April 2024
Family art collection left behind as PwC partner leaves Australia
The Caddy collection contains many lovely examples of paintings and works on paper by distinguished Australian artists at tempting estimates.
- Elizabeth Fortescue
April 2023
Olsen, Arkley and other art stars headline $10m sale
How the market reacts to John Olsen’s death will be tested when he joins a who’s who of modern Australian art - and a few Lucian Freuds - in Smith & Singer’s sale.
- Elizabeth Fortescue
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
March 2022
Brisbane set for biggest art sale in decades
The collection of Jewish refugees Doc and Fritzi Hirst includes works by a who’s who of Australian modern art.
- Gabriella Coslovich
September 2020
'It’s a beauty': Drysdale's seminal work to test records
On the market for the first time since 1942, Russell Drysdale's seminal work is the top lot in what is shaping as a blockbuster sale at Deutscher and Hackett.
- Gabriella Coslovich
August 2019
Million dollar pictures to kick off spring season
Sotheby's will kick off the spring auction season with several pictures expected to sell for $1 million or more.
- Peter Fish
May 2019
Blackman's Dreaming Alice finds a buyer
A bargain hunter has managed to secure Charles Blackman’s Dreaming Alice after it was unsold at the big art auctions last month in Sydney.
- Peter Fish
March 2019
Alices go head to head in battle of the Blackmans
Sotheby's joins Deutscher and Hackett in offering a John Blackman with million-dollar expectations at April's auctions of Australian art.
- Peter Fish