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Nora Heysen: A Pioneer in Art and Life
Latest Stories
The Ron Barassi Collection returns to Leonard Joel, presented by Paul Little AO
Category: Important Collections
A decade after it was acquired intact by Paul Little AO, the Ron Barassi Collection will return to Leonard Joel for auction in November 2026....
Cricket Cages: The Little Ones
Category: Leonard Joel News
I’m on a plane. My favourite place to write. No distractions, a compact environment; the perfect antidote to a distracted mind...
From Master to Master: Passing the Baton of British Horology
Category: Timepieces
It is perhaps no accident that a teenager from Bolton with modest academic ambitions ended up as the chosen apprentice to the man who fundamentally re...
A Land Without Shadows: Lloyd Rees & the Light of Australia
Category: Art
The history of Australian landscape painting is, in many ways, a story about light...
‘Circa Orbem’ – a King & Nation Honour Captain James Cook & his Family
Category: Decorative Arts
At the time of his violent death in 1779 on a beach in Hawaii, Captain James Cook was one of the most famous and respected of Englishmen...
A Sense of Place
Category: Art
Recently, three Australian landscapes arrived in the art department to be catalogued and researched for auction...
Artist Profile: Christopher Wood (1901-1930)
Category: Art
Christopher Wood's career lasted barely a decade, yet his paintings occupy a distinctive place in British modernism...
The Return of the Antique Diamond: Diamond Cutting from the 14th–19th Centuries
Category: Jewels
The resurgence of antique diamonds has found an unlikely modern ambassador in Taylor Swift...
Art & Love: In Conversation with Christabel Blackman
Category: Art
In the lead up to our forthcoming sale Works from the Charles Blackman Estate, I had the pleasure of speaking with the artist’s daughter, Christabel...