National Business Review

You can read John Daly-Peoples review of our March 26th Important Paintings and Contemporary Art sale here:

http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/hotere-auction-smashes-expectations-120617

TV 3 Broadcast A+O Auction Live on Six O'Clock News

Take the link to view a live stream from the March 26th Important Paintings Sale on TV3

http://www.3news.co.nz/Artist-Ralph-Hotere-works-go-under-the-hammer/tabid/418/articleID/148158/Default.aspx

Headline Results...March 25 Auction

The phones have been ringing hot after A+O's million dollar art sale last night - so here is a quick sale report - more information to come in our next catalogue. The sale began with the 23 works from the Ralph Hotere Collection entitled This Land. With up to 5 phone bidders on some lots and a packed room prices were strong and 21 of the 23 works offered sold - many well over the upper estimate. Top price went to Raumati of 1968 which was one of the many stars at the viewing, fetching $36 229. Another hotly contested work was Moon Daughter, beautifully inscribed with a Hone Tuwhare poem - selling after numerous bids for $30 970 against a top estimate of $9500.
Top price for the catalogue went to Gordon Walters 1972 canvas Untitled (pictured above) selling for $273 744 with Rosalie Gascoigne's Dandelion (pictured below)from 1990 selling for the next highest price of the evening at $191 250.

Other highlights included strong price for works by Louise Henderson, Shane Cotton, Karl Maughan, A. Lois White, Stanley Palmer, Michael Illingworth & Peter Stichbury

Close Ups...

We've had a number of requests for close ups so here is the first selection - Terry Stringer's 1983 bronze Hilda in her 1930's Cloche Hat (lot 51)
Peter Madden's Dear Rose from 2005 (lot 39) and a detail of Rocky Road II by Rosalie Gascoigne (lot 49)

On View Today at A+O

On view until the auction this Thursday - these images show the main gallery with works by Nigel Brown, Rick Killeen, Karl Maughan, Rosalie Gascoigne, Michael Illingworth and Julian Dashper. Image 2 shows Julian Dashper's 4 panel work Regent from 1985 and Peter Stichbury's Duality from 1997

Important Paintings and Contemporary Art on view now

Major artworks currently on view at A+O. From left Pat Hanly's Pacific Hope Vessel from 1984, Gordon Walters Untitled of 1972 and Pat Hanly's Figures in Light No.12 from 1964. All 87 works in the catalogue are on view daily from 9.00am till 5pm until auction night this coming Thursday the 25th of March

Important Paintings & Contemporary Art on View

A+O's first major art catalogue for 2010 is on view from today until auction date on Thursday March 25 at 6.30pm. Check back daily for more installation images.

Join is for a glass of Invivo Wine at tonight's opening from 6pm - 8pm

Important Photographs - Entries Invited

Anne Noble, Ruby's Room No. 9

On May 13th A+O will hold their third dedicated photograph sale. Further consignments are now invited until the middle of April.

Important Paintings and Contemporary Art Catalogue Now Online

The March 25th catalogue is now online and features major works by Rosalie Gascoigne, Gordon Walters, Karl Maughan, Ralph Hotere, Louise Henderson and many others

Selected Highlights from Ralph Hotere: This Land, to go on Sale

On the 25th of March as a component of the Important Paintings and Contemporary Art catalogue, A+O can confirm it will offer 23 paintings from the This Land catalogue published in September.