SOLD OUT Exhibition highlights tour: Civilisation, Photography, Now - 1 Oct

Please note: This event was scheduled for Tue 18 Aug, but was postponed due to COVID-19 restrictions. It has been rescheduled for Thu 1 Oct. Attendees have been contacted directly.

We thank you for your understanding of these changes, which are made for the wellbeing of our visitors, staff and volunteers.

Join coordinating curator, Ron Brownson for a tour of highlights and personal favourites from Civilisation, Photography, Now. Perceive exhibition themes such as alone together, persuasion and rupture with fresh eyes.

Photographers play a crucial role in capturing a multifaceted portrait of our time. They are everywhere on the globe – in every country and in every city – observing, recording and interpreting the way we live now.

Featuring more than 200 original photographs by 103 contemporary artists from around the world Civilisation, Photography, Now captures vast human activities and outputs from our modern systems and structures to dazzling spectacles and complex conflicts. 

Limited capacity. Email membership@aucklandartgallery.com to reserve your place. 

Image credits:

Zhang Xiao, Coastline No.2, 2009, girclée print. © Zhang Xiao.
Vincent Fournier, Ergol #1, S1B clean room, Arianespace, Guiana Space Center (CGS), Kourou, French Guiana, 2011. © Vincent Fournier.
Olaf Becker Point 660, 2, 08/2008 67°09’04’’N, 50°01’58’’W, Altitude 360M 2008, Pigment print. © Olaf Becker.