High-risk occupations: Tightrope walker. Stunt driver. Art valuer.
During the course of a discussion over a lovely long lunch at Cicciolina in St Kilda yesterday with one of my favourite art-world people, it occurred…
Joining the Dots: The Sustainability of the Aboriginal Art Market
Yes – things have been busy. Very busy. Exhaustion and sleeplessness have kicked in. But no fungus infections as yet, I’m happy to say (note to…
Arty-Party!
Look! Sad-eyed puppy! Mea culpa. Apologies for being so slack with the posts of late. But I have good reason. Things have been very busy in the…
Bonfire of the Vanities: Blackman and Dickerson artworks determined to be fake and ordered destroyed
A small but portentous victory for artists and art buyers alike today, with the ruling of Justice Peter Vickery that three works of art by Charles…
The great art laundromat?
If you have ever stopped to wonder why it is that such extraordinary sums of money pass through the fine art market, consider this: what other…
Is it right to copy? Visual artists and copyright.
I’m not going to go over the well-trodden ground that is the appropriation debate, covered here and here. But I am going to throw this one into…
Art investment made easy, or, parking your loot in Picasso
Picasso made some pretty extraordinary works of art. Nu au Plateau de Sculpteur, 1932, pictured at left, is not one of them. But, proving the old maxim…
Art as spectator sport? Should we be asking artists to give 110% and go the whole nine yards?
“I look forward to the time when honours can be bestowed simply for the meaning of a man’s work – without enticing paintings into the competitive…
Time out for a little blatant self-promotion.
**Disclaimer – the author may have a personal interest in promoting this program. Please take the following advice with a liberal dose of salt** Right, let’s…
Rats! Another Melbourne Banksy stencil bites the dust.
Was there a council meeting somewhere to which I wasn’t invited at which it was decided that April should be designated ‘persecute Banksy’ day? If so,…
Art matters 