HowDidIMissThat.com

512 upcoming events

Exhibitions in Auckland in December 2026

21 events from Tuesday, December 1 to Thursday, December 31, 2026. Free: 12. Busiest venues: Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Te Tuhi, Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary Gallery.

Tuesday, December 1, 2026

Visual arts
until Jan 15

Threads of Time: Travel, Trade & Textiles

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki · Auckland CBD
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Jul 2

Ngā Taonga Tūturu: Treasured Māori Portraits

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki · Auckland CBD
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Jan 16

Giacometti without End

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki · Auckland CBD
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Mar 7

Overtime

Objectspace · Ponsonby
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Nov 21

In Trust for Tomorrow: The Greg J Moyle Foundation Bequest

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki · Auckland CBD
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Jan 10

Titanic: The Human Story

Smith & Caughey’s Building · Auckland CBD
- Visual arts
$30–$67 Tickets
Visual arts
Open run

Te Ripo o Te Moana: Taonga Through Time

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira · Parnell
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Feb 19

Mahi Whakaahua i te Tuawhenua o Aotearoa – Ron Vine: Photographing Rural New Zealand

MOTAT – Museum of Transport and Technology · Western Springs
- Visual arts
Visual arts
Open run

All Aboard – How Tāmaki Moves

MOTAT – Museum of Transport and Technology · Western Springs
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Dec 12

AS LOYAL KIWIS WE CANNOT DESIRE

Gus Fisher Gallery · Auckland CBD
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Dec 12

touchsprings

Gus Fisher Gallery · Auckland CBD
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Feb 1

Picasso: Designed by Paul Smith

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki · Auckland CBD
- Visual arts
Advertisement Think you know your music? Prove it.Quiz Infernal: free trivia quizzes on music, movies, history and dozens more categories.quizinfernal.com Play a quiz (opens in a new tab)
Visual arts
until Dec 19

Group Admits Mistake

Artspace Aotearoa · Karangahape Road
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Apr 26

March of the Triceratops

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira · Parnell
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Dec 23

J.A. Kennedy: redportleftobligation / greenstarboardrightvolition or no / yes, yes / no

Te Tuhi · Pakuranga
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Dec 23

Joy on Mute

Te Tuhi · Pakuranga
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Dec 23

Lily Worrall: Grains

Te Tuhi · Pakuranga
- Visual arts
Visual arts
until Dec 23

October exhibitions

Te Tuhi · Pakuranga
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Feb 14

Fiona Pardington: To See a Face

Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary Gallery · Titirangi
- Visual arts
Free
Visual arts
until Jan 17

The Unidentified from RM Archives

Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary Gallery · Titirangi
- Visual arts
Free

Thursday, December 3, 2026

Visual arts
until Feb 21

Portage Ceramic Awards 2026

Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary Gallery · Titirangi
- Visual arts
Free

Everything on in Auckland

Stay in the loop

The weekend newsletter

Every Thursday, the best shows of the coming weekend in your city, in one email. Free, and you can unsubscribe in one click.

Your email Your city

Your email is used for this newsletter only. Privacy

Follow us on Facebook

The shows we spot, right in your feed.

Nothing from Facebook loads until you click.