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Threads of Time: Travel, Trade & Textiles is a jewel-box display in the historic Mackelvie Gallery that offers a survey of European art from the 15th to the 18th centuries. Presenting for the first time new acquisitions and recent donations to our Auckland audiences, this exhibition also showcases beloved paintings and sculptures from the permanent collection, some of which have not been on display for several years. Five thematically-driven, Salon-style hangs underline the sumptuous materiality of fabrics, both as depicted subjects in art and as physical supports that sometimes peek through a painting's layers of pigment and varnish. Products of technology and trade, fabrics are cultural artefacts. They are also markers of social status and expressions of individual taste and sentiment. As such, their depiction in paintings, sculpture and works on paper is the outcome of precise negotiations between artist and client. Interpreting works from the permanent collection through this social and historical lens, Threads of Time explores how fabrics can offer insight into the interwoven threads of fashion, art and identity in the politics and cultures of the past.

Rita Angus, *Boat, Bay of Islands*, 1968, Auckland Art Gallery, pledged by the Greg J. Moir Foundation through the Auckland Art Gallery Foundation. This exhibition celebrates Auckland collector and philanthropist Greg Moir's pledge to donate 20 important New Zealand artworks to the gallery, including paintings by Rita Angus, Jacqueline Fay, Louise Henderson, Frances Hodgkins, Ralph Hottlay, Raymond McIntyre, John Puller, and Michael Smither. This series outlines some of the key moments in New Zealand art history, revealing how artists responded to globalization, war, and social change. The works are diverse, ranging from intimate plein airs to surrealism and abstract art. The "Entrusted for Tomorrow" exhibition is more than just a collection of artworks; it is a gift to the future. Greg Moir's bequest has helped the gallery expand an important part of its New Zealand art collection, ensuring that these works can be passed down through generations.

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