A+O to Conduct Bayfield Primary School's Fundraising event 'Hammertime'

On Friday May 25th ART+OBJECT will conduct the Bayfield school fundraising auction, for the third time. It's a great event and there are some great lots. Further details including ticket sales are available at: www.bayfieldhammertime.com.

IMPORTANT PAINTINGS AND CONTEMPORARY ART: SALEROOM HIGHLIGHTS

Our first sale of Important Paintings and Contemporary Art took place last night.  Many of the higher value works are still in negotiation but some of the preliminary highlights in the saleroom last night included (excluding the Times Group collection which I'll post seperately on next week)|:

lot 2, Allen Maddox $12 009
lot 15, Stephen Bambury $24 019
lot 17, Judy Millar $30 882
lot 25, Peter Robinson $20 016
lot 28, Ralph Hotere $22 876
lot 32, Roy Lichtenstein $26 307
lot 33, Michael Parekowhai $80 066 (new record price)
lot 34, Paul Dibble $62 909 
lot 44, Bill Hammond $13 725

lots 47 - 96 Times Group Collection

lot 97, Shane Cotton $20 588
lott 119, Peter Stichbury $57 190
lot 129, Ann Robinson $29 738
lot 132, Geoff Thornley $13 725

IMPORTANT PAINTINGS AND CONTEMPORARY ART AUCTION TONIGHT: 6.30PM

A+O Important Paintings & Contemporary Art auction starts tonight at 6:30pm. For those of you who can't make it you can bid and stream the auction live through the live auctioneers site www.liveauctioneers.com. Applications are also available for iphones and smartphones.

Anzac Days Hours

Tomorrow, Wednesday 25th of April, is ANZAC day. We will be open for viewing from midday through until 4:30pm.

Important Paintings and Contemporary Art Video Preview: Now Online

You can watch A+O Director's Hamish Coney and Ben Plumbly run through some of the works in Thursday night's Important Paintings and Contemporary Art auction here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdLyN_HddV0

The Huntress

One of the feature lots in The Russell and Shirley Hodgson Collection, Seraphine Pick's

The Huntress (with Wall Flowers), which featured prominently in her recent retrospective and which adorns the cover of Sarah Laing's novel Dead People's Music, sold today in a negotiated post-auction sale for $30 000.

Important Paintings and Contemporary Art: Installation Views

Important Paintings and Contemporary Art: Preview Thursday Night

Image: Rear gallery showcasing major works by Judy Millar, Gretchen Albrecht, Julian Dashper, John Walsh and Peter Robinson.

We open the viewing for the upcoming sale of Important Paintings and Contemporary Art this Thursday night. From 5:00 - 6:00pm we will have members of the Times Group Collection in to preview their collection and from 6:00 - 8:00pm we will be open to the public. Please come down and join us for a glass of Seresin Estate wine and to check out an excellent catalogue and exhibition viewing.

Important Paintings & Contemporary Art: Catalogue Out Now

Open publication - Free publishing - More art

Important Paintings and Contemporary Art: April 26th

Michael Illingworth, Flower Painting (1968)

Our next auction of Important Paintings and Contemporary Art will take place on April 26th. It constitutes a fine, large and varied offering of some 140 lots. Along with works from various, anonymous vendors the catalogue includes ten paintings from a Wellington estate, including the above painting by Michael Illingworth, two exquisite works by C. F Goldie from the estate of David Collinson, as well as the collection of the art buying group, The Times Collection. The catalogue goes to print tonight and will be available online later this week. The auction goes on view from next Friday, the 20th.

Happy Easter

A+O wish you all a Happy Easter. We will be closed on Good Friday and Easter Monday and will re-open Tuesday morning. Our upcoming catalogue of Important Paintings and Contemporary Art Featuring The Times Group Collection, goes to print early next week.