Elizabeth Hastings

1992: BA (Hons) The University of Melbourne, Fine Art (History of Art) and English Literature

2010 – present: Elizabeth Hastings Art Consulting Pty. Ltd., Sydney  2004–2009: Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney, Gallery Manager 2001–2004: Deutscher-Menzies Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers, Senior Art Specialist 1996–2001: Sotheby’s, London, Specialist, European Ceramics and Glass  1996: The British Museum, London, Department of Prints and Drawings, Harold Wright Scholarship 1992–1996: Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria, Curator and Registrar

Elizabeth Hastings specialises in art collection management. She advises private and corporate clients on acquisitions, from single purchases to assembling multi-million-dollar collections. She creates tailored database systems to manage collections and will advise on installation, display, conservation, storage, insurance, domestic and international relocations. As an arts writer, she has published books on private art collections and artists’ careers.

Elizabeth is an Approved Valuer for the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program. She is qualified to provide valuations for insurance, probate, estate planning, family law matters and tax-deductible philanthropic donations.

Specialist areas include:

Australian paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings and photography after 1900 American, British and European paintings, sculpture, photography, prints and drawings after 1900 New Zealand art (excluding indigenous Maori art) after 1940 South African art (excluding African tribal art) after 1940 Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Singaporean and Malaysian art after 2000 European Ceramics, Glass and Silver Art Deco and 20th Century design.  

January 2010

Discover more about Elizabeth Hasting's art consulting practice, her vision for the profression and how she overcame a cross-continental dilemma through FaceTime.    

Read her ACAA profile here.