In February this year, the Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW) announced that it would be bringing an exclusive exhibition of the Russian Constructivist, Vasily (sometimes styled Wassily) Kandinsky (1866-1944) to Sydney, alongside the equally celebrated sculptor Louise Bourgeois.
The pairing – two well-loved artists who have influenced generations – caught the attention of the art community, which also noted their whopping values on the secondary market shaping other notions of ”value”.
