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posted 31 August 2017
The Australian, Emily Ritchie and Matthew Westwood, 31st August 2017Sentiment might be cooling in Sydney’s housing market but the art market remains buoyant with significant paintings in the collection of late media mogul James Fairfax fetching well above expectations at auction last night.The Cell Block Theatre at Sydney’s National Art School was packed to the brim with art lovers and keen...
posted 26 August 2017
ABC News, Michaela Boland, 26th August 2017The late newspaper scion James Fairfax owed his fortune to the great publishing company founded by his great-great-grandfather, but his life's legacy is a lesson in fine art and public largesse.VIEW FULL ARTICLE
posted 9 August 2017
The Late James Fairfax AC left an extraordinary philanthropic legacy and a collection of some of the most important Australian artworks still left in private hands.In this video Geoffrey Edwards and Kirsty Grant introduce some of the highlights of this remarkable collection.VIEW AUCTION CATALOGUE
posted 14 June 2017
When newspaper scion James Fairfax died last year at his Retford Park home in the NSW Southern Highlands, the vestiges of what was once one of the nation’s finest personal art collections were hanging...VIEW FULL ARTICLEMichaela Boland, The Australian, Tuesday 13 June 2017
posted 8 June 2017
Following on from our successful 2016 sales of selected works from The McKay Superannuation Fund Collection, Brisbane, Deutscher and Hackett are pleased to offer the final paintings and sculptures from the collection. Assembled over a decade, Graham and Glenda McKay put together a unique collection of Contemporary Australian Indigenous art that focused on younger artists and was acquired...
