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Collecting street art

Australia's largest street art collectors first had to convince the artists that they were not undercover cops.
15 Jul 2014
Alex McCulloch
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Banksy: Girl with a Balloon

Sandra Powell and Andrew King decided to auction off early modernist work – paintings by such luminaries as Clarice Beckett, Joy Hester and Sidney Nolan. Then a chance reading of books by Banksy and Blek Le Rat in a London bookshop seven years ago led them to a new kind of collecting. It was directed towards street art and has since been their main preoccupation as collectors. 

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Alex McCulloch
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Alex is the Director of Alex McCulloch Art and Host of The Arts Show at Highlands FM. www.alexmccullochart.com.au

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