Art

Our Art Auctions

Our Art Department offers four auction categories:
Works of Art, Select, Art to Date, and Art Online.


  • Works of Art     is our premiere live art auction. This catalogue showcases a curated selection of museum quality artworks by New Zealand’s most celebrated artists as well as works by notable international practitioners.


  • Select: This online art auction presents strong examples of collectible work by significant artists that have been hand-picked by our team of specialists.

  • Art Online: This online auction offers a wide range of artworks spanning all mediums, from historic to very contemporary. A great way to build upon or start a collection with works available at a variety of affordable price-points.

Upcoming Live Auction

Works of Art
Monday 24 March, 6.30pm

  • Christchurch Launch Event
    Monday 10 March 5.30—7.30pm

    141 Cambridge Terrace, 
    Christchurch Central City

    Wellington Launch Event
    Wednesday 12 March, 5.30pm—7.30pm

    Webb’s Wellington
    23 Marion Street, Te Aro, Wellington

    Auckland Launch Event
    Tuesday 18 March, 6—8pm

    33a Normanby Road
    Mount Eden, Auckland 1024

    Live Auction
    Monday 24 March, 6.30pm
    33a Normanby Road, Mt Eden, Auckland

Our first Works of Art live auction catalogue of the new year is now online and available for viewing.

This auction brings together an enviable body of work by Aotearoa’s leading artists, among them: Rita Angus, Paul Dibble, André Hemer, Frances Hodgkins, Michael Illingworth, Robert Jahnke, Ian Scott as well as international artists including Damien Hirst, Callum Innes, Rembrandt van Rijn and more.

Leading the catalogue is Gretchen Albrecht's 1976 painting, Abyss—a masterclass in Albrechtian abstract expressionism, with sumptuous indigo and plum hues stretching across this sprawling canvas.

A rare and timely highlight is Max Gimblett’s Spirit Box, made in collaboration with acclaimed furniture makers Humphrey Ikin and Jim Cooper, and jeweller Warwick Freeman. The presentation coincides with Freeman’s first major international survey exhibition Hook Hand Heart Star at the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich, home to the largest design collection in the world, opening next week.

Another exciting discovery is the inclusion of C. F. Goldie’s Souvenirs from the Field of Battle (c.1890) a more unusual historical still-life depiction, which has been defined as the artist’s first official masterpiece.

Launch events for Work of Art will be held in Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland—we would love for you to come along. If you have any questions, please contact our specialist team.

The live auction takes place on Monday 24 March, 6.30pm at our Mount Eden gallery. 

Emily Gardener
Director of Art

Mark Hutchins-Pond
Senior Specialist, Art

Sean Duxfield
Specialist, Art

Colin McCahon, Clouds 3, 1975 (2024), screenprint on 640gsm Hahnemühle cold pressed paper, edition of 100, 1035 × 700mm.
PRICE $12,000+GST (unframed)

A limited edition opportunity—
The Colin McCahon Legacy Project

Introducing a limited-edition reproduction of one of McCahon's artworks, crafted to support the Colin McCahon Legacy Project, an interactive digital platform that will showcase the artist’s remarkable life and works. In partnership with Webb’s, the Project has made these prints available for purchase — giving supporters a chance to own a piece of McCahon’s legacy, while contributing to the preservation of his work.

Read more about the Colin McCahon legacy project and Webb’s long and illustrious history with Colin McCahon on our website article here.

For expressions of interest please contact our specialist team. The work can be viewed in our Auckland and Wellington Galleries.

 

Stephanie AuYeung
Manager, Art
stephanie@webbs.co.nz
+64 22 301 8259

Upcoming Online Auction

Art Online
11—16 April

We are currently seeking consignments for our upcoming Art Online auction.

These popular sales present a kaleidoscopic selection of artworks by contemporary, modern, and historical artists—at accessible prices. With hundreds works to choose from, Art Online presents excellent purchasing opportunity for emerging and established collectors alike.

If you have a work you are thinking of bringing to market, please contact our team for a complimentary appraisal.

Hannah Owen
Cataloguer, Art

Upcoming Online Auction

Art Online
23—28 May

We are planning our late-May iteration of Art Online and are inviting entries for works to this curated auction.

Notable artists previously featured in Art Online include Karl Maughan, Séraphine Pick, Michael Smither, Stanley Palmer, Robin Morrison, and Max Gimblett.

A feature of the auction also is its showcasing of younger, up-and-coming names, and we welcome works by emerging artists such as Billie Culy, Morgan Haines, Fiona Connor, and others.

If you have a work you are thinking of bringing to market, please contact our team for a complimentary appraisal.

Hannah Owen
Cataloguer, Art

Upcoming Live Auction

Works of Art
Monday 28 July, 6.30pm

We are now seeking consignments for our July iteration of Works of Art.

Works of Art is Webb's top-tier art sale, nationally renowned for consistently breaking records and achieving outstanding results.

We welcome entries of important artworks from prominent artists such as Frances Hodgkins, Charles F. Goldie, Pat Hanly, Fiona Pardington, Toss Woollaston, Rosalie Gascoigne, Michael Parekōwhai and more.

If you have a significant work you are considering bringing to market, please contact us for an obligation-free appraisal. We would love to speak with you.

Emily Gardener
Director of Art

Mark Hutchins-Pond
Senior Specialist, Art

Sean Duxfield
Specialist, Art

The Art Department

Webb’s Art Department offers excellence in expertise and service. We are always interested in discussing your artworks or wider collection and what we can do for you.

Our specialist team are able to provide market-based information for those wishing to consign or seeking acquisition advice, no-obligation appraisals, and valuations for market and insurance purposes. The department offer a number of live and online Art auctions throughout the year. Our auctions feature a range of artworks from museum-quality investment paintings to more affordable works tailored to new collectors.

Please contact our Art department to discuss any works in our upcoming Art auctions or to learn more about the benefits of selling at auction.

Emily Gardener

Director of Art


  • A highly skilled contemporary arts specialist, Emily arrives at Webb’s with twenty years experience working in world-class Development and Sales departments within leading public and commercial arts institutions.

    Emily spent over a decade living and working in London, where she gained a Master's in Contemporary Art at Sotheby's Institute and held roles at prestigious galleries such as the Serpentine Galleries, The Photographers’ Gallery and White Cube. She later moved to Sydney and took up the role of Head of Development at the Biennale of Sydney, followed by a position as Head of Philanthropy at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia. More recently Emily has worked as the Director of Development at Objectspace in Aotearoa.

    Emily has experience working with a broad range of artists, curators, patrons, and international delegates, and will bring to this role a confident and well-informed understanding of the local and international arts sectors, as well as a creative and entrepreneurial flare and keen eye for detail. 

Mark Hutchins-Pond

Senior Specialist, Art


  • Mark Hutchins-Pond is our Senior Art Specialist based in Wellington. He has extensive art sector expertise from over three decades of working with and writing about art in Aotearoa.

    Mark’s previous appointments include leading the Pātaka Art+Museum curatorial team and successfully running his own dealer gallery for nine years. He has written for and edited various art publications and is a respected speaker of our country’s most exceptional art.

Sean Duxfield

Specialist, Art


  • Sean has over three decades’ experience within the arts sector in a wide range of roles.

    He has honed his technical and leadership skills at organisations such as the Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, the Dowse Art Museum and the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery and developed significant experience in his own private capacity.

    Sean’s long association with the Venice Biennale — providing exhibition support services to participants in both art and architecture disciplines — resulted in him receiving a President’s Award from the New Zealand Institute of Architects in 2018. Sean is also co-chair of the Canterbury Society of the Arts/CoCA board in Christchurch and a Trustee of the Bill and Pip Culbert Trust.

    Through these roles, he has developed an invaluable understanding of the arts ecosystem of the South Island as well as its wider importance and significant investment potential nationally.

Georgina Brett

Specialist, Art


  • Georgina Brett brings to the role of Art Specialist, a broad wealth of experience and knowledge from working in a range of positions within the arts sector. Prior to working for Webb’s Georgina Brett was the Exhibitions Production Manager for Artspace Aotearoa for four years.

    Georgina, is a sound and visual artist, she holds an MFA from the Elam School of Fine Arts, Tāmaki Makaurau. Since graduating she has exhibited both locally and internationally.

    Much of her knowledge of New Zealand art, she credits with the fact that many of the artists whose artwork passes through Webb’s, are artists who either studied alongside, or were tutored by her father, Graeme Brett, during his time at Elam.

Webb’s Nation-Wide Art Team

From left-to-right:
Georgia Clapshaw—Administrator
Hannah Owen—Cataloguer
Mark Hutchins-Pond—Senior Specialist
Stephanie AuYeung—Manager
Emily Gardener—Director
Sean Duxfield—Specialist
Georgina Brett—Specialist
Jo Bragg—Logistics & Inventory Coordinator