The Collection

The Aorere Museum of Art holds works of national significance — abstract, spiritual, land-rooted art from New Zealand, the United States and beyond — housed in a Category 1 Historic building at the edge of Mohua, Golden Bay. This is not a gallery you stumble upon; it is a gallery you make a journey for.

A landmark collection of New Zealand modernism and abstraction alongside nature photography, in dialogue with international abstract artists and the landscape photography of Ansel Adams, Eliot Porter — extending into a sculpture garden, on permanent display.

Our permanent on-display collection features:

Agnes Martin (USA); Allen Maddox (NZ); Andrew McLeod (NZ); Anish Kapoor (UK); Anne Noble (NZ); Anni Albers (Germany); Ansel Adams (USA); Bill Hammond (NZ); Billy Apple (NZ); Brian Blake (NZ); Carl Sydow (NZ); Colin McCahon (NZ); Darren George (NZ); Don Binney (NZ); Donald Judd (USA); Eliot Porter (USA); Frank Stella (USA); George Thornley (NZ); Gordon Walters (NZ); Gretchen Albrecht (NZ); Hannah Beehre (NZ); Helen Frankenthaler (USA); Ian Scott (NZ); Jamie Te Huehue (NZ); John Johns (NZ); John Pule (NZ); Joseph Albers (Germany); Judy Millar (NZ); Julian Dashper (NZ); Laurence Aberhart (NZ); Lee Ufan (South Korea); Marian Maguire (NZ); Marie Le Lievre (NZ); Mark Mitchell (NZ); Marti Friedlander (NZ); Max Gimblett (NZ); Michael Dell (NZ); Michael Parekowhai (NZ); Michael Smithers (NZ); Milan Mrkusich (NZ); Nikau Hinden (NZ); Peter Peryer (NZ); Piet Mondrian (Netherlands); Ralph Hotere (NZ); Richard Killeen (NZ); Robin Morrison (NZ); Robin White (NZ); Roy Good (NZ); Sandy Adsett (NZ); Shane Cotton (NZ); Simon Morris (NZ); Stephen Bambury (NZ); Terry Frost (UK); Theo Schoon (NZ); Toss Woollaston (NZ); Veronica Herber (NZ); Yves Klein (France); Yvonne Todd (NZ)