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posted 3 November 2021
Gabriella Coslovich, Australian Financial Review, 3 November 2021
Don’t be afraid to be the dumbest person in the room. That’s the advice of Shannon Bennett when it comes to collecting art. “Just keep learning and absorbing,” says the celebrity chef and founder of Melbourne’s fine dining powerhouse Vue de Monde.
It’s an attitude the chef has applied throughout a lengthy career in art collecting,...
posted 21 October 2021
Gabriella Coslovich, Australian Financial Review, 21 October 2021
If by now you can’t name at least five Australian female artists, you haven’t been paying attention. Mind you, many Australians would struggle to name five Australian artists, full stop. Culture plays second fiddle to sport in this country, whose serving prime minister, let’s not forget, erased the word “arts” from his ministries....
posted 14 July 2021
Gabriella Coslovich, Australian Financial Review, 14 July 2021
It was back-to-the future last week as enthusiastic bidders rediscovered the work of artists from the early 1980s to the early 2000s, pushing prices far above their estimates at the online auction of highlights from the Pat Corrigan collection of contemporary photography.
posted 30 June 2021
Gabriella Coslovich, Australian Financial Review, 30 June 2021
posted 28 April 2021
Gabriella Coslovich, Australian Financial Review, 28 April 2021
By anyone’s measure, last week was exceptional for Australia’s secondary art market, with $25.8 million in sales, 16 artist records set and a new high for an internet bid.
Not only was a new record set for Arthur Streeton for his romantic vision of Venice, The Grand Canal, which hammered $2.5 million at Deutscher and Hackett in...
