After a break of a little more than a year, David’s tongue-in-cheek look at the most significant art offerings in Australian art auctions returns. While looking at art online is nice, there is nothing quite like viewing it personally. We can’t wait to see the best and most interesting art that the major auction houses …
Dave’s Faves for the Menzies auction on 29 March 2023 Read More »
Menzies’ final major art sale of 2022 comprised a whopping 153 offerings, of which a third – the first 49 lots – came from the extensive collection of the late Millie Phillips, Australia’s first female mining magnate and highly successful businesswoman. The auction held in Menzies’ Kensington, Sydney, premises proved to be just as successful, …
Sidney Nolan Reigns Supreme at Menzies’ Sydney Auction Read More »
Smith & Singer’s final fine art auction of the year with a tight offering of 55 lots provided some spectacular results, including four artist auction records for contemporary artists: Del Kathryn Barton and Julie Rrap, as well as ever popular Albert Namatjira and lesser known artist Gertrude Fenton. They also very nearly set a fifth …
Huge price reset for Albert Namatjira amongst four new auction records at Smith & Singer Read More »
It wasn’t just our Impressionist master Arthur Streeton who was a high achiever at the Smith & Singer Sale in Sydney last night. Prices far exceeded expectations for several other important Australian artists, which also continued the trend of interest in women artists, namely Ethel Carrick Fox, Margaret Olley, Emily Kngwarreye and Cressida Campbell, and …
Streeton Streets Ahead at Smith & Singer’s Winter Auction Read More »
If you have been to the Ian Potter Centre in Melbourne, you will know the Joseph Brown collection which is on permanent display on level 2, a veritable mini history of Australian art, well, up to 2004 at least when it was donated. Deutscher + Hackett’s selection of 100 highlights from the Cbus Collection of …
The single owner sale of art is held in high esteem, as these collections are often built through a life-long passion and association with art and the artists. A collector might choose to sell their unique group of treasures during their lifetime, or what is more often the case, the collection is sold as works …
Bonhams continues successful offering of contemporary artists with ‘Sherman 100’ Read More »
The pick of the art collection of the late Harry Oviss made up the first 13 lots at Smith & Singer’s Important Australian art sale held in Sydney on 12 April, or about 15% of the 82 artworks on offer. According to Gabriella Coslovich (Australian Financial Review, 30 March), the prodigious collector did not sell …
Boom times for art auction sales continue at Smith & Singer Read More »
The Menzies auction on 1 December in Sydney marks the start of summer, and suitably, the first three offerings of the 123 lots are dedicated to the bounty of nature: a majestic Namatjira gum tree opens the sale, followed by an Ellis Rowan flora and fauna close-up and then an exuberant Nora Heysen floral still …
Dave’s Faves for the Menzies auction on 1 December 2021 Read More »
The Bonhams Auction on 17 November is a sale in two parts: lots 1 to 86 comprise important Australian art, while lots 101 to 181 are dedicated to selected works by Sidney Nolan from the seemingly inexhaustible estate of Lady Nolan. The total pre-sale estimate for the 166 lots is $1.88 million to $2.69 million, …
Dave’s Faves for the Bonhams Auction on 17 November 2021 Read More »
In their Spring sale on 16 November in Sydney, Smith and Singer present 78 lots of Important Australian and International Art, and as is almost de rigueur these days, the first 5 lots are dedicated to women artists of the early 20th century: Clarice Beckett with two atmospheric Victorian views, Kathleen O’Connor with a leisurely …
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