ART NEWS
by Valerie Kabov
The following is an extract from Why Art? May 2009 newsletter by Renaissance aic*.
Australian Marketplace:
The Australian May sales did not provide Australian auction houses with as much joy as their
international counterparts but considering that Australian market does not attract the breadth
of customer base and along with the Australian economy trails the world by around a semester,
the results were not too shabby. The much anticipated May 4 sale by
Sotheby’s
of the Ken & Rona Eastaugh Collection in Melbourne yielded $1,523,950 selling 63% by value and 87% by volume
and yield not a shabby outcome in the current climate. Among the interesting “star” unsold lots
was Arthur Streeton’s Circular Quay estimated at $200,000 to $300,000 and The Incoming Tide
$120,000 to $150,000 as well as Rupert Bunny’s The Falling Star estimated at between $160,000
and $200,000. The following day’s Sotheby's Important Australian Art sale yielded $2,844,900
on the hammer selling 73% and 57% clearance by volume with several auction favourites failing to find a
home. The most curious result by far was on May 6 at
Bonhams & Goodman, which delivered $2,407,450 on the hammer with an unusual 114% clearance on
the value with only a 78% clearance by volume and no record prices and not finding a punter for
Arthur Boyd’s Starry Night!
Sydney Public Affairs:
Art Gallery Of New South Wales
(to July 19) Double Take: Anne Landa Award 2009
in all honesty, we have some misgivings about discussing this the award, which is
dedicated to new media work. While the 2007 installment, which featured works of
artists like Daniel Crooks and Daniel von Sturmer, could still be viewed and discussed
as visual art, there is scarcely a work in the current award, which qualifies as such.
It puts us under some urgency to address the issue of difference between medium in genre,
which seems sorely neglected by curators and artists alike in this country. We don’t
pretend to be theatre critics or film critics, dance critics or even performance art
critics. We feel it is important to understand the nature and the limits of one’s
discipline and one’s expertise. More on this in future newsletters.
About Renaissance aic…
Renaissance aic
is an independent educational art investment consultancy with an
expertise in emerging and contemporary Australian art, collection building and
tailored art investment, valuation and procurement services. For more information visit
www.renaissanceaic.com.au
or contact Valerie Kabov (Director) on +61 425 292 850
or in Europe +33 629 422 031 or
email: valerie@renaissanceaic.com.au
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Sydney openings w/e 14.6.09
tuesday 9th june
Australian Galleries
15 Roylston Street, Paddington 2021 Phone: 02 9360 5177.
Exhibition: Nerissa Lea - What remains behind. Opening 6-8pm (until Sat. 4th July)
Maunsell Wickes at Barry Stern Galleries
19 Glenmore Road, Paddington 2021 Phone: 02 9331 4676
Exhibition: Peter Boggs.
Opening 6-8pm (until Sun. 28th June)
NG Art Gallery
3 Little Queen Street, Chippendale 2008 Phone: 02 9318 2992/0815
Exhibition: Patricia Casey - Slippage.&
Carol Barroso - Invisibility
Opening 6-8pm (until Sat. 27th June)
wednesday 10th june
Eva Breuer Art Dealer
83 Moncur Street, Woollahra 2025 Phone: 02 9362 0297
Exhibition: Carl Plate.
Opening 6-8 pm (until Thurs. 25th June)
Firstdraft Gallery
116-118 Chalmers St, Surry Hills 2010 Phone: 02 9698 3665
Gallery 1: Agatha Gothe-Snape - Every Artist Remembered, Gallery 2: Ella Barclay - Shit Rip,
Gallery 3: James Harney - Verneer.
Opening 6-8 pm (until Thurs. 25th June)
Richard Martin
98 Holdsworth Street, Woollahra 2025 Phone: 02 9327 6535
Exhibition: Anthony Bennett - inelegant homage to the house of guernica bling.
Opening 6-8pm (until Wed. 24th June)
thursday 11th june
Blank Space Gallery
374 Crown Street, Surry Hills 2010 Phone: 0431 676357
Exhibition: BENNETT & Alex Clapham - Everyday Images. Opening 6pm (until Tues. 16th June)
Chalk Horse
94 Cooper Street, Surry Hills 2010 Phone: 02 9211 8999
Exhibitions: Yvette Coppersmith - Blue Series & Laura Adel Johnson - Profile.
Opening 6-8pm (until Fri. 27th June)
Frances Keevil Art Gallery
Shops 5 & 6 Bay Village, 28-34 Cross Street, Double Bay 2028 Phone: 02 93272475
Exhibition: Pablo Tapia - Grounded Stories. Opening 6-8pm (until Wed. 24th June)
friday 12th june
Bowral & District Art Society
1 Short Street, Bowral 2576 Phone: 02 4861 4093
Exhibition: Mt Eymard Art Prize.
Opening 5.30-7pm (until Sun. 14th June)
Marianne Newman Gallery
1 Albany Street Crows Nest 2065 Phone: 02 9436 1072
Exhibitions: Boolarng Nangamai - Together Dreaming.
Opening 6-8pm (until Fri. 10th July)
saturday 13th june
A-SPACE on Cleveland
420 Cleveland Street, Surry Hills 2010 Phone: 02 9698 5156
Exhibition: Graham Blondel - Over Time, Beauty into Banality.
Opening 4-6pm (until Sat. 27th June)
gallery41
41 Riley Street, Woolloomooloo 2011 Phone: 0408 226 827
Exhibition: Marianella Braithwaite & Ling Billett - sculptors.
Opening 2-5pm (until Sat. 27th June)
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