March
Roy Lichtenstein delivers $2m payday for John Kaldor
At 89, one of Australia’s top arts philanthropists is downsizing his personal collection, starting with this “early Pop Art masterpiece”.
November 2024
Polka-dotted pumpkin could be NGV’s most expensive piece of art
The Smorgon family operates Australia’s biggest glasshouse, so their financing of the five-metre sculpture by 95-year-old Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, worth over $10 million, makes sense.
October 2024
Monet, Van Gogh star as international auctions heat up
The 20th/21st Century Evening Sale in Hong Kong set an Asian auction record for two of the world’s most cherished artists, Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet.
September 2024
‘Mr Paparazzi’ collection brightens up dull market
A famous image of Princess Diana on a yacht, Chinese contemporary paintings, German Expressionism and a silver throne are the highlights of two upcoming sales.
November 2023
Picasso sells for $215m, despite a sagging art market
The 1932 portrait of Marie-Thérèse Walter was on the auction block for four minutes as three collectors fought to gain the upper hand.
February 2023
Andy Warhol was the original social media influencer. Here’s why
The pop art star obsessively photographed his everyday life decades before it became de rigueur. A new exhibition in Adelaide focuses on those photos.
October 2022
Andy Warhol and Mick Jagger save the day
Andy Warhol’s prints of Mick Jagger and Ingrid Bergman found buyers, but Tracey Moffat’s set of 10 giant-sized photos proved a bridge too far for the market.
Record expectations for Tracey Moffatt photo series
The Indigenous artist’s suite of 10 works has been consigned from the Balnaves Collection and has an expected range of $350,000 to $450,000.
September 2022
How forex markets made an idiot of Truss
The pound will rebound once inflation is under control. It is very hard to say the same thing about Trussonomics.
May 2022
Warhol painting of Marilyn sells for a record $280m
The Marilyn Monroe painting became the most expensive 20th century artwork to sell at auction.
November 2021
NY auctions mark a return to billionaire-level art prices
After 18 months of behind-closed-doors art deals, billionaire owners are confident enough to take their collections back into the saleroom, starting next week.
September 2021
Family sells 70 years of accumulated artworks
Melbourne businessman Harry Oviss didn’t sell a single item in his vast collection; that job has fallen to his children.
A Queen’s ransom? $1m Warhols to test hot prints market
A showstopping set of Andy Warhol prints are set to test the limits of the hot market for prints when they headline Menzies sale with hopes of $1 million.
June 2021
Ben Quilty’s savage van painting to test market resolve
Contemporary artist du jour Ben Quilty’s menacing, anthropomorphic mini-van and another two high-priced Banksy prints are the ones to watch at Menzies upcoming sale.
April 2021
Family art stash could help pay one of the world’s biggest tax bills
The Samsung dynasty has until the end of the month to unveil how it plans to finance one of the world’s largest inheritance-tax bills.
March 2021
Crypto-art becomes the new cultural currency
Forget Van Gogh, Rembrandt and even street artist Banksy – the buzzword these days for serious collectors is non-fungible tokens.
August 2020
Whiteley taken by Shark? Bollocks
A few calls by Saleroom reveal that contrary to Smith & Singer's claims, the top lot in their upcoming sale was never actually owned by Greg Norman.
February 2020
Having faith in fakes
Frauds, forgeries and fakes have been around for thousands of years. But what are we to think when a fake becomes even more famous than its original?
January 2020
The market for fake fine art prints is surging
Art experts warn that technological advances have made faking prints easier than ever, and keeping track of them virtually impossible.
November 2019
Meet the Warhol superstar behind the NGV’s summer blockbuster
Baby Jane Holzer wishes she’d listened when Warhol told her to spend a mere $20,000 on a Basquiat – but at least she got into Haring early.