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Body Laid Bare: Masterpieces from Tate - Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki

Mary Kisler is the Senior Curator, Mackelvie Collection, International Art, at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki. She discusses the Auckland Art Gallery's upcoming Body Laid Bare - Masterpieces from Tate exhibition (March 18th - July 16th) comprised of more than 100 artworks from the Tate of London, which capture the body in beautiful, sensual and at times provocative form over the past two centuries.

Frederic Leighton (1830-96) The bath of Psyche. Exhibited 1890. Oil paint on canvas. Tate: Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Trust. Photo: ©Tate, London 2016.

Philip Wilson Steer (1860-1942) - nude: the black hat. c1900. Oil paint on canvas. Tate: Presented by the Contemporary Art Society 1941. Photo: ©Tate, London 2016.

Henri Matisse (1869–1954), France - Draped Nude (Femme nue drapée). 1936. Oil paint on canvas. Tate: Purchased 1959. Photo: ©Tate, London 2016.

Man Ray, United States of America & France - Pisces (La femme et son poisson). 1938. Oil paint on canvas. Tate: Presented by William N. Copley 1960. Photo: ©Tate, London 2016.

Tracey Emin - The Last Thing I Said to You was Don't Leave Me Here II 2000. Tate: Presented anonymously 2002. Image: ©Tate, London 2017 © Tracey Emin. DACS/Licensed by Viscopy, 2017.

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