Public programme Auckland Art Fair

The 2011 biennial fair, from August 4-7, has a full schedule of daily tours, talks by artists, philanthropists, curators, critics and writers, opportunities to meet leading dealers who know their artists and their art and an interactive project inviting visitors to make their own work, under expert tutelage, which they can take away while leaving behind a photo reminder that they have shown at New Zealand’s premier art event.

“We want the fair to be more than an occasion which shows and sells glorious artworks from leading galleries in Australia and New Zealand but also an opportunity  to inform and educate people about what they are looking at or hearing about so they can know better,” says Deborah White, the public programme organiser and one of the founders of the Auckland Art Fair and the New Zealand Contemporary Art Trust, the charitable organisation which is dedicated to making art accessible to the community.