November
Where did all the Jeffrey Smart paintings go?
Over the past decade, on average, 15 of the artist’s oils have sold each year, but only three have sold in 2024.
- Elizabeth Fortescue
October
Quay restaurant’s iconic 4m-long sculpture is for sale
A record auction price for an Australian sculpture is expected when the Fink family sell the Bronwyn Oliver work that greeted Quay patrons for years.
- Elizabeth Fortescue
June
Big name Indigenous artists bring the love to Redfern
A high-end auction brings Indigenous art to the people, while Menzies hopes Kirk Douglas can be their hero.
- Elizabeth Fortescue
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
Demand for modern South-East Asian artists hots up
A work by highly collectable Vietnamese artist Vu Cao Dam, who worked for years in France, is expected to be a high point for the art auction market in June.
- Elizabeth Fortescue
April 2023
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
December 2022
The 10 top art sales of the year
A record number of women made it into the top ten auction prices this year. That number was two.
- Gabriella Coslovich
Best year since 2007: Deutscher and Hackett set art auction record
The first million dollar sale for a Rosalie Gascoigne work helped the auction house to $52 million in sales for the year.
- Gabriella Coslovich
November 2022
Groundbreaking miner’s art collection goes under the hammer
‘Force of nature’ Millie Phillips was a pioneer for women in the mining industry and a dedicated collector of blue-chip Australian artists.
- Gabriella Coslovich
September 2022
Cost of living crisis? Not at this $10m art sale
The market is so strong that Deutscher and Hackett is on track to have the best year for an Australian auction house since before the GFC.
- Gabriella Coslovich
From German WWII prisoner to important Australian modernist
German-Australian artist Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack might not be a household name, but his reputation in the art world is expected to deliver strong results for his abstract works.
- Gabriella Coslovich
August 2022
Great expectations for contemporary art stars old and new
Jordan Kerwick was barely known a year ago, now he will join Cressida Campbell as the two hot Australian contemporary artists test the market at an upcoming sale.
- Gabriella Coslovich
New documentary highlights the inner turmoil of Jeffrey Smart
Director Catherine Hunter provides a candid insight into the passions and insecurities of an artist whose work remains highly sought after.
- Steve Meacham
July 2022
Cbus expects mixed returns in great Australian art sale
The top 100 works from the superannuation giant’s collection represent an A-Z of Australian art, and illustrate its varying fortunes as an investment class.
- Gabriella Coslovich
June 2022
Whiteley’s record-setter is back, 30 years ahead of schedule
“Chlorine from the pool” has delivered the most expensive painting ever sold at auction in Australia back to market just two years after its sale.
- Gabriella Coslovich
March 2022
The naked truth? Jeffrey Smart steps up again
Egged on by a National Gallery exhibition, buyers are spending up big on the modernist and a particularly personal work could be landing at just the right time.
- Gabriella Coslovich
Brack, Smart and Quilty to test market strength
Menzies hopes the hot art auction market will deliver up buyers for several big-name works that have failed to sell in recent years.
- Gabriella Coslovich
February 2022
Inside NAB’s star-studded sale of ’70s art
Next week’s first two sales from the bank’s 2000-work collection feature a who’s who of 1970s Australian art and prices starting at $1000.
- Gabriella Coslovich
December 2021
‘The best’: Symond lends Jeffrey Smart icon to NGA
The Aussie Home Loans founder and Rich Lister has lent a major piece from his personal collection to the National Gallery of Australia.
- Tom McIlroy
November 2021
Check your attics: Landscapes join women on art’s hot list
Women artists have broken more auction price records, but after decades on the outer iconic Australian landscapes are feeling the love, too.
- Gabriella Coslovich