Q: What do Caravaggio, Brett Whiteley and Led Zeppelin have in common?
Yes, it’s time to clean out the attic. Never know what might be hiding up there. Like, say, a Caravaggio or two. A leaky roof for…
Copyright or wrong?
I’m sure I’ve used that headline before. Actually, I know I have. But it’s too good to resist. Besides which – it was two years ago,…
When too many cooks don’t necessarily spoil the broth…
Quick post today with a link to a great article by a board member of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Dr Luther Brady, in which he…
One Moore questionable artwork withdrawn from auction.
Oh, those puns just write themselves. In an article published in today’s Age, ‘Auction house fears sculpture may be less than a Moore’ (see what I mean?),…
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…
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…
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…
Tricks of the trade: Ron Coles and the mystery of the disappearing genitals, or, how to make a painting more saleable
I had me a little flashback last night watching Four Corners’ fascinating report on fakes and forgeries in the Australian art market. In the course of…
Art as investment: or, the root of many evils
It seems the economic apocalypse will play out in many and varied ways in the art market. In America, dealer Lawrence Salander…
Art matters 