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Brett Whiteley died in 1992 at the age of 53 and his Sydney studio has been preserved as a public gallery of his works.

Works by art superstar Brett Whiteley come to Logan

The legendary artist’s major exhibition is bypassing QAGOMA and HOTA in favour of an oft-overlooked regional gallery.

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The Wren by Brett Whiteley.

Whiteley, Brack, Perceval. At 96, this art collector is farewelling his favourite works

While Peter Clemenger’s children will inherit some of the artworks he spent decades collecting with his wife, Joan, others were too big – and too important – to hand down.

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Singer songwriter Jo Davie to open the Sydney Festival’s Brett Whiteley Studio sessions.

Brett Whiteley kept thousands of LPs, the tunes have inspired new work

The artist’s dog-eared collection has provided the inspiration for a series of performances for the 2024 Sydney Festival, to take place in the painter’s studio.

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Exhibit A: Big Blue Lavender Bay outside the Supreme Court of Victoria in 2016.

This compelling series delves back into one of Australia’s most intriguing art mysteries

A two-part documentary revisits the sale of disputed paintings by the celebrated painter Brett Whiteley and the people caught up in the scandal.

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A fake painting by Pablo Picasso was at the centre of a notorious drug king pin’s attempt to launder money

‘Saddam Hussein’s Picasso’: Drug kingpin wanted to launder money but instead got a fake

The shadowy nature of the art market makes it ripe for exploitation by organised criminals, sparking calls for a shake-up of money-laundering and provenance rules.

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