Written by: Anna Ward Photos by: Tracey Moffatt’s work by John Gollings; Bonita Ely’s work by Liz Eve Every decade many Australian artists, curators, collectors and art tourists swing around Europe between April and November when the Venice Biennale, Documenta and the Skulptur Projekte Münster. Australian artists in the 57th Biennale di Venezia, VIVA ARTE VIVA, that […]
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Written by: Media release, Art Gallery of New South Wales. ‘In the centenary year of the Archibald, a portrait by Peter Wegner of 100-year-old artist Guy Warren (himself an Archibald winner in 1985) took out the prize’. Portraits by Pat Hoffie and Jude Rae were highly commended. AGNSW noted, ‘For the first time, there is gender […]
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Written by: Evan Lowenstein As you all may be aware, over the last twenty-five years Lowensteins has been very active in attempting to lobby government for changes and improvements to artists’ conditions. This advocacy was conducted either as a direct campaign like the launch of Save Super Art back in 2010 under the name of the […]
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Written by: Evan Lowenstein We are again delighted to announce the winners of the scholarship awards to Australian final year visual art students.Lowensteins’ program was rolled out in 2017 and it has resulted in the recognition of our commitment to the future of arts and the cultural environment. As this edition goes to press, we are […]
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Written by: © Dr Eugene Barilo von Reisberg, 2018 When we were moving our offices to Albert Road, the directors and I had an engaging discussion about finding a prominent spot for a painting by Alun Leach-Jones at our new premises. Earlier this year, we attended to a much more solemn exercise: drawing up the estate […]
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Written by: Fiona Gruber For this month’s LOWENSTEINS ARTS newsletter I’ve been asked to write a piece about the best way to prepare for a media interview; I acknowledge the irony in the timing, given that most people in the creative industries have never been so challenged or so un-interviewed, except for the odd story of […]
Our recent office move to South Melbourne has given us the opportunity to initiate changes to our operations which will result in an improvement to the services that we offer our clients. Tom Lowenstein OAM will continue his commitment to new and existing clients. Tom will act as a consultant to the firm and will […]
Written by: Evan Lowenstein For many years the budget has been handed down in May which has allowed time for the Government to introduce legislation that commenced on the 1 July of that year. But COVID, along with everything else that has changed, meant that the budget was handed down in October this year. Here […]
Written by: Evan Lowenstein On Tuesday, 11 May 2021, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg handed down the 2021-22 Federal Budget, his third Budget. Mr Frydenberg said the Australian economy has rebounded at its fastest pace on record over the latter half of 2020. Nevertheless, the impact of COVID-19 will see the deficit reach $161bn in 2020-21, improving to $106.6bn […]
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Written by: Evan Lowenstein As we turn our attention to the summer holidays and 2019 swiftly flows away into the pages of history, it is perhaps useful to reflect on the business year just gone. Lowensteins has always been very much appreciative of the constant growth in client numbers and our ability to service their various […]