Annette Larkin Fine Art
Since 2006, Annette Larkin Fine Art has provided specialist services to collectors of contemporary, indigenous and modern art. With unsurpassed expertise in dealing in secondary market contemporary Australian art, Annette Larkin Fine Art provides tailored advice and services in all aspects of purchasing, valuing and collection management.
Annette Larkin
Director, Annette Larkin, brings more than 23 years of specialist experience in the Australian and international art markets. In her 11 years at Christie's Australia, many as Associate Director and Head of contemporary art, she established stand-alone sales of contemporary art, liasing and traveling to Asia, United States and Europe often for the auctions of contemporary and modern international and asian art. Prior to this, Larkin worked at the major Sydney commercial gallery, Macquarie Galleries; with the Art Gallery of New South Wales and Newcastle Region Art Gallery. In 1994 she was selected by the Australian Government as the Australian Curator and Commissioner for the VIII Indian Triennale, New Delhi.
At a national level Annette Larkin is a respected art valuer and committee member for the Australian Government Cultural Gift Scheme. In addition, she is a member of the Australian Valuers and Auctioneers Association; a Foundation member of the Art Gallery of New South Wales; a Museum of Contemporary Art Ambassador and on the fundraising committee for the Power Institute, University of Sydney. Between 1996 and 1998 she was the Chairperson for the Contemporary Collection Benefactor Program at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.
As a contemporary art dealer, valuer and adviser based in Sydney her services include:
Advisor:
- Tailored advice for private and corporate collections:
- Extensive background knowledge and expertise on current trends
- Specialist knowledge on contemporary Australian and International art
- Substantial experience in predicting art market trends and investment pieces
- Initiating, building and managing collections
- Comprehensive collection cataloguing
- Collection care and condition reporting
- Installation and curatorial services
- Commissioning artists
- Buying and selling at auction
Contemporary Art Dealer:
- Specialist services in secondary market contemporary art:
- Dealing in the best of Australian, Asian and International art
- Impeccable discretion and professionalism
- Superior sale results for consigned works
- Expertise in sourcing works for private and corporate collections
- Liaising with Australian and international auction houses
Valuer:
- Accredited valuation services:
- Provide up-to-date insurance and market valuations
- Accredited valuer and approved to value: Australian painting, works on paper, prints and sculpture after 1788; Australian photography after 1940; Australian video; American, European and British paintings, works on paper, video and photography after 1950; South East Asian paintings and works on paper after 1920; Aboriginal painting on canvas and paper post 1980 for the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
- Member of the Australian Valuers and Auctioneers Association