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Dunedin Public Art Gallery

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Museum

Art gallery

30 Octagon, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand

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Open hours of Dunedin Public Art Gallery

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10am–5pm

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10am–5pm

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10am–5pm

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10am–5pm

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10am–5pm

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10am–5pm

Saturday

10am–5pm

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Reviews of Dunedin Public Art Gallery

Great art Gallery with beautiful art work and many choices of artists. There's a shop and cafe in there too.

Dunedin Public Art Fallery Visited on 2/2/2019 More to come

Free art gallery with some interesting pieces and collections from international, famous artists to local, up and coming artists. Toilets and an arty gift shop. A must visit if you like art and have an hour or so to spare.

A great place to spend a day getting lost and finding yourself again. Impressive building with well structured wings of different themes and time periods. Some rarer pieces are also featured. Interactive exhibitions are a nice touch — like the long rainbow hammock, so long you’ll have to roll across it repeatedly to get out. Visit the loose tea exhibit at the end for a refreshing reward with a view over the city — a welcome treat after the hours you’ll spend on your feet meandering around. A definite recommend in Dunedin City Centre.

Free gallery which is nice. Lovely place, easy layout. I really enjoy the classic paintings. Some of the modern and native ones not for me .

Thank you! A handsome officer, in the most difficult time to help us, give up your rest time to come back to help me find the keys, forget to ask your name, you are a good man, I hope God bless you! Thank you again on behalf of my family.

Really enjoyed my time at the gallery, was bigger than I thought wow great place to showcase the art. Our favorite was walking through the spectacular hammocks and finding the beautiful tea room. Amazing ❤ In a stunningly bright, windowed room overlooking the Octagon we enjoyed making our own tea with the choices in our table. This is a Must Do. 👍👍👍👍👍

There are many things to see, I loved their contemporary paintings. Bathroom is a bit too far and hidden.

Unexpectedly, this was our favourite visit spot in Dunedin, with some (conservative) modern art, great gift shop, friendly staff, and nice ambience. Would recommend to anyone passing through, could have a thirty to forty five minute visit here, and if you have more time spend one to two hours here easy!!!

Nice place! So many paintings, they are worth a visit. while also some modern arts, it’s difficult for me to understand.

Friendly staff amazing artwork, spacious inviting art gallery. Awesome playing space for children.

So appreciative of the work that was done many years ago, to present a gallery of this stature. In Dunedin. Subsequent generations have been the net beneficiaries of the vision that was established and that we can continue to enjoy today. Thank you.

Even my dad who’s not that keen on art (more so doesn’t get it) enjoyed his time here ! Not too much going on , but just enough :) definitely worth the trip

(Jan 2020) A lot of paintings to see, I had a really good time here.

Lovely airy building. We enjoyed the permanent world collection on the ground floor. Unfortunately didn't have time to look at the special exhibitions. Staff were welcoming and helpful.

It's not too challenging, but definitely a staid regional gallery with very good collection of New Zealand and 20th/21st century works. The self-portrait of Rita Angus is impishly charming in its seriousness, and dripping with modernist aesthetic. There are pictures and objects in here that will win you over (Thanks Rita)...

Fabulous venue with all the twists and turns to see the awesome display of artworks. Thankyou

Fantastic value for money (admission is free), with a collection that far exceeds the reach of many similarly sized cities’ public galleries. Exhibitions are rotated regularly in both the permanent collection — which boasts pieces by Monet, Turner, Constable, Tissot, as well as the NZers: Hotere, McCahon, and Goldie — and upstairs with the more… modern stuff.

We go here all the time. Interestingly enough last time we were here we met a Scotsman who informed us that the name Dunedin in Scots actually means Noisy Hill of Sand. Slange.

Some really interesting pieces on display, everything from classical oil painting to bronze sculpture and moving images. While we were there, there was a piece exploring lost role models for indigenous youth which was really powerful and had an amazing soundtrack

This place was amazing loved the art plus it is free entry

Helpful staff and great range of gorgeous art

A cute little galary. It's for free. Totally worth a visit!

Really enjoyed my visit well worth a look

A great place to spend some time with the family. The interactive works were awesome and our 7 year old son loved them.

Highly recommended, definitely the highlight of the city. Free entry, lots of artworks are worth of watching & knowing.

Nice afternoon spent wandering around with my whanau.

Free entry. Can store your bags at reception. Super friendly receptionist and staffs too!

What a terrific gallery, well, Dunedin itself is terrific! I wish I could have stayed longer.

Very good collection. Worth a visit.

Really nice gallery with some wonderful artwork, both traditional and contemporary.

Excellent presentation of some terrific works. An unexpected pleasure

Lovely friendly staff, but don't crowd you when you're looking to have a quiet afternoon. Great exhibits, love the range of art displayed and how it gets updated regularly. Often has hands on exhibits, great for families with kids!

Awesome place to come and visit and enjoy the art works with family, Great customer service. Parking can be tricky at the front during the day times.

A special exhibition of contemporary Chinese art, top quality works, impressed!

I loved my visit to the gallery, and even came back a second day to see an exhibition again. There is a permanent collection and temporary exhibitions. If you are looking for interesting gifts for yourself or others, stop by the shop. Free entry. Friendly staff.

Great venue, staff,food, and displays

Due to covid not allowed to use toilets

Good range of art in an appealing space. Only ground floor was available due to changing exhibitions. Kids space was great.

Very cool to check out! Loved the motion exhibits!

Mix of modern, contemporary and traditional arts My son loved the magnetic wall experience

This is a lovely Public Art Gallery which has free entry. This is a small gallery that holds a fabulous collection of works by worthy artists, including works by local New Zealand Artists. It was a real pleasure to wander through here. The staff were helpful and knowledgeable. Another added pleasure was the gift shop near the entrance which stocks cards, books, jewelry, scarves and other handicrafts. We purchased a colorful silk scarf here, designed by a local artists. Well worth a visit.

Absolutely wonderful! The gallery and peaceful and quite and oh so very warm! Perfect for the rainy winter days. I love how kids can get creative and explore art using different senses in the little play area. The gallery is divided into sections and contains lots of pieces from all over the world; theres is a New Zealand are, a Japanese area, European, Australian and more. Pieces are interesting, learning about the mediums and techniques used to create each piece and the history behind it all.

Lovely to see the exhibition from the gallery's own collection refreshed and rearranged. It is such a wonderful collection and we are so lucky in Dunedin. Nice friendly staff on the front desk too.

Beautiful place to visit, even if you're not a fan of art. The experience will undoubtedly not disappoint. The giant hammock, fishing net, and tea rooms are just a few of the installations that are a must visit.

Always beautiful exhibitions loved our visit there these school holidays

Bit tired in my view , gallery needs a refresh,

Very strange mix of Renaissance, contemporary kiwi and Japanese art. The collection doesn't reflect Dunedin's history; it's more like a private collection. When I went however, there was a very interesting exhibition of China artists. Not presented in the best way but I guess Google works.

Nice spaces. Well worth a visit.

This is a classical art gallery right in the heart of the CBD. It has free entry, good information counter. The range of art on display is good. Everything from old masters to modern art There is a restaurant attached and good central City toilets should they be needed. Car parking the only issue but there are multiple story car parks near by

We both enjoyed the old paintings on the ground floor and there are even some from the great masters. I found some of the paintings really enjoyable to see the talents of painters 100's of years ago. Spent a good 45 minutes wondering around. Then we went to the first flour that was full of many variations of the same theme. Lots of black and white lines, less than 10 minutes later we were out. Free to look round. Stars relate to the ground floor.

Some really impressive pieces

Worth coming in for the fabulous and notable art collection. For a small gallery, it has note worthy classical artist and famous New Zealand artists. The small gift shop has well picked cards, books and other New Zealand gifts worth looking at. The gallery can also host events and be booked for special occasions. We are proud of our gallery.

Chill vibe, changing expositions. Nice (small) gift shop with original gifts.

Great artwork here and the place is massive. It's free entry (donations based system). Although I disliked that the staff hovered over my group heavily as if we are going to steal something. I get they have to be vigilant, but they shouldn't follow right behind us, they should just watch from a distance. I just left shortly after because it was uncomfortable.

A wonderful building currently housing a diverse display of art. Cafe and shop worth looking into.

Weird as heck which is what art is meant to be I guess or not or maybe 🤔

I love art and was amazed. They had paintings from Lowry, Gainsborough, Constable and Pissaro and many more. It's also free! ! Well worth a visit.

T-34/85 sculpture was amazing

Great art gallery. We went specifically for the Ralph Hotere exhibit. It was fabulous.

A local art gallery with ever changing displays. Has a great kids art area.

This was my second visit to Dunedin Art Gallery. It is a real privilege to have this gallery in New Zealand, and thank you to the founders of Dunedin Art Society for establishing this great gallery. With examples from the masters such as Monet, Gainsborough, and Constable, to more contemporary exhibitions, and a goodly number of New Zealand's best known artists such as Rita Angus. Frances Hodgkins hailed from Dunedin, so usually a good selection of her work - her father was one of the founders of the Dunedin Art Society. Much of her work is currently at the Auckland Art Gallery in a special exhibition.

Situated right at the Octagon, this art gallery is a delight to visit. Making very good use of the space of this renovated building, the displays are well laid out. There are a large collection of old and modern artworks by NZ artists and also international ones. I particularly like e.g. the collection on Frances Hodgkins (not usually seen outside NZ). At the time of visit, a major exhibition on Gordon Walters: New Vision, Grahame Sydney: Etched in Time, Philip Jarvis: Toothpaste Tubes doing Parkour, plus some other modern pieces were all interesting to me. The Nova Cafe attached to it is nice.Recommended.

Love coming here great free. Toilets oh well I do pay for them in my rates ha ha

Good to have a walk in a rainy day.

Really impressive and versatile collection of works. And a good mix of local artists and international. Spotted one Monet & a Picasso painting as well. It was a great addition to our time in Dunedin.

I was really pleasantly surprised by the famous art here, well worth a visit!

Very good gallery. Interesting quality pieces in the exhibition and well displayed. Good spaces for works of specific artists. This gallery knows how to display good art well. Knowledgeable, helpful and interested staff. Very convenient location. A must!

Okay, this is not the Met in New York nor the Louvre, but for what it is it is a good small collection. Whoever does the arranging of the pieces and the lighting should be congratulated. There were pieces by some famous artists, including Picasso, Constable, Nolan, Turner, Angus, Lowrey, and some other good artists whoe names I did not recognise. I particularly liked the Nolan one from the Ned Kelly series. The rooms are arranged according to various themes.There is modern art and some from early 20th and from the 19th centuries. The current Chinese exhibition was really quite interesting particularly the paintings in the classic style but made of built of tiny paintings of antennas, and skyscrapers. If you enjoy a short (~1 hour, for people who like galleries but don't study in great detail) gallery experience this one is really pretty nice. I will go each time I am in Dunedin.

Beautiful paintings! The art gallery is super cool and well organised. =) It is free.

Great facility wonderful exhibits and lots to explore! Just a pity I didn't have the time or money to check out the two paid entry exhibits.. keep up the great work!

Visited here with wheelchair user and myself. Facilities and lifts generally excellent for us, though would recommend using accessible public toilets across the Octagon, as the number of exhibits here is large.

I went with my daughter. It was a great experience. Very diverse

Lovely space, nice art, wicked gift shop, and a cafe where you can inject your own filling into a huge donut. Also some of the biggest cakes I've ever seen served.

Some lovely art, local and international, old and new. Great place for the whole family.

Great Art Gallery, which some really awesome, and interactive sometimes too, Exhibits. A great wee shop too. Some great Holiday activities for kids in the School Holidays. Well worth a visit.

An excellent modern gallery with a great collection and wonderful children's space. We spent hours with our toddler in this interactive art space.

Five stars! One of the best small galleries in the country.

Excellent art gallery with World class paintings (Gainsborough, Constable, Monet, etc). Best collection in NZ.

Great for the kids, always something for them to do, and interesting for adults too. Great little shop...

I enjoyed the obliteration room. Had so much fun with my friends. They have very nice and interesting exhibitions.

A great gallery of just the right size. Will give you a glimpse into nz art especially local but there's a few international surprise masters there too.

Such an amazing art

You've got to love what dpag has to offer for the city plus the director is so passionate about his choice of art... A must visit gallery in Dunedin nz! ☺️

Some rare artworks, with a backstory in this collection. Worth visiting.

Fantastic Gallery, Brilliant Kids space and best card shop in town! Love this space and feel blessed to have such a wonderful gallery in our little city!

The new playspace is wonderful. My 4 yr old grandson wouldnt leave it. So consequently need to make another visit.

Outstanding exhibition. Loved it.

Fantastic collection of work for a small city gallery, the exhibition on at the time was excellent too. Worth a visit if in town.

This is a lovely building. It was great to see the Ralph Hotere exhibition.

Really impressed with the staff and how they brought the paintings alive for school kids visiting. Great and surprising international art and some terrific NZ masters

generally something interesting happening at all times, and it's free

Classical works are nice, the rest seems too progressive for me

Lovely staff, wide variety of exhibitions and art pieces. Would definitely visit again!

Beautifully laid out by genre, with paintings that transport you back in time. A lovely curated selection.

Amazing collection of art centrally located in the octagon. Great mix of contemporary and old art. Good cafe located in same building.

spacious and well laid out. lots of friendly staff on hand to assist. I did struggle with interpreting some of the art but that is an individual thing.

Nice collection, would love to see more photographic exhibitions

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Wonderful, they offer hot tea as well, choice of tea at your own. Free entry, donation at your wish.

Rating reflective more of my own artistic inclinations (or apparent lack of)

A great place to unwind and weave throughout the various art displays. A feast for the senses.

Great display of modern and classical art in a relatively small space. Great atmosphere with attentive staff.

Stunning city, awesome gallery

Always a nice place to go, they always have new exhibits, and kid friendly, and of course free!!! (Donations welcome)

Expect to see Picasso, Monet, Chagall, Constable, Turner and many other great artists' work. Look carefully for the erotica Japanese works :)

Really nice gallery with a diverse range of art catering for all tastes. A great space to enjoy

A very good collection of both local and foreign art in a light and airy building which remains free entry to the public.

Great building. But the trip is made good or bad by the displays on at the time.

Stunning gallery. The Ralph Hotere show is not to be missed.

A fairly decent little collection and the atrium is very impressive, but the building is a bit hard to navigate

Loved it! And it's free as well. Staff is so nice and the little shop is wonderful.

It's a great place, the art is amazing and I loved having school tours here when I was younger!

Brazilian tea experience looks relaxing and so many variations to try definitely coming back to enjoy.

Excellent exhibitions - chinese digital art. Also old masters from Dunedin Gallery's collection. A very modern gallery with great spaces

Nice art gallery. Easy access from the Octagon. Good facilities. Free entry although donations are appreciated

Nice place to make a time out and smell some impressions of art. Highly recommended.

Some cool exhibits and it was free.

I went on two consecutive days to have the time to explore all the artworks, wonderful experience, highly recommended.

Always a great range of art and interesting exhibitions. A nice place to spend some time.

A good mix of moderns as well as an excellent permanent collection.

Great variety of resident art and interesting contemporary showings (at time; local artist and chinese exhibition).

Great place to visit, not oversized and changing displays. Activities for kids.

Really neat little art gallery, well worth a visit

Huge and always different amazing art. (I go every time I'm in town which is around once a month)

Quite a good stock collection for a small city. Nice older building and a good cafe next door.

Nice little art museum. Go have a look. Even has a Monet.

Great collection, and excellent touring exhibitions

I really like this complex gallery building with its multi purpose designing providing an international platform for Dunedin.

Awesome and free.

Great space! The hammock and tea drinking installations were wonderful.

Has very valuable and historic artworks for display a lot of the times. Also free :)

Beautiful pieces, well worth a visit

One of a very clean and calm places I like to visit

A variety of art work and exhibits. Some great meme potential in some of the pieces.

Great spaces and exhibitions. Helpful staff. On the day an amazing puppet show

Another favourite space, if I need inspiration and something to simulate my mind this is always my go to place

Excellent collection of NZ art from various periods. Good international representation as well.

Easy to walk around and look at interesting art, can stay for 5 mins or hours on end. Fantastic

Very huge Art Gallery. Impressive and its for free. Check it out

Great place to just relax and take your time looking at the amazing art work.

Fabulous place! Always a great visit.

Beautiful gallery, friendly staffs

Excellant Gallery.

Beutiful artworks with a rich history behind each one! Worth a visit!!

This is one of the best curated art galleries ever. Small in size with very big impact

It was alright but could of been better. The kids area was awsome. Cost nothing

Great exhibitions, good experience, fantastic artwork

Great place to visit on wet day

Beautiful art collection

Great children's space with new projects to try each time . And also FREE bonus

Professionally run, light.and airy feel with great area for kids.

Very enjoyable experience. And free herbs tea was fantastic

Great free gallery with some good exhibitions. Not as big as galleries in other cities though.

Interesting, if small permanent collection. Really good exhibit on Chinese art.

fantastic paintings and entrance is free.

One of NZ's best art collections.

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Nice place and have some rest. I surprised High value picture exhibited in Dunedin as public

Great Public Art Gallery in Ōtepoti Dunedin. free entry

Didnt hate, really liked the place and the friendly, helpful staff

Amazing place. Kid friendly and great exhibitions

Interesting exhibits when I visited. Staff were very helpful.

Crowded art house loaded with ok art but dozens of non buying tourists. Couldn't see zilch

Didn't really enjoy the art on display here. Eclectic mix of works

Great place to visit. Some exhibits are child friendly.

Great range of art to see

Some nice art, lots of nooks they have extra at tucked into

Great place. Lots of professional and innovative pieces.

Very underwhelming. Some great historic paintings though.

in love with it immediately

A beautiful rich provincial gallery, very friendly service

Great layout- very central - right amongst the Octagon hub👍

Wide collection of pieces of arts, with great name like Picasso, Monet...

Well laid out. Great collection. Always something interesting here.

Brilliant range of exhibitions at the moment. McCahon a must see.

Lots of great art and a really good cafe.

Amazing architecture, and often great child friendly exhibits

Many lovely oil paintings from NZ, Australian and European artists.

Such a nice art museum. A joy to visit.

We loved this place with great exhibition. And this is free!!!

One of the best art Galleries in New Zealand

Great place kid friendly clean abd tidy toilets

Nice place to take some time out and enjoy the beautiful art

Great to look around if you are into Art

Nicw place 😊 some stuff was a bit dark but was cool 😊

Exhibitions hardly ever change so most of the exhibits seem to be the same as when I was young

Good place very accessible Check out the cafe it's great

Hotere exhibition was wonderful.

Wonderful exhibits. A must place to visit!

Unexpected displays that never disappoint

Free entry. A large collection of contemporary and older works.

Interesting article and it's free. Takes about an hour to have a good look

Very open vast gallery with some interesting work.

Very interesting and quite pleasant place for family gathers on weekends.

I don't understand art very well.

Amazing art, would highly recommend

Child friendly, calm, neat and well picked collections

Love our art gallery.

Frances Hodgkins exhibition is amazing.

Great selection not much jewellery wise

We were there for a school visit, great job!

Haa i dare you to visit lol a well worth your while visit

Beautiful collection with a lovely mix of old and new

Fabulous selection of art on multiple floors.

Family friendly atmosphere. Exhibitions change often

Fantastic collection!

Definitely worth a visit!

Very good to visit.

Knowledgeable staff, outstanding collection, fantastic experience

Great portrait and landscape collections.

Great place for a conference

Excellent gallery with a very impressive collection

always great fun with interactive exhibitions

Traditional art good, modern art bad.

Great spot for a workshop.

A must go place to explore. A local treasure in Dunedin.

Great place overall.

Amazing art and space in an unexpected location

Great art and art space for kids

How can you not love a free gallery. Thank you.

Beautiful work of Art is shown here.

Cool as

Awesome Colin McMahon exhibition

Great Place free wifi 😊

Good programming for kids activities

Good gallery friendly people.

Still fantastic value in the heart of the city

Often have great exibitions

World class

Great exhibitions, beautiful art

Amazing, relaxing,

Amazing art

An interesting place to visit on wet days.

Great for adults and children alike

Friendly staff and funny exhibitions

Arts from around the World in a Great setting.

If you have time worth a pop in

Super range , just great

A constantly changing and surprising collection

All ways out standing.

Gr8 place for kids !!

Its amazing place to visit

This place is very arty

Stunning exhibitions.

Nice place to reflect on the history.

Amazing place, recommend to all

Nice local gallery

OK, not much stuff to interact with.

love this place

Great art

Great works of art

Always worth a peep.

Fantastic something for everyone

Good exhibits

Spotless

Always ecellent curation

Very interesting

Rich and diversified collections.

Fabulous visit.

Beautiful place to visit

Beautiful venue

Nice gallery, always something new to catch the eye. Well worth a visit

what a great place!

Great place to visit

Nice...

Great show!

A lot of history there.

Very friendly staff

Lovely atmosphere

Nice pictures

Nice and free

Great works!

Wonderful

Excellent

Very interesting

Abso.Lutely.Gor.Geous

Just great

Peaceful

Nice

Enjoyed

vaguely colonial

Great

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Good

Great

Frances Hodgkins

Good range

Awesome

Superb

Arts

Wonderful place

Nice place

Gordon Walters

A great range of exhibits, with a great rotation so you can almost always see something new. And the gift shop is amazing.

(Translated) In the middle of Dunedin on the Octagon, we find works of art on two floors, exhibited free of charge. These are works of art from all over the world and from various eras. There are works by Picasso and Chagal as well as regional artists from New Zealand and Australia. Entry is free. Highly Recommended. (Original) In Mitten von Dunedin am Octagon finden wir über zwei Etagen Kunstwerke kostenlos ausgestellt. Dabei handelt es sich um Kunstwerke aus der ganzen Welt und verschiedensten Epoche. Es finden Sich Werke von Picasso und Chagal als auch regionale Künstler aus Neuseeland und Australien. Der Eintritt ist kostenlos. Absolut empfehlenswert.

(Translated) A very beautiful chalk. And we also saw in the exhibition changing contemporary Chinese art amazing (Original) גלירה מאוד יפה. וגם ראינו בתערוכה המתחלפת אומנות סינית עכשיות מדהימה

(Translated) A great place for artists to publish their creations and have time to come and shake. (Original) 藝術家發表創作的好地方，有時間可以來晃晃。

(Translated) nice! Nice place, you can also understand the TV 📺! (Original) 不错啊！不错的地方，还可以理解一下电视📺！

(Translated) Pleasant architecture and well-used spaces. Contents not always up to par. Free and central. (Original) Architettura piacevole e spazi ben utilizzati. Contenuti non sempre all'altezza. Gratuito e centrale.

(Translated) There are plenty of exhibits on the 1st and 2nd floors to see. (Original) 1층과 2층에 풍부한 전시가 있어 볼 게 많음

(Translated) Traveled quickly because it closed at 17h, but galley rather oriented for the informed people and little for the children. (Original) Parcourue rapidement car elle fermait à 17h, mais galère plutôt orientée pour les personnes avertis et peu pour les enfants.