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Exhibitions in Auckland in December 2026

21 events from Tuesday, December 1 to Thursday, December 31, 2026. Free: 11. Busiest venues: Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary Gallery, Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira.

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
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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

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