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• Contemporary art and durability

  In 1501, 26 year old Michelangelo commenced work on his iconic sculpture David. Michelangelo was 'considered the greatest living artist in his lifetime' (Encyclopaedia Britannica 2012) and his art is still accessible and clearly revered more than 500 years later....
• For Sale: Let Us All Unite, oil on canvas

  FOR SALE - $4500 From Knight's Charlie Chaplin series - based on stills from Chaplin’s performance of the Jewish barber mistaken for Adenoid Hynkel in ‘The Great Dictator’. "These works relate to my exploration of a man, his life and the way...
• For Sale: Painting the Somali Sun, oil on canvas

  FOR SALE - $4500 107 x 112cm, oil on canvas, 2010. "This is a colleague who worked with me teaching art at a supported residence in Melbourne. The art project that day was for everyone to paint something meaningful to them from...
• For Sale: Blue Graham, oil on canvas

  FOR SALE - $900 One of a series of three experimental works depicting personality and mood. The simple coloured backgrounds (red, blue and yellow) allowed the face to be the main focus. 30 x 28cm, oil on canvas, 2010. Exhibited: Melbourne and Sydney, 2010. ©...
• VIDEO: Dennis Hopper's thoughts on art collecting

  Dennis Hopper was well known for his acting career but this YouTube video shows he was also an art collector with a very personal approach. "So my idea of collecting is not going and buying bankable names, but buying people that...
• Keep all your art receipts: the importance of provenance

  Recently Mike and I watched a quirky little documentary called "Who the  #$&%  is Jackson Pollock?". It follows a female truck driver from California who purchased a painting from a charity shop for $5 that could be a Jackson Pollock...
• VIDEO: Why embrace varied subject matter

  Knight's exhibitions are known to vary from year to year. Occasional critics have suggested he choose a style and perfect it but his response is that by accepting new challenges and continuing to learn, the quality of all his artwork improves. Famous...