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One Piece Worth Seeing
Hannah Murgatroyd, Whalebone, 2023–2025, Oil on linen, 140 × 125 cm
One Piece Worth Seeing
Hannah Murgatroyd, Whalebone, 2023-2025
I came to Hannah Murgatroyd through her drawings. I’ve always been drawn to painters who paint as th...
What I Actually Do
This week I’ve returned to what this newsletter was meant to be about - the Diary of an Art Advisor. When I began writing a couple of years ago, my intention was to explain the benefits of collecting contemporary art to a suspicious public...
Before I Show You the Painting
What I check before recommending an artwork, from quality and price to provenance, authority and, sometimes, a Rightmove floor plan.
About a year ago, I thought I’d sold an extremely large painting. The prospective buyer, who’d contacted m...
Someone Might Come in Later
I realise that these newsletters have often focused more on the lives of artists than my life as an art advisor... or collecting. But I don’t think that’s really a detour. A collector buys an object, obviously, but part of the attraction is...
A Collector’s Note - August
If you are interested in contemporary art, thinking about starting a collection or simply want to understand why one artwork might repay attention.
By late July, every art-world email seems to contain the words ‘summer’, ‘sun-drenched’ or...
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