Records keep toppling as the art auction year drives to a dynamic end. The industry is well poised to reach or even surpass last year’s total of $108 million in sales, despite a major hiatus caused by extensive lockdowns. The industry has successfully played catch up, with total takings so far this year at $101 million.
Last week, Smith & Singer brought in $12.2 million (including buyer’s premium), in the year’s single most lucrative auction, on the back of just 78 lots.
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Gabriella Coslovich is an arts journalist with more than 20 years’ experience, including 15 at The Age, where she was a senior arts writer. Her book, Whiteley on Trial, on Australia’s most audacious of alleged art fraud, won a Walkley in 2018.
