Dave’s Faves for the Menzies Art Auction – Oct 13
Art auction season is upon us once more, and over the next few weeks, David will take his own look over the best art available in the Australian auction room. He will give you his slightly irreverent views in ‘Dave’s Faves’ where he pick out his own personal likes when a glossy and freshly printed […]
Wanted: Dead or Alive – Ensuring an Artist’s Work Survives Beyond Death
Art goes only up in value after the artist’s death, isn’t it? This is one of the many questions at the centre when it comes to artists’ estates. We’ll speak about this and related issues with Katrina Strickland, deputy editor of the AFR Magazine, and author of ‘Affairs of the Art – Love, Loss and […]
Bridget’s London Blitz – “Off” goes off
Whilst not the exact inspiration for Geoffrey Rush’s portrayal of a world-famous auctioneer in his new movie ‘The Best Offer’, lead auctioneer Roger McIlroy was still a big help for the Oscar winning actor, passing on his knowledge of the craft of fine art auctioneering. Certainly when it comes to performing, McIlroy was not far […]
Dave’s Faves for the Sotheby’s August 2013 Auction
Sotheby’s sale of Important Australian Art is scheduled also in Sydney for next week on Tuesday, 27 August from 6.30 pm – going along their familiar path of heavily restricting the lots, this time to 48. I am looking forward to viewing the lots in Sydney, from this Thursday onwards at 118-122 Queen Street, Woollahra. […]
Dave’s Faves for the Deutscher + Hackett Auction August 2013
Deutscher + Hackett’s offering of Australian and International Fine Art on 28 August is contained in an opulent catalogue which just arrived on my desk. Chris Deutscher in Melbourne and Damian Hackett in Sydney always put together an interesting and often exciting body of work in the three month’s collecting period. This edition is no […]
Dave’s Faves for the Bonhams art auction on 20 August 2013
Bonhams’ offering of 64 Important Early Works from the Estate of Sir Sidney Nolan and Important Australian Art containing 49 lots is on view this weekend in Sydney at Byron Kennedy Hall at the Entertainment Quarter, and from 16 to 19 August at Como House in South Yarra. A great opportunity to see some early […]
Highly recommended: ‘Sydney Moderns’ at the AGNSW
The Sydney Moderns – Art for a New World show at the Art Gallery of New South Wales is a remarkable exhibition which I highly recommend. It has none of the glitz and glamour of a Picasso or Bacon show, but to me the quality of how it has been curated, it is in the […]
Dave’s Faves for the Lawson-Menzies auction on 8/8/2013
Lawson-Menzies’ offering of 350 lots (which is a lot) is now online, and I have picked a selection from the web. I will be attending both the viewing (which starts on 1 August), and the auction on 8 August 2013 in Kensington/Sydney. As usual, if you would like condition or framing reports or due diligence […]
The Australian Art Market from Top to Bottom
In an article in the Sydney Morning Herald in February, I suggested that art auction prices had bottomed. I am not so sure about a return of prices even after the very successful auction of the Grundy collection end of June, selling just under 20 million dollars worth of art. Rising property prices over a […]
Is it a Rembrandt, Mr Hulme?
David Hulme of local valuers Banziger Hulme Fine Art Consultants answered these and many more questions at a busy art appraisal day held at Manly Art Gallery & Museum on Saturday. He said: “One thing that stood out was the quality of the art that was brought in on the day”. “People wanted to know […]