Records fall as buyers rediscover female photographers
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It was back-to-the future last week as enthusiastic bidders rediscovered the work of artists from the early 1980s to the early 2000s, pushing prices far above their estimates at the online auction of highlights from the Pat Corrigan collection of contemporary photography.
Nine new records were set, and seven of those were for female artists, some of whom are receiving belated recognition in this era of celebrating womenâs contribution to Australian culture.
Petrina Hicks, Shanae and Jade, 2005, estimate $10,000 to $15,000, from the Corrigan Collection of Contemporary Photography, being sold by Deutscher and Hackett.Â
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A special ceremony held last week in Australia celebrated 17 sacred objects from the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection at the University of Virginia being repatriated to the Arrernte, Warlpiri and Warumungu communities in Central Australia.
Kluge-Ruhe’s collection at UVA consists of more than 2,100 paintings, ornaments, weapons, tools and other items and is the only museum outside of Australia dedicated to the exhibition and study of Indigenous Australian art and culture. Most of those items have been purchased through Indigenous art centers from artists who created them specifically as artworks intended to be sold, and often sold abroad.