New York Style hits Sydney: Dave’s Faves for the Menzies Art Auction on 23/24 September
The Menzies auction of Australian and International Fine Art and Sculpture will be considerably different this time around: a two day affair – just like they do in New York. The sale will run in Sydney over the evening of 23rd September with 151 lots and the afternoon of 24th September offering 287 lots. The […]
Dave’s Faves: Menzies Fine Art Auction 24 July 2014
“Gauguin”, the star lot in the Menzies auction on 24 July in Melbourne, is a historical heavy weight by Brett Whiteley – and it is now on view in Australia for the first time. Whiteley painted the yellow work in 1968 in the famous Chelsea Hotel in New York – home at various times to […]
Dave’s Faves: Rah Rah Fizelle at Deutscher + Hackett Auction
In their first auction of the year, Deutscher + Hackett present a beautiful selection of 156 lots. Their Melbourne 30 April sale promises to be very exciting. Both David and I are very much looking forward to seeing the paintings, sculptures and photography this week in Sydney from 10 to 13 April. Let’s get straight […]
David’s History Mystery
During his visit to the Art Gallery of New South Wales yesterday, David came across a painting by Ludwig Hirschfeld Mack … who? Exactly, an artist all too little known, yet the only Bauhaus student to end up in Australia. Sent here as an ‘enemy alien’ in 1940 from Britain, Hirschfeld Mack (1893-1965) had studied […]
Usual suspects turn out to bid at Davidson’s fine art auction
Robert Davidson’s reputation for honesty and integrity in a sometimes shadowy auction market is perhaps one thing that keeps his regular clientele coming back for more – even on a particularly bleak and rainy day. Another might be Davidson’s keen estimates, which regularly see him trouncing the competition with his clearance rates. Davidson’s affable and […]
A Tale of two Rigis
Three small paintings, hardly larger than an A4 sized sheet, are among the most valuable watercolours in the world – and one of them is at home in Australia, on display for the public no less. J.M.W. Turner’s views of Mount Rigi and a recent visit to Switzerland’s Queen of the Mountains inspired me to […]
If Rembrandt had taken photographs…
A new contemporary art gallery has opened in Zurich end of August focusing on international contemporary photography. Australian photographer Bill Henson is strongly represented in this new push by gallerist Christophe Guye. Guye’s previous venture was Scalo-Guye Gallery in West Hollywood, Los Angeles, which closed in 2008. The opening night was buzzy with the usual […]
Meeting Damien Hirst in Mexico City
Why is Damien Hirst opening a major show in Mexico City of all places? Well, buena suerte – good luck – is big in this country, and a chance meeting between one-time gallery owner Hilario Galguera and the world-famous artist at a social event led first to friendship and then to collaboration. David Hulme, Damien […]