Whiteley painting sells for $1.1 million Sep 24, 2009
Brett Whiteley's 'The Sunrise, Japanese Good Morning ... A Brett Whiteley painting crept over the million-dollar mark at auction last night to become the first artwork to be sold for seven figures in Australia this year ... Brett Whiteley's 'The Sunrise, Japanese Good Morning. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Market shakes off art attack to feel like a million dollars Sep 18, 2009
THERE are signs confidence is returning to the art market with valuable paintings trickling back into auction showrooms and a Brett Whiteley touted as the first work likely to break the million-dollar mark in Australia this year. Whiteley's 1988 painting The Sunrise, Japanese: Good Morning. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Chance to see how artists made exhibition of themselves Sep 9, 2009
Massive the curator Stephen Coburn at the Sydney Convention Centre with Brett Whiteley's Sydney Harbour to the Spirit of Bill W , believed to be his biggest oil painting ... For two decades the collection has been one of Sydney's best-kept art secrets, a permanent snapshot of Australian art around the time of the bicentenary by some of our greatest 20th-century masters: among them Brett Whiteley, Lloyd Rees, Kevin Connor, John Firth-Smith, Geoffrey Proud, Charlie Tjapangati and Long Jack... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Gurrumul portrait wins Archibald Mar 6, 2009
The work's rather long-winded title is self-portrait in the bathroom discussing beauty, bukowski and brett whiteley with my ex, now a stripper, who likes to dress as wonder woman. Judged by the gallery's board of trustees rather than art experts, the prize and a reputation for populism. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
As Yet Unclear Feb 8, 2009
Mixing music and photography was a natural step for Spence, a professional photographer known for his rock-star portraits and a series in which he photographed 100 famous Australians in a military jacket, including Brett Whiteley and Kylie Minogue. He likens As Yet Unclear to a soundtrack for a film but, given the responses were limited to about three minutes, the result required more concision. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
