Art market information for Australian and New Zealand forthcoming auctions, past auction results from 1969 to the present, market statistics, news and opinion.

Headlining the auction are fresh to market works by Cressida Campbell, Brett Whiteley and John Brack. The auction catalogue cover features Cressida Campbell’s large scale Parsley Bay, Sydney, 1992 (lot 24) which captures a unique vision from eye – level, revealing just enough detail to let us imagine a more sweeping view of the Harbour. This realistic and voyeuristic view is interpreted in Campbell’s distinctive hybrid technique of hand painted watercolour on incised woodblock.

In a market where economic impacts post covid have made it harder to sell paintings, Deutscher & Hackett trimmed their catalogue to only 55 lots, bolstered by (multi) million dollar paintings and key items with impeccable provenance such as those from the collection of Joan and Peter Clemenger. This proved to be a successful approach, as the total results on the night by lot were more than $3,000,000 above the total low estimates.

International Art Centre’s first auction celebrating artworks created by women is set to take place on Wednesday 8 May from 6.00pm. The auction includes artworks spanning several decades, from the early 20th century through to contemporary works.

In their autumn sale in Sydney, Smith and Singer set new auction records for two contemporary Australian artists. Most notably, Bronwyn Oliver’s Sun (lot 8) sold for $700,000, doubling the previous artist’s record. Three sales above one million dollars were achieved: perhaps not surprisingly for works by Brett Whiteley, Fred Williams and Arthur Streeton. All of these artists are not in just one, but two top ten lists: of highest prices achieved at auction and in the top ten traded artists at auction.