www.lowensteinsarts.com.au NEWSLETTERNEWSLETTER JUNE APR 20132012 Tax Matters for the Arts Second win for Archibald Prize ou can imagine how YDel Kathryn Barton, a Sydney born artist, must be feeling after her triumph in taking the prestigious prize for the second time. Ms Barton blitzed the strong field of 39 finalists with her portrait of Australian actor, Hugo Weaving, to be awarded the coveted prize by the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Along with the prestige of winning the 2013 Archibald Prize, Ms Barton also went home with a cheque for $75,000 for her efforts. Her depiction of Weaving holding a wildcat intrigued the judges and fascinated the competitive field of 865-plus rivals. Ms Barton explained that the cat represented other facets of Mr Weaving’s personality. The cat, she said, had come up in conversation with the actor about what was close to his heart. Ms Barton told ABC News: “When he was talking about animals that he might potentially identify with, there was the idea of the wildcat hugo, by Del Kathryn Barton, Courtesy of Art Gallery of New South Wales or the leopard or the wolf.” “So in the end it was a kind of generic wildcat Weaving himself has also been keenly sought after for artists to paint. Last to represent other facets of his personality”, year he sat for Nicholas Harding as an Archibald entrant. she said. Since graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of New South Mr Weaving was reportedly happy with the Wales in 1993, Del Kathryn Barton has built an enviable following with regular watercolour, acrylic and gouache portrait. shows in her hometown and Melbourne. Ms Barton said she had admired the actor for Her success is evident from her form in the annual Archibald Prize. As a fourth years and had wanted to portray a “sincere, time entrant, Ms Barton has not only won twice but has been a finalist twice. deep, generous and creative soul” in her Not a bad innings and one would expect her good fortune to continue. portrait. Ms Barton’s vibrant work is instantly recognised by its decorative and figurative While she had initially considered a simple imagery which combine traditional painting techniques with contemporary pictorial approach to painting Mr Weaving’s applications. portrait, Ms Barton said once she sat down and She is represented by the Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery in Sydney. chatted with the actor her mind changed after Congratulations Del Kathryn Barton on winning the 2013 Archibald Prize. she felt moved by his personal stories. The Archibald Packing Room Prize was awarded to Mathew Lynn for his portrait “Hugo Weaving is an Australian cultural icon, of the author/novelist, Tara Moss. an artist in every sense of the word”, she says. Ms Moss, who is Canadian born, is a former model who reinvented herself with Ms Barton previously won the Archibald Prize success in writing crime fiction. back in 2008 in which she painted herself and her two children. Lynn has himself been a finalist many times in the Archibald Prize. However, having actors sit for her is nothing He resides in Sydney’s Blue Mountains and his works can be found in major new. In 2011, she was also a finalist for institutions, including the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra. the Archibald Prize for her portrait of actor The Packing Room Prize gives staff at the Gallery of New South Wales the Cate Blanchett. opportunity to vote for their favorite Archibald portrait. LOWENSTEINS ARTS MANAGEMENT :1 Winners are grinners Sir John Sulman Prize Congratulations to Victoria Reichelt who Reichelt says with the invention of ipads, took out the $30,000 Sir John Sulman kindles and audio books, books as objects Prize from 37 other finalists. themselves “are sort of endangered a little The Sulman is one of Australia’s bit”. longest running art prizes, having been “The idea is as if all the people have gone established in 1936, and is now run from the library and the animals have concurrently with the Archibald Prize. moved back in to take over”, Awarded for the best subject painting, she explains. genre painting or mural project by an Many would agree that computers and the Gold for Asher Keddie Australian artist, the Sulman attracts a internet have resulted in research being highly competitive field. done online rather than the traditional Lowensteins Arts Management would like to Reichelt’s thoughtful depiction of what method of delving into a library book to congratulate Australian actor, Asher Keddie, libraries could mean to us in the future acquire information. for taking out television’s highest honor, the impressed fellow artist and judge, Kate “Books are kind of being left behind a bit”, Gold Logie Award. Beynon. says Reichelt. Asher is a long time client of Lowensteins In her oil on linen composition, Reichelt The Queensland-based artist is represented Arts Management and we always knew she depicts a deer gazing at library books by Dianne Tanzer Gallery in Fitzroy. was a big star! on shelves in what is obviously foreign Reichelt, who is in her mid 30’s, is currently The award for Most Popular Personality territory for the deer. working on a new series of paintings for on Australian Television was presented to The artist explains that her work looks exhibition at the Dianne Tanzer Gallery Asher at the Gold Logie Awards ceremony at objects “in danger of 21st Century around October of this year. held at Crown Casino recently. culture and technology.” The 38-year-old actor is perhaps best known for her role as Doctor Nina Proudman in the Network Ten drama, The Wynne Prize Offspring. Imants Tillers has won the Wynne Prize “I think he’s the precursor of this sort of She had previously been nominated for the Gold Logie twice before so she was indeed with his work – Namatjira. rennaissance of aboriginal art”, says Tillers, ‘third time lucky’. It’s the second successive year Tillers who has long admired the painter. Melbourne born and bred, Asher put in has won the Wynne Prize. Tillers is an Australian visual artist, curator an incredible performance portraying Ita and writer. The $35,000 prize is awarded annually Buttrose in the ABC television series, Paper for the best landscape painting of Born in Sydney in 1950, he lives in Cooma, Giants: The Birth of Cleo, depicting the Australian scenery or the best example New South Wales, after moving there in the magazine editor to a tee. of figure sculpture by Australian artists. late 1990’s. Her depiction of Blanche d’Alpuget in Tillers painting is homage to Albert He has exhibited in numerous group another telemovie (2010) about former Namatjira, who was one of the most exhibitions around the world and in 2005 Prime Minister, Bob Hawke, was equally pivotal figures in Australian art. was awarded a Doctor of Letters honoris compelling. Namatjira is perhaps Australia’s most causa by the University of New South Asher’s roles in Underbelly, Rush and Love famous Aboriginal artist and one of Wales for his distinguished contribution to My Way are also applauded. the pioneers of contemporary the field of arts. Indigenous Australian Art. Love My Way, a drama series which aired on Foxtel, is considered to have been His watercolor responsible for giving Asher her big break and Australian in 2004. outback desert Her first television role was in 1985 in Five landscapes Mile Creek. were of the Hermannsburg In 1998, Asher made her stage debut with School of the Melbourne Theatre Company. She Aboriginal Art. was nominated for the highly prestigious Green Room Award for her performances in Upon his death the MTC’s 2005 production of Les Liaisons in 1959 from Dangereuses and the Playbox’s The a heart attack, Ishmael Club. Namatjira left a legacy of around Asher ‘s partner is renowned Australian two thousand painter, Vincent Fantauzzo. paintings. Congratulations Asher on a well deserved award. Namatjira, by Imants Tillers Image courtesy of Art Gallery of NSW LOWENSTEINS ARTS MANAGEMENT : 2 Bleak Picture as galleries battle to hang in Andrea Petrie, Benjamin Preiss/Fairfax Syndication. From the Sunday Age, May 12th Up to 30 per cent of art collections altogether. and sharper these days,” she said. The introduction of the resale royalties “It’s really about hanging in there. But it galleries in Melbourne scheme in 2010 had also affected certainly takes you back to reality when auction houses and dealers, he said. your trading drops 40 to 50 percent in a have closed down Since then five per cent of the resale very short space of time.” during the past two price of any art sold has to be paid to the Veteran art dealer, John Buckley, artist or their estate for 70 years after the was also optimistic, saying: “Nothing years, with those in artist’s death. “This added to the lack of ever stays down forever. This has the industry blaming buying enthusiasm”, he said. been a particularly bad period for the Michael Powell, Director of economy, but whilst there’s still a lot the global financial Collingwood’s Ochre gallery, admitted: of people talking doom and gloom, the “At some point I suspect I will have to sharemarket has been healthy over crisis and tighter rules close.” the last 12 months and has recovered surrounding “Like so many others, I have had to almost all of its losses since the GFC hit shave the business way back and and housing seems to be fairly healthy art investments. there’s only so far you can cut back again.