Battle of the Australian Landscape Painters at Menzies Winter Sale
Report on the Menzies fine art auction in June 2023
Art investment in SMSFs ‘not easily done’, but trustees backing their taste
James Dunn writes in the Insider Adviser, 19 June 2023: “All investors face the quandary of how to diversify their portfolios into assets that are uncorrelated to the major asset classes of shares, bonds and property, preferably with an inflation hedge thrown in for good measure. For this, portfolio managers turn to alternative assets. And […]
Sidney Nolan Reigns Supreme at Menzies’ Sydney Auction
findMenzies’ final major art sale of 2022 comprised a whopping 153 offerings, of which a third – the first 49 lots – came from the extensive collection of the late Millie Phillips, Australia’s first female mining magnate and highly successful businesswoman. The auction held in Menzies’ Kensington, Sydney, premises proved to be just as successful, […]
Albert Namatjira price reset & Smith & Singer’s new auction records
Smith & Singer’s final fine art auction of the year with a tight offering of 55 lots provided some spectacular results, including four artist auction records for contemporary artists: Del Kathryn Barton and Julie Rrap, as well as ever popular Albert Namatjira and lesser known artist Gertrude Fenton. They also very nearly set a fifth […]
Streeton Streets Ahead at Smith & Singer’s Winter Auction
It wasn’t just our Impressionist master Arthur Streeton who was a high achiever at the Smith & Singer Sale in Sydney last night. Prices far exceeded expectations for several other important Australian artists, which also continued the trend of interest in women artists, namely Ethel Carrick Fox, Margaret Olley, Emily Kngwarreye and Cressida Campbell, and […]
Deutscher + Hackett Auction: Highlights from the Cbus Collection
If you have been to the Ian Potter Centre in Melbourne, you will know the Joseph Brown collection which is on permanent display on level 2, a veritable mini history of Australian art, well, up to 2004 at least when it was donated. Deutscher + Hackett’s selection of 100 highlights from the Cbus Collection of […]
Bonhams continues success with ‘Sherman 100′
The single owner sale of art is held in high esteem, as these collections are often built through a life-long passion and association with art and the artists. A collector might choose to sell their unique group of treasures during their lifetime, or what is more often the case, the collection is sold as works […]
Boom times for art auction sales at Smith & Singer
The pick of the art collection of the late Harry Oviss made up the first 13 lots at Smith & Singer’s Important Australian art sale held in Sydney on 12 April, or about 15% of the 82 artworks on offer. According to Gabriella Coslovich (Australian Financial Review, 30 March), the prodigious collector did not sell […]
Art valuer David Hulme on TV
Art consultant and valuer David Hulme is asked by Channel 10’s The Project what his take is on the art of Madonna’s son . Find out in the interview aired on 16 January 2022, and hear about more celebrities who found fame as artists. Known as 'Rhed', this artist has taken over the art world, […]
Hockney reigns supreme at Menzies’ first online only print auction
Menzies first timed online only auction was dedicated to prints and multiples, including a smattering of photographs, sculptures and ceramics. Featuring works by international greats like David Hockney, Banksy, Keith Haring, Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst, Roy Lichtenstein, Francis Bacon, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Marc Chagall and Francisco De Goya, the 54 lots would not have […]