Get ready for an exciting new exhibition at Auckland Art Gallery! Modern Women: Flight of Time, opening on 10 August 2024, celebrates the incredible contributions of women artists to modern art in Aotearoa New Zealand.
From 1920 to 1970, explore over 80 artworks, including paintings, sculptures, and textiles, that showcase both iconic and lesser-known female artists. Discover works by Rita Angus, Frances Hodgkins, and many more, alongside international artists like Eileen Agar and Natalia Goncharova.
Curator Julia Waite invites you to dive into a vibrant world of artistic innovation and transformation during a time of great change.
Join in on celebrating these pioneering women who have left an indelible mark on art history.
Modern Women: Flight of Time is proudly supported by Auckland Art Gallery Foundation.
Exhibition events
Artist talks | 10 August 2024, 11.30am–2pm | Free
A selection of artist talks in-gallery in front of highlighted works from the exhibition.
Young Members | Kōrero and workshop with Julia Holderness |10 August 2024, 10.30am–12pm | $20 (Members only)
Grab a coffee and pastry, and hear Julia Holderness chat about creating art as her modernist alter ego Florence Weir, while picking up some watercolour tips and tricks.
Curator walk-through | 11 August 2024, 2–2.30pm | Free
A walk-through of the exhibition guided by Curator New Zealand art Julia Waite.
Members Late | Modern Women | 14 August 2024, 6–8pm | Free (Members only)
With some of Aotearoa’s most beloved women artists from the modernist era, explore the exhibition after hours and enjoy live readings of work written by some of the artists.
Music of the Month: Wāhine in Jazz | 18 August 2024, 2–3pm | Free
Live music performance selected to enhance themes and appreciation of the exhibition.
Curator Tour | Modern Women | 7 September 2024, 9–10am | $45 (Members only)
An exclusive before-hours tour with Curator New Zealand art Julia Waite speaking to the artistic practices of some of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most beloved women artists working in the inter- and post-war periods.
Library Archive Tour | 12 October 2024, 10.30–11.30am | $45 (Members only)
In this exclusive Members-only tour, Gallery Archivist Freya Elmer facilitates a conversation around the lives, works and artistic heritage of May Smith and June Black, two modernist female artists.
Lecture with Joanne Drayton | Modern Women | 23 November 2024, 10.30–11.30am | $19 (Members only)
Explore the visceral experience of research into the lives of modernist artists Edith Collier, Frances Hodgkins, Rhona Haszard, and Ngaio Marsh with award-winning, bestselling author, Joanne Drayton.
Image credits: Adele Younghusband, Girl Ironing, 1942. Collection of Whangārei Art Museum, Photo: Nimmy Santhosh (top left), Rhona Haszard, The Road to Little Sark, 1930. Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the Auckland Society of Arts, 1931 (top right), Helen Stewart, Portrait of a woman in red, 1930s. Collection of Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, purchased with Ellen Eames Collection funds, 2006 (bottom).
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