writes Mark Kearny in the Bendigo Advertiser on 27 July 2017. Arts leaders from around Australia have voiced their outrage at the closure of Castlemaine Art Museum, labelling the decision a “national tragedy” and calling on the local counci...
Posted on August 1st, 2017
Art collectors are driven by passion, not just for the art, but the history of art, the artist and their contemporaries, and endless connections between them. In this regard, public art galleries and private collectors have much in common, and private ...
Posted on July 24th, 2017
writes Peter Fish in the "Australian Financial Review" on 15 June 2017. The enormous Emily Kngwarreye canvas bought by singer Elton John 20 years ago for $46,000 sold for $414,800, almost double its estimate at Bonhams sale on Tuesday last week. Measur...
Posted on June 19th, 2017
writes Michaela Boland in The Australian on 12 June 2017.
Elton John’s Emily Kame Kngwarreye landscape sold at auction for almost half a million dollars last week, ten times what the piano man bought it for two decades ago and double what Bonha...
Posted on June 13th, 2017
I don't know how long I have raved about Max Dupain (1911 - 1992) ... too long perhaps, but to me, Dupain was not just the photographer who created Australia's most iconic photograph, the "Sunbaker", but he was also the first true art photographer. Dup...
Posted on June 9th, 2017
Bonhams offer 68 lots in their 6 June 2017 Sydney auction, mixing the very traditional of Aboriginal artefacts with the Australian modern greats like Roy de Maistre, Charles Blackman and Sidney Nolan and the very contemporary sculpture of Clement Meadm...
Posted on May 31st, 2017
writes Peter Fish in the "Australian Financial Review" on 10 May 2017. The mood in the art market is reviving after almost a decade of flatlining annual sales. Evidence of increased dealer activity on behalf of private clients is mounting amid improvin...
Posted on May 11th, 2017
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Posted on May 8th, 2017
In their autumn auction on 10 May in Sydney, Deutscher + Hackett offer their signature broad mix of 132 artworks - ranging from the rare early Australian colonial (August Earle lot 69), to international greats such as Edvard Munch (lot 114), taking in ...
Posted on May 1st, 2017
Where do you find museum quality art? And does it need to be "museum quality"? The simple answer is, it doesn't. Most art bought through commercial galleries is simply decorative and will never be worth any more than its decorative value, which often e...
Posted on May 1st, 2017
