National Endowment for Indigenous Visual Arts
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 19.02.21
If that name sounds like an official institution set up by some government quango, it is possible that was the intention. In fact, it's the baby of the ever-dynamic Melbourne (and New York) dealer D'Lan Davidson. Though he was beaten...» Read More
The Ebes Collection
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 13.10.20
Back in May 2013, I wrote enthusiastically about the opening of Melbourne's 'Emily Museum', celebrating, of course, the career of the woman its owner, Hank Ebes called “Australia's greatest artist”. As he continued at the time, “There is no influence...» Read More
Repatriated Art at Auction
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 15.07.20
Coincidentally, two substantial foreign collections of Aboriginal art have been returned home in COVID-time to be sold at auction. Tonight, online, Deutscher & Hackett offer the Peter and Renate Nahum Collection from London. And on 22 July in Sydney, Bonhams...» Read More
Sotheby's NY Inaugural Aboriginal Art Auction
Posted by Aboriginal Art Directory | 17.12.19
The first dedicated Aboriginal art auction in the US by an international auction house was held by Sotheby's in New York on December 13. The sale surpassed its high estimate with 88% of all lots sold and set eight new...» Read More
The Auction Time of Year
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 28.11.19
“Toward the end of 1991, women’s Awelye ceremonies were being held in Utopia. December was overwhelmingly humid with hot northerly winds. The anticipation of rain and the ongoing ceremonial activity enlivened the spiritual atmosphere. A number of exceptional paintings (by...» Read More
NY is the Epicentre
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 05.06.19
As predicted some time ago on AAD, Sotheby’s is moving its Aboriginal art auctions from London to New York in November. There contemporary canvases and historic artefacts will hang in the auction house’s revamped galleries alongside blue-chip modern and contemporary...» Read More
The Late Mary Macha
Posted by Jeremy Eccles | 02.11.17
Somehow, the Aboriginal Art Directory failed to report the death in March of a woman of great importance in the development of Aboriginal art – Mary Macha. She grew from a West Australian job in the State's Native Welfare Department...» Read More
Auction Archive
- 14.06.17 | Art for the Environment
- 04.04.17 | A PARTING OF THE WAYS
- 29.03.17 | Milingimbi's Auction
- 04.09.15 | LOTS HAPPENING
- 18.02.15 | LAVERTY SALE
- 06.10.14 | ABORIGINAL ARTISTS GO MENTAL
- 25.08.14 | TWO CHARITY AUCTIONS
- 22.07.14 | ABORIGINAL ART 'COMES HOME'
- 22.12.13 | BARKS 'R US
- 29.05.13 | Results for Sotheby's Early Papunya Art Auction
- 23.05.13 | Artwork Auction to raise funds for Emily Museum
- 25.03.13 | Good Results for Laverty Collection
- 18.03.13 | EMILY ON SALE
- 02.01.13 | A French Finale to 2012 Aboriginal Art Auctions
- 03.12.12 | Deutscher && Hackett Achieve $100,000+ for Two Aboriginal Paintings
- 22.11.12 | Highlights From November Aboriginal Art Auctions
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