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

Challenge your perspective and elevate your surroundings with this selection of refined masterpieces.

Chaise Lounge by Nick Herd, 2023, $15,000, Oil on Linen, 1680 x 1910mm, From Föenander Galleries
Garden with textile and Florence Weir Garden Textile series, by Julia Holderness 2023, $2,850, Watercolour, 473 x 402mm From Sanderson Contemporary
Script No 1: With Repetition, Rules and Systems by Hugo Koha Lindsay, 2024, $9,000, Synthetic polymer and graphite compound on cotton, 1015 x 1520mm, From Gow Langsford Gallery

Velvet Dreaming by Holly Greenwood, 2024, $7,500, Oil on black aluminium, 900 x 1200mm, From {Suite} Gallery
Untitled by Jamie Te Heuheu, 2023, $9,000, Oil on canvas, natural wood frame, 12540 x 10520mm, From Starkwhite
Quantum Circuit by Kāryn Taylor, 2024, $6,400, Cast acrylic, unique, 400 x 788 x 45mm, From Sanderson Contemporary
Ngā Uri o Piako by Chris Bailey, 2020, $7,000, Cast bronze, edition 3/10, 595 x 150 x 115mm, From Tim Melville Gallery
Endurance III by Ray Haydon, 2023, POA, Cast steel and wood base, From Sanderson Contemporary
Study for the Kowhai Project by John Bailey, 2024, $5,400, Acrylic and charcoal on paper, 550 x 660mm, From Orexart

#79 by Michael Rex, 2024, $10,500, Aluminium, 356 x 2438mm, From Bonham Gallery
POUĒRUA by SHANE COTTON, 2022, $15,000, screenprint on Lanaquarelle, 1050 x 760mm, From Gow Langsford Gallery
PUKETERAKI SERIES III – III by Wi Taepa, 2024, $ 3,450, Ink and kokowai on cotton rag,640mm x 500mm from Sanderson Contemporary

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