Rock Melon Pop by Max Patté 2023

Art Market: Our top picks of inspiring art to buy now

Challenge your perspective and elevate your surroundings with this selection of refined masterpieces. From the captivating and colourful to the big, bold, and brilliant, these are the most sought-after pieces to add to your collection.

The Art Market
Our Editors’ Picks
Abbey eyes seeing the back of the head neurons firing regret by Dale Frank, 2008 $155,000, Varnish on linen, 2000 x 2600mm From Gow Langsford Gallery
KORE TAITARA 2 by Jon Tootill, 2023, $9,000, Acrylic on canvas, 1000 x 1300mm From Sanderson
Contemporary
Esk River I (after Gabrielle) by Kate van der Drift, 2023, $4,700, C-type photograph, framed, edition of 5 + 2AP, 1090 x 875mm From Sanderson Contemporary
Ripple (edition of 3) by Josephine Cachemaille, 2023, $850, Cast bronze, 80 x 160mm From Sanderson Contemporary
Briefly Gorgeous by Natasha Wright, 2023, $26,000, Oil on canvas, 1219 x 914mm From Sanderson Contemporary
Motif Architype by Ramon Robertson, 2023, $4,200, Plaster, concrete & steel rods, 720 x 220 x 170mm From Föenander Galleries
Pink Forest Blue Pool by Paul Davies, 2022, $20,000, Acrylic on canvas, 1220 x 910mm From Starkwhite Queenstown
Composition 10: with notations, additions and subtractions by Hugo Koha Lindsay, 2023, $2,800, Synthetic polymer and graphite compound on cotton duck, 450 x 600mm From Gow Langsford Gallery
Untitled Study by Nick Herd, 2024, $5,800, Oil on Canvas, 610 x 510mm From Föenander Galleries
His Mumbling by Sasha Mariana, 2023, $1,500, Charcoal on canvas, 604 x 802mm From Kaukau
Rock Melon Pop by Max Patté, 2023, $56,000, 1618 Diameter x 72mm, 90kgs, Automotive paint, acrylic paints, clear cast acrylic, epoxy resin, clear coat custom board, 2 way glass mirror, leds, 24v power supply, electrical cable, 240v plug From Lightworx Gallery

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