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Can Religious Art Speak to Us Today? 

When: Thursday 1 November 2012, 5.30pm–6.15pm
Where: Angels & Aristocrats, Level 5
Cost: Free entry
 

Artist Peter Ireland examines why religious art, at the heart of Angels & Aristocrats, fell from favour in the middle of the 19th century.

Find out about the exhibition Angels & Aristocrats

See art by Peter Ireland in Collections Online

Guido Reni (1575–1642), Italy, Saint Sebastian, about 1617–21, oil on canvas. Gift of James Tannock Mackelvie, 1882. Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki



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