Light Night at Auckland Art Gallery

Have you ever wanted to visit the Auckland Art Gallery after dark?

Explore Light from Tate: 1700s to Now with the whole whānau with special after-hours access and events. 

Start by immersing yourself in interactive, light-inspired artworks, then be captivated by a light-filled performance by Dance Plant Collective and join Suzy Cato for a light-inspired storytelling session. Get crafty with glow-in-the-dark masterpieces, play with shadow and light and be blown away by magic tricks.

Food-truck goodies will be available to purchase.

Filling two floors of the Gallery with light-filled activations, Light Night brings masterpieces to life and creates a fun experience for the whole whānau.

WHAT TO EXPECT

• 5.30–8pm Purchase delicious food from Let’s Brezel and yummy flavours of gelato from Mister Gelato.
• 5.30–8pm Create a glow-in-the-dark artwork.
• 5.30–8pm Play with shadow and light in our interactive ArtLab.
• 5.30–8.30pm Create a badge inspired by the exhibition Light from Tate: 1700s to Now.
• 5.30–8.30pm Explore the exhibition Light from Tate: 1700s to Now. Limited entry at one time. Please note 90 mins is the recommended viewing time.
• 5.30–8.30pm Café open, with coffee, wine and cabinet food available to purchase.
• 5.30–5.45pm and 8–8.15pm Be swept up in Dance Plant Collective’s light-inspired dance.
• 6-6.15pm Look out for pop-up performances by hip-hop dancers IDCO.
• 6–8pm Enjoy roving magic performances by JP the Magician.
• 6.30–7pm and 7.30–8pm, Atrium Join Suzy Cato for a light-inspired storytelling session.
• 6–8pm Watch pop-up light performances by Dance Plant Collective.

Image Credits:John Brett, The British Channel Seen from the Dorsetshire Cliffs, 1871, Tate: Presented by Mrs Brett 1902. Photo: Tate Paris Halstead image supplied; CLC image by David St George: Dance Plant Collective image by Sean Drader