Born in Brisbane in 1959 Rosemary completed a Diploma of Art Education at the Brisbane College of Advanced Education in Queensland, a Diploma of Art in 1982 from the University of Tasmania and from 1990 to 1991, a Post Graduate Diploma from the Sydney College of the Arts in Sydney. From 1992 to 1996 she completed a Master of Fine Arts in Honours from the College of Fine Arts, New South Wales. Originally trained as a painter she moved to photography she has participated in over 100 exhibitions since the 1980s in Australia and overseas including in Germany, the United States, Spain, Japan, Switzerland, New Zealand and Finland. widely throughout Australia and overseas. She also taches at the University of New South Wales College of the Fine Arts
We have records of art auction sales by Rosemary Laing from 2003 and in total 69 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 39 (57%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $39,273 for Groundspeed (Red Piazza) #2 sold by Deutscher and Hackett in July 2021. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by Rosemary Laing are held by the Art Gallery of NSW, National Gallery of Australia and a further six major public national galleries (see list below).
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Could the second and subsequent works by this artist sold after June 9, 2010 for over $1,000 be liable for the Artists' Resale Royalty? More info…
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