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Bill Henson

October 2024

Le Baiser de l’Hotel de Ville, 1950, by Robert Doisneau, carries a pre-sale estimate of $US 10,000 to 15,000 in Phillips’ Photographs auction in New York on October 9, 2024. It is signed in ink in the margin.

Iconic images of life, death and football fetch top dollar

A series of auctions suggests the market for big-name photographers is alive and well.

  • Elizabeth Fortescue

March 2024

Henson’s studio houses antique statuary and books, as well as his large-scale archived photographs draped in plastic.

‘A chook shed at the end of the universe’: at home with Bill Henson

Artists Bill Henson and Louise Hearman have turned the building that houses their studios and living quarters into an intriguing sanctuary.

  • Stephen Todd

February 2024

Roslyn and Tony Oxley in the stockroom of the Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery in Paddington, Sydney.

The ‘fortunate’ couple behind Australia’s most rarefied club celebrates 40 years

Since founding their Sydney gallery, Roslyn and Tony Oxley have shaped the country’s art scene – to controversy and acclaim. They have no intention of stopping.

  • Stephen Todd

November 2023

The gold hoop earrings on a young girl glimmer as she slides across the cab of a pickup truck: one of the images from the series ‘The Liquid Night’.

The Liquid Night: New York City through the eyes of Bill Henson

He took the photographs on the gritty streets around Time Square decades ago but never did anything with them – until he found them recently and had an epiphany.

  • Stephen Todd

June 2023

Dupain sale smashes estimates in resurgent photography market

The price of landmark work “The Sunbaker” varies according to the condition of the print, when the print was made, and whether artist Max Dupain signed and dated it.

  • Elizabeth Fortescue
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Old director pins hopes on hot young artist

Veteran director Jim Sharman of Rocky Horror fame is selling off part of his collection of contemporary art, with high hopes for rising star Tom Polo.

  • Elizabeth Fortescue

April 2023

Sydney sculptor Alex Seton’s Bianco marble flag, Welcome/Unwelcome, 2011, struck a nerve with collectors. Estimated at $8000 to $12,000, it sold for $20,864 (including buyer’s premium) at Menzies’ March 29, 2023 Important Australian and International Art auction in Melbourne.

Remarkable marble flag sets standard for contemporary art

Reko Rennie, Del Kathryn Barton and a hanging flag sculpted from marble outperformed at Menzies’ Important Australian and International Art auction in Melbourne last week.

  • Elizabeth Fortescue

March 2023

Berrima Cottage in Landscape, c.1948, by Alison Rehfisch (1900-1975), sold well at Davidson Auctions this week for $5500 hammer price. Its estimate was $2000 to $4000.

Rumours aside, art auction prices start to slip

As sculptor Campbell Robertson-Swann downsizes to save on storage costs, results at three sales raise questions of how inflation will affect the art market.

  • Elizabeth Fortescue

October 2022

Andy Warhol, Mick Jagger, 1975, sold for $85,000 (hammer), at Menzies’ prints and multiples auction in Sydney last week. 

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.

  • Gabriella Coslovich

May 2022

Bill Henson’s Untitled 2009-2010, an edition of one, estimate $20,000 to $30,000, for sale at Leonard Joel’s Centum auction on Monday 9 May in Melbourne.

Rediscovered treasures wow art salerooms

Unique works by Howard Arkley and Juan Dávila, Bill Henson and Robert Owen headline a sale of Australian contemporary art, while a convict-era chest of drawers brings $80,000.

  • Gabriella Coslovich

July 2021

Petrina Hicks, Shanae and Jade, 2005, estimate $10,000 to $15,000, from the Corrigan Collection of Contemporary Photography, being sold by Deutscher and Hackett.

Records fall as buyers rediscover female photographers

Pat Corrigan’s photos from the 1980s to 2000s inspired collectors to set nine records for works from the dynamic but underappreciated period.

  • Gabriella Coslovich

June 2021

Pat Corrigan’s photo downsizing operation takes contemporary focus

The former freight boss and inveterate collector’s third sale features classics from the 1980s to 2000s, when contemporary photography was distinctly cool and booming.

  • Gabriella Coslovich

April 2020

Bill Henson in his backyard. "Caring for things is very, very good for us, whether we’re talking about trees or other sentient beings."

Gardening is like a drug, says photographer Bill Henson

Bill Henson applies the same artistry to his suburban Melbourne garden as he does to his photography.

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  • Philippa Coates

August 2019

Luminous is the result of a 15-year-old friendship between artist Bill Henson and ACO artistic director Richard Tognetti.

Still luminous after all these years: Bill Henson returns with the ACO

More than a slideshow with a pretty soundtrack, the photographer's collaboration with Richard Tognetti of the Australian Chamber Orchestra started with lunch.

  • Michael Bailey

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