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An Aboriginal art expert picks the best 8 lots by Indigenous Australian artists hitting the block this week at Sotheby's.
Records fall as buyers rediscover female photographers Save Share 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. Nine new records were set, and seven of those were for female artists, some of whom are receiving belated recognition in this era of celebrating womenâs contribution to Australian culture. Petrina Hicks, Shanae and Jade, 2005, estimate $10,000 to $15,0...
Auction houses beware: art dealers are back Share In Australia, since the late 1980s auction houses have steadily increased their hold on the secondary art market with dealers becoming a shrinking pool. As auction houses transformed from wholesalers to retailers of art, with robust marketing campaigns, full-colour catalogues and auctions as swish social events, dealers strained to compete. Dealers of old such as Joseph Brown, Eva Breuer, Lauraine Diggins and Win Schubert, were powerful forces in the secondary art market, and while some from that era live on, Denis Savill and Nevin Hurst to na...