Arts & Saleroom

  • Conductor Sir Charles Mackerras dies

    Conductor Sir Charles Mackerras, who had a 60-year association with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, has died in London at the age of 84.

  • Legendary Cuban singer Olga Guillot dies at 87

    Legendary Cuban singer Olga Guillot - the queen of el bolero - has died of a heart attack in the US.

  • Polanski free, Swiss reject extradition

    Roman Polanski was declared a free man on Monday after Switzerland rejected a US request to extradite him to be sentenced for having sex in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl.

  • Life During Wartime actress defends film

    The lead actress in arguably the most controversial entrant in this year's Sydney Film Festival has defended its dark direction.

  • Japan launches fund to promote Anime abroad

    The Japanese government will join with the private sector to create a 10 billion yen fund to support the spread of Japanese content overseas, including animated works, video and music.

  • Briefs

    Sotheby's surprise ...

  • Bromley eyes alternative spaces

    Artist David Bromley is considering ditching the gallery system in favour of - well, he's not sure what....

  • State gallery grabs Carrick Fox

    The Art Gallery of NSW has emerged as the enthusiastic buyer at more than three times its top estimate of the delightful if relatively laboured Ethel Carrick Fox oil painting High Tide at St Malo....

  • Odd lots

    NIDA's hopes perish...

  • Artist Dunlop passes away

    Sydney-born painter Brian Dunlop, 71, died in a Melbourne hospital yesterday....

  • Confidence returns for current works

    A number of works in exhibitions by contemporary artists have sold well in recent weeks, which is a welcome upturn in a sector that has done it tough for two years.

  • Silver nets 'find of the century'

    What is arguably the art find of the century is about to be bedded down in an important private collection.

  • Table shows it's got legs

    A cedar dining table sold for $164,910 including premium at a Mossgreen Auctions sale held at Tocal, NSW, last week, vastly above its $10,000 to $15,000 estimate.

  • Odd lots

    Bonhams in town

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