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The market is so strong that Deutscher and Hackett is on track to have the best year for an Australian auction house since before the GFC.

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In recent years, the artist’s career has accelerated and her life has taken too many life-and-death turns.

Art collectors Peter and Joan Clemenger had a keen eye for paintings, but they never bought artworks as investments.

Margaret Preston was among seven artists to set auction records in the first tranche of the super fund’s sale of its collection of Australian art.

The top 100 works from the superannuation giant’s collection represent an A-Z of Australian art, and illustrate its varying fortunes as an investment class.

The growing “international-ness” of art auctions delivered a record price for a New Zealand modernist, but the ardour for Beckett is cooling.

John Brack, Martin Sharp, Rita Angus lead Deutscher and Hackett auction

The work of living Australian artists was at the forefront of fierce bidding at two major auctions last week with Cressida Campbell leading the charge.

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