Works by Monet, Van Gogh, Renoir, Ernst, Magritte and Warhol will hang at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki next year as part of the exhibition "Degas to Dali".
Seventy-nine works by international modern artists spanning 100 years are travelling to New Zealand from the National Galleries of Scotland (NGS) for the exhibition, which opens on March 3.
"Degas to Dali" will be the first major international exhibition since the Auckland gallery reopened its newly developed building in September.
"Degas to Dali" illustrates the story of modern art through painting, sculpture and works on paper. It begins with the revolutionary works of the French Impressionist and Post-Impressionist periods, and ranges through Cubism, Surrealism, German Expressionism, the British post-WW 2 period and American Pop.
"Such is the calibre of works in this exhibition that all are almost constantly on display at the various national galleries in Scotland, or on loan to other institutions," says Simon Groom, Scottish National Galleries of Modern Art spokesman. "From van Gogh's well-known Olive Trees, which he famously painted when he was in the asylum, through to the iconic Raphaelesque Head Exploding by Dali, we are excited to be ... bringing this exhibition to New Zealand."
Regional Facilities Auckland gallery director Chris Saines says they wanted to restate their commitment to presenting high quality international art: "From the Impressionists onward, there was a relentless questioning of tradition in art that shaped the course of Modernism. Some of the movements' most influential figures are represented by major works, among them Degas' great portrait of the Florentine art critic Diego Martelli and Rene Magritte's enigmatic The Black Flag."
The exhibition will be on show for three months.
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