Issue 34 Fourth Quarter 2009

 

Contents

• Art Market Analysis
• More than we bargained for and not all what we expected. Dr Iain Robertson provides us with the latest international art market news
• Build and they will come. Adrian Newstead follows the Aboriginal art market at auction
• Australian art auctions. A review of the Spring auctions in Melbourne by Dr Shireen Huda.
• Military Coup. Peter Fish reports on the auction of the contents of the Naval and Military Club Collection, Melbourne.
• Albert Tucker. Roger Dedman analyses Tucker’s movement on the secondary auction market.
• Aboriginal Art
• Culture Wars. Jeremy Eccles finds disquiet in the Ngaanyatjarra lands
• Features
• Vale Dr Joseph Brown. The most powerful man in the room. Terry Ingram recollects the work practice of the Melbourne art dealer, collector and philanthropist.
• When worlds collide. Jeremy Eccles looks at the benefits to their home turf when Australian art curators go walkabout overseas.
• Emerging Art
• Harnessing the cloud Robert Wellington takes a tour of cyberspace to search for internet art.
• Barometer New works by emerging artists acquired by the Australian Government-funded Artbank.
• International Art
• Bucking the trend? Polly Savage looks at the emerging global marketplace for contemporary African art.
• One flight from everywhere Sarah Hetherington visits Hong Kong International Art Fair 09
• London Eye. Brief encounter Rebecca Herbert talks to Stuart Evans, curator of the Simmons & Simmons law firm, London.
• Expat Eye. Australians in London Perth-based Artist Rachel Coad writes of her experience of hiring a London gallery to exhibit her work.
• Decorative Arts
• Walking on jewels. Peter Fish offers some tips on collecting oriental rugs.
• Directory
• A directory of galleries, auction houses, art consultants and art services in Australia, New Zealand and overseas.
• Mailbox. Can one love an artist too much?
• Art Business
• The business of art, tax facts and art market data
• Contributors: Dr Iain Robertson, Michael Fox