“a (im) possible relevance” The Collection of Mal and Lizzie Brow

Name: “a (im) possible relevance” The Collection of Mal and Lizzie Brow
Start: 2025-10-22T08:00:00+13:00
End: 2025-10-23T11:00:00+13:00
Location: 3 Abbey Street, Auckland, New Zealand 1010

Schedule

Wed, 22 Oct, 2025 at 08:00 am to Thu, 23 Oct, 2025 at 11:00 am

UTC+13:00

Location

3 Abbey Street, Auckland, New Zealand 1010 | Auckland, AU

Art+Object is pleased to present our latest catalogue, "a (im) possible relevance" : The Collection of Mal and Lizzie Brow.
Well known around the country for their deep support of contemporary artists and the visual arts, Mal will be familiar to many from his time owning and operating the non-profit gallery 30 Upstairs in Courtenay Place, Wellington. 30 Upstairs was a revolutionary gallery (and residency) that provided an invaluable space, commission-free, for new and emerging artists to exhibit and sell their work.
Mal and Lizzie's personal collection can be characterised by a deep and abiding commitment to supporting many of Australasia’s most exciting and risk-taking contemporary artists including: Hany Armanious, Andrew Beck, Séraphine Pick, Francis Upritchard, Tony Fomison, Bill Hammond, Peter Peryer, Billy Apple, Liz Maw, Dan Arps, Michael Parekōwhai, et al., Anoushka Akel, Don Driver, Gavin Hipkins, John Nixon, Kushana Bush, and many more.
The auction will be held over two consecutive evenings, with evening one focusing on paintings and sculpture by well-established artists in the collection, and evening two seeing us present photographs, editioned works, and work by more emerging artists from the collection. Evening one is a live auction conducted at the gallery and evening two is an online auction, closing at 6:00pm.

Please join us to preview the catalogue on Wednesday, 15 October, 5pm–7pm | 3 Abbey Street, Newton, Auckland 1010. We will be serving fine wines, organically produced by our partners, Seresin Estate, as well as champagne by Taittinger, and Scapegrace drinks. The artworks will then be on view at Art+Object every day until the auctions: Live Auction (Lots 1-90), Wednesday, 22 October at 6pm and Online Only Auction (Lots 91-196), Thursday, 23 October at 6pm.

For those unable to attend the auction, our online bidding platform is available here, or you can download our bidding app via the Apple Store or Google Play. You can also place regular absentee or phone bids.
As always, please do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions about the artworks within the catalogue or the auction.

Viewing
Thursday 16th October 09:00 - 17:00
Friday 17th October 09:00 - 17:00
Saturday 18th October 11:00 - 16:00
Sunday 19th October 11:00 - 16:00
Monday 20th October 09:00 - 17:00
Tuesday 21st October 09:00 - 17:00
Wednesday 22nd October 09:00 - 13:00
Thursday 23rd October 09:00 - 13:00

Enquiries
Ben Plumbly
Director of Art
[email protected]
+64 21 222 8183
+64 9 354 4646