Issue 32 Second Quarter 2009

 

Contents

• Editor’s Art to Art - The cash cows are gone but is it really ‘Goodbuy Dubai’?
• Art Market Analysis
• 1929 and all that - Dr. Iain Robertson takes a look back at the Great Depression and finds some interesting comparisons with today’s economic meltdown.
• Much ado about nothing - Patricia Chen surveys the Southeast Asian art auction market.
• Downwardly mobile - Peter Fish reports on the launch of a new auction house in Australia with middle -market aspirations.
• The virtues of necessity - Valerie Kabov looks at the complex issue of museum accession and de-accession in Australia and overseas.
• Contemporary/Emerging Art
• Barometer - New works by emerging artists acquired by the Australian Government-funded Artbank.
• Editor’s choice - Forthcoming Australian exhibition highlights.
• Show and tell - Gillian Serisier goes in search of recent Australian and international works acquired by Australian institutions.
• Spaced-out - Robert Wellington discovers experimental art spaces offer rewards for both the artist and collector.
• Features
• Face to face - Jeremy Eccles visits the new National Portrait Gallery in Canberra.
• Frieze frame - Some portraits command higher prices than others. Roger Dedman finds the sitter can influence the price significantly.
• International Art
• The art king of Scotland - Alison Harper interviews Affordable Art Fair promoter Will Ramsay.
• La dolce vitra - Gillian Serisier takes a trip to Vitra Design Museum, Basel.
• Opium den - London reporter Rebecca Herbert reviews the recent Yves Saint Laurent/Pierre Berge auction in Paris.
• Directory
• A directory of galleries, auction houses, art consultants and services in Australia and New Zealand.
• Mailbox
• The jury is out on the forthcoming resale royalty legislation in Australia.