Arthur Streeton
Dame Edna Everage’s diamante-encrusted specs to go under the hammer
Barry Humphries found global fame through the comic characters he created. His treasures, including an extensive art collection, will be sold off next year.
- by Rob Harris
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Never mind the books, what about the art?
The State Library of NSW is known for its books, but it has a remarkable collection of paintings as well.
- by Susan Wyndham
Is the priceless artwork in Russell Crowe’s new film real – and is it his?
There are some spectacular paintings on display in Russell Crowe’s Poker Face, and the writer-director-star claims most of them are real. But how many are his?
- by Karl Quinn
The top 11 highest Australian art auctions in 2021
Arthur Streeton works dominated this year’s top art sales, claiming four of the highest prices including a $3 million record.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
Young art collectors eye traditional works by Streeton and Roberts
After many years out of circulation, masterpieces by revered Impressionists Arthur Streeton and Tom Roberts are set to go under the hammer on Wednesday.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
‘Never seen anything like it’: what’s behind the surge in art sales?
More than $38 million worth of art has been sold through the major Australian auction houses since January, an almost fourfold increase year on year.
- by Michaela Boland
Arthur Streeton’s Grand Canal sells for record $3 million at auction
Painted by Streeton while on a second honeymoon with his wife Nora Clench, the work has a storied history.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
Streeton’s Venetian masterpiece, hidden for a century, set for auction
Arthur Streeton’s finest European painting, his magnificent depiction of Venice’s Grand Canal, is going to auction for the first time in more than a century.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
Opinion
Architecture
What’s public and what’s private? Draw the line and discover delight
The pandemic has forced us to recognise the immense value of the public realm, but we need to define it and also the private realm - and to value the demarcation.
- by Elizabeth Farrelly
In the deep end: The swimming pool in Australian art
Every artist who has tried to depict a swimming pool – and in Australia there must be hundreds – will testify to the difficulties.
- by John McDonald
Now and then: what's changed since Arthur Streeton painted Sydney 130 years ago?
The largest collection of Australian impressionist Arthur Streeton's is on show at the Art Gallery of NSW.
- by Helen Pitt
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