Facing Modernity: Degas to Picasso from Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki opens at SAM on May 23, bringing some of the most influential names in the art world from the Kiwi cosmopolis to the Goulburn Valley. Auckland Art Gallery head of curatorial and learning Sarah Farrar noted that more than 479,000 people had viewed the exhibition over the past two years. Presented in partnership with Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Facing Modernity: Degas to Picasso opens at SAM on May 23 and runs until September 20. Henri Matisse, Espagnole (Bust) [The Spanish Woman], 1922, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Julian and Josie Robertson through the Auckland Art Gallery Foundation, 2023. Edgar Degas, Danseuse mettant son bas (Dancer putting on her stocking), 1920s-1930s {cast}, 1890s {conceived}, 1911 {conceived}, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1956.