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The Great New Zealand Arts Digital Auction is your chance to back New Zealand’s most outstanding artists.
The Great New Zealand Arts Digital Auction presented by Art+Object is your opportunity to help fuel our mission – to boost opportunities for New Zealand’s outstanding artists and amplify their impact so all New Zealanders see the value our artists bring to Aotearoa.
The auction is now live, and lots start to finish from 9.25pm, Saturday 22 May. Tune into our Instagram or Facebook at 10pm, Saturday 22 May to join Chair of the Arts Foundation Garth Gallaway, and his dinner party guest Sam Neill, as they announce how much we’ve raised.
We invite you to bid generously on great art, hospitality and experiences kindly donated by the Arts Foundation’s friends and whānau.
Get bid ready.
- Go to AppStore or GooglePlay and search for Art+Object
- Head to The Great New Zealand Arts Digital Auction
- Register to bid!
Back New Zealand’s artists by bidding today!
What’s this all about?
You may have seen that we are hosting a series of dinner parties around the country from 19-22 May with some of our greatest Arts Foundation’s arts heroes. The dinners bring together culinary creatives, artists, Craggy Range wines, and ridiculously generous people – all in the name of fuelling New Zealand’s most outstanding artists and the mahi of the Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi.
The dinners cumulate on Saturday 22 May alongside The Great New Zealand Arts Digital Auction presented by Art+Object. Check out some of the dream dinner combos that are coming together around the country:
- Chef Jonny Schwass from Ilex Café + 2020 Arts Foundation Icon Sam Neill + Host Garth Gallaway
- Chef Peter Gordon from Homeland + 2014 Arts Foundation Laureate Lisa Reihana + Host Dayle Mace
- Chef Andrew Hansen from Amano + 2019 Arts Foundation Laureate Artist Yvonne Todd + Hosts Leigh & Donald Melville
- Chef Casey McDonald from Craggy Range Restaurant + 2017 Arts Foundation Laureate Dame Robin White + Host Robyn McClean
Help back the Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi artists and our mahi by signing up to The Great New Zealand Arts Digital Auction presented by Art+Object and #BidYourArtOut.