The Art Whisperers
Behind many prominent and public art collections are experts helping buyers navigate the industry writes Jennifer Ennion in Harper’s Bazaar in their December 2025 edition. She has also interviewed our very own David Hulme: “…Buyers need someone immersed in the art world; someone who cannot only take them to the best places to buy a […]
Auction Review: Art Market Boom continues at Deutscher + Hackett
A federal government with a strong mandate, a healthy stock market and ever booming property market are giving ongoing confidence to the Australian art market. It started well with the first round of major art sales and during this second round continues to flourish. The very positive results across all manner of art, be it […]
Smith and Singer: Sparkling Arkley Blows Up the Opposition
It was a wild night in Sydney at Smith & Singer’s auction of Australian art in more ways than one. The torrential rain proved no deterrent to the 60 or so people in the room. The atmosphere was buoyant and upbeat, as was freshly flown in from the UK leading fine art auctioneer Martin Gallon, who […]
Dave’s Faves for the Deutscher + Hackett Auction on 27 August 2025
On 27th August in Melbourne, Deutscher + Hackett offer a tightly curated sale of 52 lots of Important Australian Fine Art. This is more than a deserved title for this outstanding selection of a Who’s Who of Australia’s leading artists of the late 19th and 20th century. The pre-sale estimates are $8,246 million to $11,562 […]
Wonderful Dave’s Faves for the Menzies Art Auction August 2025
On 20 August, just a day after the Smith & Singer auction, Menzies offer their 115 lots of important Australian art in their recently renovated Melbourne gallery. In the strong selection of contemporary Australian art, we get the choice of several artworks by several of Australia’s best loved artists, including Arthur Boyd, John Olsen and […]
Dave’s Faves for the Smith & Singer Winter Fine Art Auction
August in Australia is fine art auction season. All the major art auctioneers have now scheduled their sales after a longish break since April, and we are in for some true museum quality offerings. So expect a few of Dave’s Faves in the next couple of weeks with David’s cheerful tongue-in-cheek comments on some of […]
The Importance of Provenance or Dave’s Faves for Arthur Boyd: The Printmakers’ Archive
This sale at Leonard Joel’s offers a remarkable collection of original prints and even hand-signed plates by the Australian master, produced in the 1990s with master printmakers Tony and Indra Deigan who introduced Boyd to the collagraph technique. Whether you are starting out as an art collector or have already established a collection, it is […]
Is the Australian Art Market Now As Safe As Houses? Excellent Results at Deutscher + Hackett on 7 May 2025
The Australian art market: With the turmoil in both local and international stock markets caused by Donald Trump, are troubled 1 percenters ploughing their money into blue chip art? The bullish sales results by leading auctioneers in recent months – including Smith & Singer on 8 April with a turn-over of $8,697 million hammer price […]
Canvass the Opportunity: Your Guide to Investing in Australian Art
Jack Phillips investigates the potential of investing in art, and particularly in Australian art, in Boss Hunting. He also spoke with art valuer and consultant David Hulme on what establishes good value: “A valuer looks at the market value of a painting,” explains David Hulme, co-founder of Banziger Hulme Fine Art Consultants. When engaged, it’s […]
Daves Faves for Menzies Fine Art Auction 9 April 2025
On 9 April 2025, hot on the heels of the Smith and Singer sale, Menzies present their 137 lot strong offer in their first major fine art auction of the season in Sydney. As a broader offering, the Menzies selection has a wider choice for collectors on a variety of budgets, and with a variety […]