Dave’s Faves from the Lawson-Menzies Auction
303 lots are on offer at the upcoming Lawson-Menzies Quarterly Fine Art Auction on 15 November at Kensington in Sydney. David has taken his usual discerning look through the catalogue and online to discover his favourites, and here there are some of them Lot 1 – Elioth Gruner, Beach Scene, 1938, est. $3,000-5,000. Watercolours by […]
Sunday Fine Art – Dave’s Faves from the Leonard Joel Auction
The Sunday Fine Art Auction at Leonard Joel in Melbourne presents some 300 lots of Australian and International Art on 23 September. Dave’s Faves is looking at the Australian segment of the sale to search out the best of what is on offer: Lot 1 – Will Ashton, Venice, est. $2,000-3,000. Will’s time will come […]
Good art doesn’t have to be expensive – Dave’s Faves from the Davidson Auction
There are some great examples coming up at Davidson Auctions this Saturday in Annandale. Robert Davidson has 213 lots in this mixed sale of Australian and international works on 8 September starting at 12 noon. David has picked some lovely works for his Dave’s Faves. Viewing is today Thursday from noon to 6 pm, tomorrow […]
Colonial is Cool – Dave’s Faves from the Menzies Auction
Searching for a safe haven in the purchase of fine art usually means to retreat to older art. In the international arena, that often means Old Masters. However, the contemporary art market has toughened it out and remains surprisingly resilient. In Australia, perhaps due to issues with Australia’s commercial gallery scene, high rents and numerous […]
Dave’s Faves from the Deutscher + Hackett Auction
Deutscher + Hackett have prepared a sale with great panache of 185 lots. Notably, their 29 August auction offers works from the renowned Wesfarmers Collection of Australian Art (lots 1 – 23 and lots 114 – 141). This means there is an opportunity to acquire paintings with great provenance … something we always also look […]
Dave’s Faves for Lawson-Menzies
Lawson-Menzies at Kensington are offering some 320 works on 16th August. We attended the viewing yesterday and David selected some of his favourite works, commonly referred to as Dave’s Faves: Lot 6, G. Nerli Lot 116, J.J. Hilder Lot 41, C. Blackman Lot 6 – Girolamo Nerli, Young Woman with an Umbrella, est. $3,000-5,000. Reminiscent […]
Dave’s Faves from Sotheby’s
The first of the winter auctions is upon us – Sotheby’s in Melbourne on 14 August. David has chosen his favourite 10 of the tightly curated 66 lots on offer. Lot 37, Adrian Feint Lot 10, Margaret Olley Lot 2 – S.T. Gill, Cobb & Co Booking Office with Beechworth Coach and the Albion Hotel […]
What is Australia’s most famous painting?
If you ask the man in the street, the most likely answers are going to be Tom Roberts’ Shearing the Rams, 1890 at the NGV, or his Bailed up, 1895, Art Gallery of NSW or Frederick McCubbin’s Down on his luck, 1889, Art Gallery WA, and the 20th century doesn’t even get a look-in. But […]
Huge win as New Zealander Simon Denny takes out prestigious art prize at Art Basel 43
306 galleries from 36 countries with more than 2,500 artists are showcasing at the world’s most important contemporary art fair in Switzerland this week, but there is not one Australian gallery at Art Basel 43 represented, write David Hulme and Brigitte Banziger. However, Art Basel co-director Marc Spiegler is upbeat about the prospect of leading […]
US$ 163 million art donation to new Hong Kong Museum a massive boost for Chinese contemporary art
At a press conference at Art Basel, Swiss-born Dr. Uli Sigg announced the donation of 1463 artworks by 350 Chinese artists from his collection to M+, the future museum of visual culture opening in 2017 in Hong Kong. The Sigg collection is universally recognised as the largest, most comprehensive and most important collection worldwide of […]