Auckland Art Gallery's feature exhibition for the year The Body Laid Bare: Masterpieces from Tate opens in March.
Auguste Rodin, The Kiss, 1901-04, pentelican marble. ©Tate, London 2016
Cindy Sherman, Untitled #97, 1982. ©Tate, London 2016
Tracey Emin, The Last Thing I Said to You was Don't Leave Me Here II, 2000. ©Tate, London 2016
Philip Wilson Steer, Seated Nude: The Black Hat, c.1900, Oil paint on canvas. ©Tate, London 2016
Pablo Picasso, Nude Woman in a Red Armchair, 1932, oil paint on canvas, ©Tate, London 2016
Man Ray, Pisces, 1938, oil paint on canvas ©Tate, London 2016
Joseph Highmore, Academy Study of a Male Nude, ink and watercolour on paper. ©Tate, London 2016
Henri Matisse, Draped Nude, 1936, oil paint on canvas. ©Tate, London 2016
Frederic, Lord Leighton, The Bath of Psyche, exhibited 1890, Oil paint on canvas. ©Tate, London 2016
The show features nude artworks from the Tate’s collection including The Kiss by Rodin, a large sculpture of two lovers entwined in embrace - this will be the first time the piece has left Europe.
The show's curator Mary Kisler talks to Jesse about the works.