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Art Market Notes

What a week it’s been for the art markets.  Two weeks, actually.  The Cooper Review (“an oppressive and loathsome series of recommendations,” according to opponents) that advised that art works should no longer be eligible for inclusion in superannuation portfolios … Continue reading

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Aboriginal Art at Auction

The 2007 season for Aboriginal art at auction is upon us.  Ten years ago, in June of 1997, Sotheby’s Melbourne sale raised the stakes and started discussions (if not arguments) that are still going. The fifteenth lot on offer that … Continue reading

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A Weekend on the Road: Exhibition and Auction

Harvey and I headed up to the Kluge-Ruhe Collection this weekend to see their latest exhibition Radiance: Seeing the Divine in Aboriginal Art, presented in conjunction with the Virginia Film Festival (which has a religious theme to it this year). It may well … Continue reading

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