Pretty price for artworks, by Alex Ward
“Rare artworks were uncovered at an event where people queued out the door. …. Valuer David Hulme was surprised by what he saw on the day. .. The finds include Margaret Preston works ‘Mosman Bridge’ valued at $ 30,000, ‘Australian Flowers’ at $ 10,000 and ‘The Quiltmakers’ by Dorrit Black at $ 20,000. … Banziger […]
The mystery of Leonora solved at last By Kat Adamski
…Helped in his detective work by David Hulme of Manly-based Banziger Hulme Fine Art Consultants, he believes the portrait was painted by inaugural Archibald Prize winner William Beckwith (W.B.) McInnes, one of Australia’s most celebrated portrait painters of the 1920s and ‘30s. …Mr Hulme said research, expert advice and comparison had confirmed that the portrait […]
Charged with seeing
“…Charged with seeing if these suspicions were sound was David Hulme of Manly-based Banziger Hulme Fine Art Consultants. … According to David, following research, comparison and expert advice, the portrait is indeed by W.B. McInnes. …”
First Official Day at Art Basel 41. More Australian Connections
Some of the big names for sale at Art Basel are the German masters of the early 20th century, such as Egon Schiele, Ernst-Ludwig Kirchner and Gustav Klimt – and they are famously presented by London-based Australian art dealer Richard Nagy. He has been able to exhibit in Basel since 2005, although he says: ‘It […]
World record price set at Phillips de Pury’s New York auction
The third of the big art nights in New York was also a big night for Australian art: Mark Newson’s Prototype Lockheed Lounge from 1988, with an estimate of US $ 1 million to US $ 1.5 million, sold for US $ 2.098 million, beating the previous record from April 2009 by US $ 485,000. […]
Sothebys Auction: Iconic Warhol Self Portrait doubles its estimate
The first such large Andy Warhol self portrait to come on to the market in ten years was consigned by fashion designer Tom Ford. It promptly doubled the high estimate with intensive competition from six bidders, finally selling for US $ 32.562 million. The bounce back of the contemporary art market continued throughout the evening: […]
Record Sale: Jasper Johns’ ‘Flag’ at Christies – US$28.642M
The contemporary art sales in New York started with a loud vote of confidence in the market. 31 of the 79 lots came from the collection of the late Michael Crichton, author of Jurassic Park fame. The most spectacular result of the evening was his favourite piece, Jasper Johns’ ‘Flag’, purchased directly from the artist […]
Art Market Jitters: A Bonus for Bargain-Seeking Collectors
By Corrie Perkin ‘… A nervous art market is preparing itself for the first round of auctions this year when nearly 500 works are presented over the next 10 days … The good news for cashed-up buyers and public art institutions is that this is a great time to buy art. “I don’t usually get […]
Spot The Difference: Council Sets Off Smoke Alarm
By Louise Schwartzkoff Like many men of his generation, the late artist Antonio Dattilo-Rubbo loved tobacco. In the dozens of self-portraits he painted before his death in 1955, he is often pictured with a cigarette dangling from his mouth. But when Manly Council decided to honour the former Manly resident with an exhibition and website, […]
Opinion: Past repainted
We’ve heard of history being re-written but we’ve never before heard of it being repainted. For this breakthrough, thanks must go to the fusspots at Manly Council. Whether by accident or design, the council has ended up erasing cigarettes from a local artist’s self-portrait. Given that the late artist (Antonio Dattilo-Rubbo) was a smoker, it […]