Artist Materials - market update

Due to the fall in the Australian Dollar, we are seeing pricerises flowing through the Australian Artist Materials market. How long this will take to reach individual outlets will depend on stock holdings. Most products being imported from Asia have already begun to rise, Due to the massive fall of the Australian Dollar against the Yen Japanese products have been particularly effected with one importer commenting "it may not be viable to carry products from Japan". Most Australian manufacted products have escaped so far, but I have now been advised by a major paint manufacturer that they will need to increase prices early in the new year. A prudent artist or school buyer would be well advised to order early to obtain the best prices and avoid shortages.

Sydney
this weeks openings....

tuesday

Damien Minton Gallery
61-63 Great Buckingham Street, Redfern 2016
Phone: 02 9699 7551
Exhibition: China De La Vega -
Something or Nothing.
Opening 6-8pm   (until Sat, 6th December)

wednesday

Arthouse Gallery
66 McLachlan Avenue, Rushcutters Bay
Phone: 02 9332 1019
Group Exhibition: Joshua Yeldham - Hawkesbury River // Motherland.
Opening 6-8pm   (until Sat, 13th December)

Boutwell Draper Gallery
82-84 George Street, Redfern 2016
Phone: 02 9310 5662
Exhibition: eX de Medici - Sold Out.
Group Exhibition: Trailblazers & James Cochran - City Souls.
Opening 6-10pm   (until Sat, 13th December)

Conny Dietzschold Gallery
2 Danks Street, Waterloo 2017
Phone: 02 9690 0215
Exhibition: Konstantin Dimopoulos - cdg_sculpture @ pyd atrium.
Opening 6-8pm   (until 24th January 2009)

Factory 49
49 Shepherd Street, Marrickville 2204 Phone: 02 9572 9863
Exhibiton: Beth Kirkland.
Opening 6-8pm   (until Sat, 29th November)

Global Gallery
5 Comber Street, Paddington 2021 Phone: 02 9360 5728
Exhibition: Alexey Lyubimkim & Jonathan May - City Colours.
Opening 6-8pm (until Sun, 30th November)

GRANTPIRRIE
86 George Street, Redfern 2016 Phone: 02 9699 9033
Exhibitions: Cash Brown - Priceless [Window Gallery]  Lionel Bawden - new works on paper [Main Gallery].
Opening 6-8pm   (until Sat, 20th December)

Meyer Gallery
269 Bourke Street, (near Liverpool St) Darlinghurst Phone: 02 9380 8014
Exhibition: Bruce Crowther.   Opening 6-8pm   (until Sun, 21st December)

thursday

Artereal Gallery
747 Darling Street, Rozelle 2039 Phone: 02 98187473
Exhibition: Anne MacDonald - Ornament.
Opening Drinks 6-8 pm (until Sun, 14th December)
web: www.artereal.com.au   email: cash@artereal.com.au

Charles Hewitt
335 South Dowling Street, Darlinghurst 2010 Phone: 02 9331 4988
Exhibition: Denise Campbell - Sharing my view.  Opening 6-8pm  (until Tues, 9th December)

Michael Commerford
20 McLauchlan Avenue, Rushcutters Bay
Phone: 02 9331 3338
Exhibition: James Corbett - Car part sculptor.
Opening 6-8pm  (until Sun, 30th November)

Rex-Livingston Art Dealer
59 Flinders Street Surry Hills 2010 Phone: 02 9357 5988
Exhibition: Josef Marzi - New works.
& Jocelyn Gregson - Flower studies.
Opening 6-8pm  (until Sun, 30th November)

friday

Studio W
6 Bourke Street, Woolloomooloo 2011 Phone: 02 9357 2629 or 0412 411 955
Exhibition: Pamela Lee Brenner & Johannes Muljana - alive & walking.
Opening 6-9pm   (until Sun, 23rd November)

saturday

Frances Keevil Gallery
Shops 5 and 6, The Bay Village 28-34 Cross Street, Double Bay Phone: 02 9327 2475 or 0411821550
Exhibition: Adam Long - Spirit of the Music.  Opening 6-8pm   (until Wed, 3rd December)

Canberra - friday

Helen Maxwell Gallery
Level 1, 42 Mort Street, Braddon 2612 Phone: 02 6257 8422
Exhibition: Wiliam Yang - Miscellaneous Obsessions 2 &
Helen Wright - The Tower of Song and Other Signs of Life.   Opening 6-8pm (until Sat, 20th December )