Wild scenes at glimpse of what's on offer Aug 22, 2008
Sotheby's and Deutscher & Hackett have wry works by John Brack; Bonhams & Goodman and Sotheby's have outstanding portraits by Russell Drysdale and just about everyone has a childish Sidney Nolan daub or two. But only Sotheby's has Brett Whiteley at his wildest. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Kidman's baby name mystery solved Jul 13, 2008
Nicole Kidman's father has revealed he suggested naming his granddaughter Sunday, having been inspired by artist Sidney Nolan's muse Sunday Reed. Speaking to Sydney's Daily Telegraph, Dr Antony Kidman said: "The name struck me as being a nice name for a woman, so my wife and I mentioned it.". (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Sunday and Levi? What's with these wacky celeb baby names? Jul 13, 2008
Apparently, Sunday is the name of a famous muse (Sunday Reed) to one of Nicole's favorite artists, Sidney Nolan. Kidman's dad, Dr. Antony Kidman, explains to the paper, "The name struck me as being a nice name for a woman, so my wife and I mentioned it." He added: "It was among other names being mentioned, but they decided that was the name they wanted.". (Los Angeles Times)
Room with view becomes master stroke May 27, 2008
Elsewhere in the house are paintings by Sidney Nolan and Alun Leach-Jones. Somerset's works are dominant in just one room: the upstairs studio known as "the attic.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
It's all in the delivery Mar 16, 2008
The 51-piece collection includes works by Picasso, Fred Williams, Margaret Olley, Lloyd Rees, Arthur Boyd, Sidney Nolan, William Dobell, Donald Friend and Lucien Freud. The proceeds will establish the Dawn O'Donnell Scholarship. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Homage to artist's larrikinism takes top prize Feb 28, 2008
In the 1960s, as a student at the then Caulfield Institute, Jenyns took issue with "being fed notions of British modernists" and looked instead to Australian artists such as Tucker, Sidney Nolan and Arthur Boyd. It was the "larrikinism" and "lateral thinking" of Tucker's Paris gesture that he thought deserved a homage. (The Age)
Why you can't have a popular suicide spot Feb 12, 2008
A Sidney Nolan and a Brett Whiteley painting can demonstrate the rules by actually subverting them. The subversion is always a knowing, witty one. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Aussie Picasso, Chagall bring home the bacon Feb 8, 2008
Kngwarreye flopped at Christie's London sale of Australian art on December 12, although many other Australian "moderns", including Charles Blackman and Sidney Nolan, sold well. Two Kngwarreye works, both titled Untitled and with hopes of about $100,000, failed to sell in London. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Sidney Nolan: A New Retrospective Jan 25, 2008
Sidney Nolan exposes the myths behind the bushranger. Sidney Nolan: Kelly And His Armour, 1962 ... Sidney Nolan is an undisputed icon of Australian painting, but his early personal life reads like a tabloid editor's fantasy. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Between two worlds Jan 19, 2008
"And the second art show I saw in my life was Sidney Nolan. I saw other contemporary Australian artists who were all such fun and wild and free. But unfortunately I didn't have the confidence to buy anything, which would have been a very shrewd thing to do.". Carey began adult life as a reluctant scientist, reading organic chemistry and zoology at Monash University in Melbourne before a serious car crash led him to abandon the course for jobs in advertising and allowed time for anti-Vietnam war... (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Nude Ned is sure to get a nod Dec 11, 2007
John Perceval's nightmarish Rosstown Pub goes under the hammer, as will 12 works by Sidney Nolan, including a later Ned Kelly, painted in 1964, when the artist lived at Putney, by the Thames, in south London. Indigenous artists also feature, with paintings by Emily Kngwarreye and Albert Namatjira, photographs by Tracey Moffatt and Brook Andrew's reworking of old ethnographic photos of Aborigines, Sexy And Dangerous. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Art loving singer Richie snaps up a Nolan Dec 10, 2007
US singer Lionel Richie has revealed an appreciation for Australian art by snapping up a work by the late Sidney Nolan at a Sydney auction. Richie paid about $10,000 for the untitled work by one of Australia's best-known artists. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Gallery defends sale of lesser Nolans Nov 27, 2007
THEY were rejects from the collection of the Art Gallery of NSW but the four Sidney Nolan paintings on sale at a Sotheby's auction in Paddington last night exceeded their estimated sale price of almost half a million dollars. The four works sold to separate buyers for a combined total of $588,000 (with buyers' premium $705,600). (Sydney Morning Herald)
Greatness lay in taking an Australian mythology to the world Nov 1, 2007
THE artist Sidney Nolan produced as many as 35,000 paintings ... Sidney Nolan - A New Retrospective is at the Art Gallery of NSW until February 3. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Pure poetry of art's dreamers Sep 14, 2007
The idea came from Barry Pearce, head curator of Australian art, who has prepared the gallery's big summer exhibition, Sidney Nolan: A New Retrospective, which opens on November 2 ... As part of Planet Sid, the opening event in the series, on Sunday, there will be a screening of the 1975 film, Beyond is Anything: Sidney Nolan and Ern Malley. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Brack exhibition opens in Canberra Aug 23, 2007
Mr Bonython remembered the day he lost his collection, including works by Arthur Boyd and Sidney Nolan, when he donated the Brack portrait to the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra on Thursday. "My house was burnt down on Ash Wednesday in 1983 and this was the only picture that survived because it was just inside the front door together with a ceramic urn," Mr Bonython said. (Ninemsn)
Finally it's quality, not quantity, that's recognised May 11, 2007
JOHN BRACK may not be as famous as Sidney Nolan, Arthur Boyd or even Brett Whiteley, but with Monday night's sale of The Old Time (1969), for $3. 36 million at Sotheby's, he is now responsible for the two highest prices paid for an Australian painting. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Price is almost right May 10, 2007
" While art auctioneers regularly quote the three Ds - divorce, debt and death - as catalysts to selling, generational changeover of collections is stepping up. In the 1960s and '70s, commercial galleries sprang up in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide, and new collectors - usually under 40 - became keen supporters of contemporary artists such as Sidney Nolan, Arthur Boyd, Charles Blackman, Fred Williams, John Brack, Jeffrey Smart, Brett Whiteley and so on. In 2007, those original owners are now in... (The Australian)
Drawn in by a rural myth Mar 31, 2007
How about a Sidney Nolan Ned Kelly. From which series, though. (The Age)
Big, blowzy and expected to fetch megabucks Feb 15, 2007
They include Charles Blackman's Dream in a Cat's Garden and Leonard French's The Crossing, as well as works by Sidney Nolan, John Coburn and Tim Maguire. Qantas said the proceeds of the auction would fund state-based scholarships for Australian artists. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Bottom line is it's my backside and the picture is mine Feb 8, 2007
"But an investigation by the accounting firm Deloitte, ordered by her successor, Steven Schwartz, claims the university's record management system "does not show any detail of ownership of the works".The Deloitte investigation noted that the "co-mingling" of artworks by artists such as Judy Cassab, Leonard French, Ian Fairweather, James Gleeson, Emily Kngwarreye, Queenie Mackenzie, Sidney Nolan and John Olsen - which were stored or exhibited at the university, or kept at Professor Yerbury's home... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Selling Blackman's work leaves biddersweet taste Feb 4, 2007
About 300 sketches, prints and watercolours, more than half by Blackman and the remainder by artists such as David Boyd and Sidney Nolan, went under auctioneer Steven Archer's hammer, selling for between $400 for a small print to $40,000 for a painting ... Through the Reeds, Amadio met Arthur Boyd, Sidney Nolan, Albert Tucker, John Perceval and Joy Hester - but she believes Blackman is the best artist Australia has produced. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Boyd's allegory on poverty rises again Feb 3, 2007
Also friends to the young Amadio were art patrons John and Sunday Reid, whose homes near Melbourne were a focal point for Blackman, Arthur Boyd, Sidney Nolan, Albert Tucker, John Perceval and Joy Hester, all of whom she met. The sea-changing Amadio has sold her comfortable, book-lined Pymble bungalow and is moving to daughter Gabby's airy "Queenslander" near the water in Cairns. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Qantas to Sell Art Hanging in Head Office, Airport Lounges, Review Says Jan 25, 2007
Proceeds from selling 22 of the 100 artworks in its collection, including pieces by Brett Whitely and Sidney Nolan, will fund scholarships for emerging Australian artists, the Review said, citing Chief Executive Officer Geoff Dixon. It will be the first large corporate art sale in more than a year and follows similar moves by companies such as Coles Group Ltd., Foster's Group Ltd., Orica Ltd. and BHP Billiton Ltd., the Review said. (Bloomberg -- Australia & New Zealand)
Art world loses a passionate collector and benefactor Jan 3, 2007
Neither came from families with an interest in visual art, but they built up a collection that now features important works by luminaries including Jeffrey Smart, Sidney Nolan, Arthur Boyd and Donald Friend. "The art world became a great part of our social life," Wilson said yesterday. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
