The Alvin Pankhurst Gallery is a studio gallery at 305 Parnell Road in Parnell, Auckland, showing the paintings of Alvin Pankhurst. His work is realist and surrealist, and his later paintings draw on Māori carvings and New Zealand settings. The gallery is open on Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10:30am to 3pm, and at other times on request. The gallery also has an online shop, and accepts Afterpay, American Express, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Mastercard and Visa.
Alvin Pankhurst died in September 2024. His wife Ephra now leads a small team that runs the Parnell gallery and the online gallery, and promotes his legacy. The gallery has been in Parnell for about 12 years. We hear it is running a print sale, with 20 per cent off all prints until Christmas. Alvin won the 1974 Benson and Hedges National Art Award for a painting that the Dunedin Art Gallery later bought. Our pick in Parnell for a look at New Zealand realist painting.