December 2024
Long dead, Jackson Pollock finally makes it to Paris
We all know about Blue Poles but a new retrospective at the Musée Picasso shows the troubled path the great abstract expressionist took to painting it.
- Tom McIlroy
July 2024
Vale Terry Ingram, and a life observing in the Saleroom
Saleroom’s founding columnist spent 44 years reporting stories the industry wanted to keep quiet, including the art sale story of the century on Blue Poles.
- Elizabeth Fortescue
The horror of war in a century-old letter
A letter from the WWI front line and a book of poetry by a famous Sydney eccentric will be auctioned in a sale of arts, war and social history.
- Elizabeth Fortescue
May 2024
Gina Rinehart lobbies NGA to remove Indigenous portrait
The country’s richest resident has made her displeasure privately known about a portrait at the national institution.
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- Mark Di Stefano
August 2023
At Artbank, every dog is having his day
Artbank, which leases art to businesses, governments and consumers, is celebrating a record year with a canine-themed exhibition for International Dog Day.
- Elizabeth Fortescue
Beating the world to Blue Poles, 50 years on
As a hungry young reporter for The Australian Financial Review, Terry Ingram landed the major scoop of the Whitlam government’s plan to buy Jackson Pollock’s masterpiece.
- Tom McIlroy
July 2023
How to own a fragment of Pollock’s Blue Poles... for just $2190
Special limited edition Jackson Pollock NFTs and prints will be offered for sale for the first time, taken from the floor of his Long Island studio space.
- Tom McIlroy
October 2021
Acclaim and controversy as records smashed for sculptures old and new
As auction records tumbled for another Australian female artist the NGA’s “out of the ballpark” $14 million commission sparked heated debate about art valuations.
- Gabriella Coslovich
June 2020
Marc Chagall pops up at auction after a 20-year absence
Leonard Joel's Sydney auction will feature a smattering of works from author Thomas Keneally's collection but the big draw is a rare, but not totally uncontroversial, work by the Russian-French modernist.
- Gabriella Coslovich
May 2020
National Gallery of Australia unveils staged reopening
Australia's national cultural institutions are reopening, with unprecedented physical distancing rules in place during the pandemic.
- Tom McIlroy
March 2020
Back to Blue Poles: family reunion for Jackson Pollock masterpiece
The National Gallery of Australia has hosted a reunion for the original owners of its most famous artwork.
- Tom McIlroy
October 2019
The man who sold Jackson Pollock's Blue Poles to Australia
A new film looking at Jackson Pollock's Blue Poles includes the final interview with powerhouse New York art collector Ben Heller.
- Tom McIlroy