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Cultural Capital: What’s it really like to be a VIP in the art world?
From first dibs to fancy dinners, Andrew Frost and Carrie Miller discuss what it’s like to reach uber-collector status in the art world.
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In the works: Art History 101
Visual arts 101: lessons in influential artworks and their significance.
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Lifecycle of a Collector: Right to copy
Collectors beware: owning a work of art does not mean owning copyright.
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Behind the scenes: Going the distance
In the midst of some significant commercial gallery milestones this year, we ask their directors: What gives a gallery staying power?
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Agenda: Making It Possible
Beyond buying work, art collectors are always finding new ways to support artists. Offering studio space is the latest philanthropic endeavor taking off in Melbourne and Sydney.
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With All Due Respect: Do we need an art world #metoo moment?
In this first installment of a regular feature in which we aim to speak truth to power, we start the conversation on the necessity of an Australian and New Zealand art world #metoo movement.
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Amber Boardman represented by Chalk Horse
Artist Amber Boardman joins the Sydney Gallery stable.
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Justine Youssef wins John Fries Award
Sydney artist Justine Youssef is the winner of the 2019 John Fries Award worth $10,000.
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CIAF 2019: A Decade On
In 10 years of growth and development, the ethos of Cairns Indigenous Art Fair remains resolutely unchanged.
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Michael Stevenson joins Fine Arts Sydney
New Zealand-born artist Michael Stevenson brings his multidisciplinary works to the Fine Arts Sydney stable.