Dave’s Faves for the Deutscher + Hackett auction – Nov 21
Deutscher + Hackett have just published the catalogue for their 10 November auction, and it is spectacular. The term museum quality can be applied in spades to the 125 artworks on offer, featuring brilliant prints, brilliant women artists, Australian impressionism, contemporary Australian and international art. It is a rather large offering for Deutscher + Hackett, […]
Dave’s Faves from the Menzies Print Auction – Sept 21
The new Menzies head of art Brett Ballard has immediately made his mark with what looks like an International Print sale, which could have been held in London or New York, with artists including Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst, David Hockney, Keith Haring, Roy Lichtenstein, Pablo Picasso and Banksy. Prints are well suited to the online […]
Booming Interest in female artists: myth or reality?
In the past year or so, we have seen most major fine art auctions opening with Australia’s favourite early to mid-century female artists. Indeed, Leonard Joel have been running dedicated women artists auctions since 2017 and announced their fifth edition of the event for 20th October, while Bonhams in their 24 August sale of Important […]
Art and Investing
Art and Investing in art has become a a buzz would and art as an investment has become very trendy.But many people do not know but most art does not actually fit into the fine art category.The art may well be sold is a good investment but what does investment actually mean? By what measure […]
Dave’s Faves for the Bonhams auction – Aug 21
The Bonhams sale of Important Australian Art will proceed in Sydney on 24 August, with a live simulcast in Melbourne. Virtual viewings of the artworks will be available. Continuing the massive increase in interest for late 19th and early 20th century female artists, Bonhams begin their auction with artworks by Dorrit Black, Janet Cumbrae-Stewart, Clarice […]
Contemporary Australian Art now within Cooee
Adrian Newstead’s Cooee Gallery, the first to specialise in Aboriginal art, celebrates 40 years in 2021. At a time when one might expect a gallery director with such a long established business to be calling it quits or at least slowing down somewhat, Newstead’s seemingly boundless energy and enthusiasm led him and executive director Mirri […]
Dave’s Faves for the Menzies Auction – June 21
The breadth and diversity of Australian art is on beautiful display in the Menzies winter fine art sale on 30 June in Sydney. Wonderful still lifes by important women artists Margaret Preston, Constance Stokes and Margaret Olley start off this sale of 129 lots. Auction favourites Arthur Boyd, John Olsen, Garry, Shead, Charles Blackman and […]
Dave’s Faves for the Bonhams auction – April 21
If you missed out on a major work by Ben Quilty, as in the sale of a budgie at Menzies for a record $270,000, all is not lost. The chance to own one of his classic car series of paintings looms at Bonhams on Thursday evening: “Hill End Landscape #1”, 2005, is offered with what […]
Dave’s Faves Deutscher + Hackett 21 April 2021
Deutscher + Hackett present a wonderful selection of 80 superb lots in their fine art auction on 21 April in Melbourne. In the international section, you’ll find international greats like Italian Lucio Fontana, British Indian Anish Kapoor and American Alex Katz, whose works have hardly ever appeared in the Australian auction room. In the Australian […]
Dave’s Faves for Menzies 31 March 2021
It always feels like a long time between auctions from the end of the year until March when the important sales of museum quality fine art begin again. The wait has been worth it, with auction houses like Menzies collecting an exciting array of beautiful paintings, watercolours, prints and sculpture by some of Australia’s greatest […]