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Writing
Providing insightful interpretative and critical texts to inform and stimulate art appreciation
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Research
Accurate identification, establishing provenance and contextualising artworks within art and social history
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Collection Management
Expert advice to create, catalogue and maintain harmonious art collections, placed to create thought-provoking dialogues
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Valuation
Professional independent appraisals, insurance and fair market valuations, for all forms of fine art.
Recent news and articles
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"International ceramics and monumental sculpture by modern masters from private Australian collections performed well at Bonhams' sale of Important Australian and Modern Art in Sydney on Tuesday, 6 May.Pablo Picasso’s editioned ceramic plate, Vallauris, 1956, lot 5, from the Cheong Family Collection, sold or a hammer price of $80,000, eight times its presale low estimate."
Australian Art Sales Digest: Exclusive Auction Review, Bonhams Sydney, Important Australian and Modern Art, Tuesday 6 May 2025
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A fresh display of works from the Mosman Art Gallery Collection, presenting, for the first time, recent acquisitions of 19th and 20th-century paintings and drawings, complementing the well-loved core of works from the Mosman Art Trail and The Balnaves Gift. From April 2025 the Collection Gallery will feature a selection of picturesque landscape views of Middle Harbour, painted by explorers, pleasure-seeking daytrippers and settler residents. These artists documented the progress of maritime industry, celebrating the might of the British Empire and following the urbanisation of Sydney Harbour, on these contested lands of the First Nations owners, who remained absent from their views. Curated by Lucie Reeves-Smith
Between the Heads: Views of Middle Harbour, Mosman Art Gallery, 12 April - 26 October 2025
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"Broad international appreciation amongst contemporary art collectors for works by Emily Kam Kngwarreye continues to stimulate buyer demand at auction. The stunning 5-metre Awelye, painted during the last year of the artist’s life, in 1996 (Lot 29 ) sold on Wednesday 9 April at Menzies’ in Sydney for a hammer price of $480,000 (presale estimates of $80,000 - 120,000 paling in comparison) - further cementing Kngwarreye’s growing reputation".
Australian Art Sales Digest: Exclusive Auction Review, Menzies, Important Australian and International Fine Art, Wednesday 9 April 2025
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Lesley Dumbrell. Thrum, Art Gallery of New South Wales - "But now is the time that sexuality should be revalued within abstract painting modes to save it from the art-for-arts’-sake vacuum into which it has been drawn"
Substack - Before My Own Eyes
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Discover a unique cultural walk along the Mosman foreshore allowing you to follow in the footsteps of famous artists and explore the stunning harbour landscapes that inspired them. Experience the beauty of Mosman's waterways and hidden coves, and see same scenes captured by painters including Margaret Preston, Arthur Streeton and Ethel Carrick Fox.
Balnaves Foundation and Mosman Art Gallery, launched 30 April 2024