Fine Art

Pictures of birds in flight were the stock-in-trade of Sir Peter Markham Scott (1909-89).

Works from the collection of British fashion magnate Peter Simon, the founder of the Monsoon fashion chain, could set a house record for a single-owner collection sold in London when they appear at Christie’s in October.

New York saleroom Auctions at Showplace is offering a well-documented Turner watercolour on October 8.

An unconventional creator who influenced Mondrian finally gets her moment in the limelight with a new London show.

Portland Gallery of St James’s, London, holds an exhibition of all its artists to celebrate its 40th anniversary.

French neoclassicist Marie Guilhelmine Benoist (1768-1826) is another of the long-overlooked female artists whose work is being reappraised by the market in the 21st century.

The first selling exhibition of original artworks by the artist and writer Ralph Steadman (b.1936) in 30 years will open in London this autumn.

Issued in January 1781 by London publisher Robert Wilkinson, the caricature The Ballance of Power depicts the figure of Britannia standing as Justice proclaiming, No one injures me with impunity.

A Russell Drysdale (1912-81) landscape that has not been on the market for over 40 years is being offered at Leonard Joel’s Fine Art auction in Melbourne on October 6.

Although John Webber’s (1752-93) engraved plates emerge on the market with some regularity, his original works are much rarer.

The latest Australian and international art sale at Menzies (25% buyer’s premium including GST) in Melbourne compared well to previous auctions in terms of sell-through rates, even if the overall total was slightly lower than its previous two auctions – something the saleroom said was not uncommon for a winter sale.

The market in Australia remains steady, maintaining good selling rates and some strong key areas