work calls to mind an old saying- "A picture is worth a thousand words", this phrase suggests that complex and sometimes multiple ideas can be conveyed by a single still image, distilling its meaning or essence more effectively than verbal or written description. ​

Using high contrast black and white Harry Moore's sets up a theme of opposites, which is furthered by the experience of standing close and far away from his paintings- up close the eye detects more text; yet from far more imagery emerges.

Mark Wooller produces richly detailed and semi-surrealist oil paintings depicting the New Zealand landscape and our local stories.

Wooller's latest series explores the symbolism of markers in our landscape. Posts stand central in his compositions, topped with flags or enscribed with text. These markers suggest a moment in time, a moment of transition.

As the artist describes "a marker is placed in the ground or on a mountain at a turbulent time...when an environmental change is about to occur, or when people are about to be displaced."

Who has planted the markers that appear in the paintings remains ambiguous, it is for the viewer to decide- the narrative remains open.

Markers are something that continually fascinate the artist, the specific posts in these paintings have evolved from found beach driftwood pieces he sources and paints himself with poetic sentiments. After use in the studio, he returns these painted pieces to the beach, to be found or to carry on floating on the incoming tide.

Neala Glass is an Auckland based artist who works with drawing and printmaking techniques. Characterised by monochromatic palettes and a focus on the figure, Neala’s work explores the ways in which the human form can communicate narrative, mood, emotion and tension.

An interest in psychology and the intricacy of the human condition sits behind the works, as Neala aims to reflect an expression of the subject’s inner world.

The pieces strike a balance between moments of realism and areas of abstraction and gesture. The works offer a sense of quietude, introspection and contemplation.

Neala's latest works offer a contrast between swirling gestures and calm figures. These works conjure a sense of maintaining composure and inner strength in the face of outward pressures. ​

4worldlovers: Scores for Transformation, Özlem Altın, Quishile Charan, Judith Hopf, Laida Lertxundi, Rosemary Mayer

Özlem Altın, Quishile Charan, Judith Hopf, Laida Lertxundi, Rosemary Mayer.

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Nau Mai Haere Mai! Welcome to Kura Gallery Aotearoa Art + Design


Kura Gallery, New Zealand art + Design. Featuring Maori and New Zealand artists since 1998. With galleries in Auckland and Wellington, we feature traditional and contemporary Maori carving, original artworks, innovative design, unique jewellery, furniture and genuine pounamu/greenstone.