Manpower: Myths of Masculinity exhibition tour

Mackelvie Society Event

Manpower: Myths of Masculinity brings into focus the many images of eroticised male bodies that have underpinned the rich holdings of Auckland’s public art gallery since its foundation in 1888. The exhibition charts changing attitudes to sexuality around the time of the artworks’ acquisitions and in the decades that followed, beginning with the appeal and meaning of such frankly sensual images for their Victorian-era collectors.

Sophie Matthiesson, Senior Curator International Art will give a tour of Manpower: Myths of Masculinity, followed by a morning tea to celebrate the successful acquisition of the Portrait of William Rouet by Louis-Gabriel Blanchet included in the exhibition.

Date: Friday, 8 April 2022
Time: 10:30am – followed by morning tea on the Eastern Terrace
Location: Auckland Art Gallery
RSVP: renee@mackelviesociety.com
Limited numbers
Priority booking for Mackelvie Society members

William Francis Calderon, On the Sea-Beat Coast, Where Hardy Thracians Tame the Savage Horse, 1905. Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.