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The experts are aghast over the purported price for this art sale, writes Andrew Taylor If you ask the experts, Andrew Philip Duncan can’t know much about art. But Mr

Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but is this taking it too far? The photograph on the top right, titled Shenae and Jade, is by Sydney’s award-winning artist

It’s summer in Europe and with the warm weather come the big art fairs. There are four big shows across the European continent at the moment. In Paris, there’s La

If contemporary sculpture is your thing, then you’ll know the late Australian artist Clement Meadmore. He’s generally considered one of this country’s most important modern sculptors. In a typical Meadmore

Katrina Strickland “A record has been set for the work of Ethel Spowers. ….The Gust of Wind sold for £114,050 at Bonhams London … setting a record for the artist

Andrew Taylor “Peter Lik may have sold a photograph for $US1 million – the highest price ever achieved by an Australian photographer – yet few people have heard of him.

Katrina Strickland “…At Menzies, dealer David Hulme bid $ 25,000 for Quilty’s 40 x 30 cm Portrait after Self Portrait by Arthur Streeton. It had been estimated to sell for

By Andrew Taylor There’s no accounting for taste when a masterpiece is ignored in a garage sale. It was the spring-clean that almost cost a Cairns woman a masterpiece. She

The Gerald Fitzgerald painting, Manly Jetty 1896, reached an impressive $ 42,500 at auction on Thursday night. The sale exceeded all expectations. The impressionistic work was expected to reach from