Bids ricocheted around a Sydney auction room last week as collectors battled to secure a Howard Arkley masterwork called Neapolitan delight, driving the picture up to $2.5 million including buyer’s premium and the top of the 2025 auction sales league table.
It was a new auction record for the late Melbourne artist, whose work was inspired by pop culture and by what he called the “second degree imagery” abounding in suburbia, such as wallpaper and fabric designs.
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Elizabeth Fortescue writes the Saleroom column and about the visual arts. She was previously arts editor at The Daily Telegraph and is Australia correspondent for The Art Newspaper.
