This Month
Whiteley, Quilty among artists collected by crime syndicate
Forget Lamborghinis or brass knuckles. This Melbourne drug syndicate preferred Australian paintings such as Ben Quilty’s Mazda 121, which has now made $73,621 for the Commonwealth.
May 2024
Australia’s best art auction result in 17 years
Bullish bidders dropped $17 million on Impressionists, Whiteleys and others at the strongest result for a mixed vendor sale since the heady pre-GFC days of 2007.
April 2022
New Ned Kelly book reveals why the bushranger was really a villain
The author of ‘Nabbing Ned Kelly’ explodes the myth of the iconic outlaw as a Robin Hood figure.
May 2021
Stockland swoops on Melbourne site near Ned Kelly homestead
Stockland has taken charge of a 140-hectare site in Beveridge, in Melbourne’s north, from developer Ouson Group.
March 2021
Reclaiming Kate Kelly – the story of Ned’s little sister
An artist became so obsessed with the famed bushranger’s sibling, she was inspired to write her biography – and discovered an unusual family connection to her.
November 2020
Sidney Nolan's Ned-head template among affordable lots on sale
Among the 124 items are works with surprisingly low estimates for an artist of this calibre, as well as several that are particularly notable.
September 2020
What governments have learnt from Victoria's second wave
A proud medical history is not the same as a disciplined command and control system operating on the ground.
March 2020
Why Peter Carey is happy his book was broken
True History of the Kelly Gang, a novel about the convict stain, has been turned into a film about toxic masculinity.