A Whiteley-Wash? Questions Asked About Yet Another Significant Australian Painting
Only yesterday, the air in Sydney was filled with the fug of burning fakes. Yes – in fine Australian form, the three artworks that were determined…
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…
Obey! Shepard Fairey Plasters Hosier Lane
And so, another instalment in my series of poor-quality photos – this time taken in the rain with my phone. But, I couldn’t help myself. Until…
Here comes the sun… doo doo doo doo…
For those of you who have asked how to channel your inner sun-god/dess, the iPhone/iPod/iSanitaryPad application you need to download to drive Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s Solar Equation,…
Sun spots before my eyes: Rafael Lozano-Hemmer at Fed Square
OK. Just back from the launch of aforementioned Rafael Lozano-Hemmer installation, Solar Equation for Fed Square’s Light in Winter Festival. Hot off the presses, an extremely…
Haunch of Venison Sautéed and Stuffed? Founding Directors of Christie’s Commercial Gallery Venture Head for Greener Pastures.
Much to the annoyance of contemporary art dealers everywhere, in 2007 auction leviathan Christie’s acquired the suitably obscurely-named London gallery, Haunch of Venison (in answer to…
Up there! In the sky! Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s… what, exactly?
Let me set the scene. Early morning. Patently crisp, fragrant, autumnal Melbourne air. Jostling, shoulder-to-shoulder with my fellow commuters, I emerge, blinking mole-like from the bowels…
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…
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