This month marks 100 years since one of New Zealand's most celebrated and significant artists, Colin McCahon, was born.
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki has put together an exhibition to celebrate his work and the special relationship he had with the city.
Ron Brownson is one of two curators of the A Place to Paint: Colin McCahon in Auckland exhibition he tells us about the project.
Colin McCahon, The Way of the Cross, 1966, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. Courtesy of the Colin McCahon Research and Publication Trust
Colin McCahon, Cross, 1959, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. Courtesy of the Colin McCahon Research and Publication Trust
Colin McCahon, May His light shine (Tau Cross), 1978–79, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. Courtesy of the Colin McCahon Research and Publication Trust
Colin McCahon, Moby Dick is sighted off Muriwai Beach, 1972, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmak. Courtesy of the Colin McCahon Research and Publication Trust
Bernie Hill, McCahon at Auckland City Art Gallery, circa 1961, E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
1989 Colin McCahon The Large Jump .
H. Rogers-Jenkins, Chapel of the Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions, Upland Rd, Remuera, circa 1970s, EH McCormick Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Colin McCahon 1965-1966, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the Chapel of the Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions, Auckland. Courtesy of the Colin McCahon Research and Publication Trust.
