July 2024
Russell Crowe, Nicole Kidman and piece of Oscar party history
An overexcited incident with the actor’s Gladiator statuette created a piece of history that is now going to auction with other art from Sydney restaurant Darcy’s.
June 2024
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.
May 2023
How Smith & Singer’s big Sydney sale failed to fire
The sale was meant to be one of the biggest of the year, but several of the most highly priced works failed to sell.
March 2023
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.
Controversial ‘curiosity piece’ to test art market’s appetite for scandal
West Australian blue blood Elizabeth Durack outraged the art world when she started painting as Indigenous artist “Eddie Burrup”.
September 2022
Art fair sales point to young artists on the rise
Sydney Contemporary saw sales aplenty, from six-figure sums for rising contemporary stars to sellouts for art school students making waves.
August 2022
Art liquidation sale delivers Cbus bumper $8m return
Margaret Preston was among seven artists to set auction records in the first tranche of the super fund’s sale of its collection of Australian art.
March 2021
Lucio dishes up 40 years of art morsels
For decades restaurateur Lucio Galletto shared a love of food, art and conviviality with some of Australia’s most famous artists. On Sunday he’s selling their gifts.
April 2020
Leonard Joel takes up contemporary art challenge
Leonard Joel is going where few local auction houses dare to tread by putting on its first dedicated sale of contemporary art.
In online art auctions, reality bites at $50k
As art sales go purely online, auctioneers are finding plenty of buyers but few willing to shell out the big bucks.