Introduction
- Why has Aboriginal art become so popular in the last 20 years?
- The primary market
- The secondary market
Purchasing Art
- Introduction to collecting Aboriginal art
- Thirteen invaluable tips when buying Indigenous art
- Starting an art buying group
Collecting
- Introduction to buying Aboriginal art
- How to go about developing a collection
- What makes an Indigenous artist important?
- Is their work entirely consistent with their cultural background?
- Look carefully at an artist’s entire career.
- Is the artist recognised nationally?
Aesthetics
Provenance
- Provenance explained
- Index of provenance
- Building the provenance of your artwork
- Branding your collection
- Unattributed artworks and works without source provenance
The Primary Market
Authenticity
- What is authenticity?
- Cultural restrictions on Indigenous artists
- Appropriation
- Authorship, assistance and collaboration
- Attribution
- Fraud
Selling An Artwork
- Private treaty sales
- Consignment to a dealer or art consultant
- Brokerage using dealers, consultants and the internet
- Outright cash sale to a dealer or other third party
The Economics of Art
- Investing in art
- Are you really serious?
- Strategically clever investment
- How, when and where to buy?
- Art and superannuation
- Art and tax
- Art compared to other assets
- Valuing and insuring artworks
- Economics and art
- Calculating the percentage appreciation of your art: Rule of 72
- What do speculative and Blue-Chip mean in regard to Aboriginal art?
- Movable cultural heritage act