NEWSTEAD ART
Art Dealer, Auction Specialist, Consultant & Valuer
31 Lamrock Ave, Bondi Beach NSW 2026
Adrian Newstead is an art consultant, auction specialist, valuer, dealer, and author, is based in Bondi Beach, Sydney. With over four decades of dedicated involvement in nurturing the contemporary Aboriginal art market, Adrian established Cooee Art Gallery in Paddington in 1981.
After selling Cooee Art in March of 2023, he launched Newstead Art - an independent consultancy, and auction house providing invaluable expertise for collectors.
Featured Artist of the Month
Gordon Syron (1941 -)
Language Group: Biripi/ Worimi
Please be advised that my tenure as Head Specialist of the auction division of Coo-ee Art—established in 2017 by then Co-Owner and CEO, Mirri Leven, and myself—formally concluded in March 2024. The auction business is now independently operated by Mirri Leven under the trading name Art Leven, based at the former Coo-ee Art premises on Thurlow Street, Redfern.
All auction activities, consultancy services, and other professional operations conducted by Newstead Art are wholly independent and bear no affiliation, partnership, or connection—past or present—with Art Leven (formerly Coo-ee Art).
While Ms Leven and I are no longer in business together, I hold her and the Art Leven team in the highest professional regard and extend my best wishes for their continued success.
Fine Australian Aboriginal Art Auction
Tuesday 5th of May 2026 | 6pm
Gala Preview
30th April 2026 | 6pm
Auction Viewing
30th April – 5th May 2026 | 10-5pm
Location
31 Lamrock Ave, Bondi Beach
Newstead Art’s third Sydney Indigenous Fine Art Auction will be held on May 5th, 2026 in association with Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers including the ‘Bangalay’ Collection and a regionally diverse selection of Australian indigenous sculptures, barks, and paintings on canvas created between the 1950s and the second decade of the 21st Century. This offering reaches across the full breadth of Australian First Nations art: from the Western Desert to northeast Arnhem Land, from the Kimberley to the Tiwi Islands, and from bark paintings acquired directly from their makers in the field in 1960, to works completed this decade. Live bidding via Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers and Invaluable.
Our specialists can be contacted by email, phone or WhatsApp:
Adrian Newstead – Senior Specialist | adrian@newsteadart.com +61 412126645
James Elmslie – Specialist and Auction Administrator | auctions@newsteadart.com +61 407913870
SYRON’S WAR
Gordon Syron Retrospective
19 March - 23 April 2026
31 Lamrock Ave, Bondi Beach NSW 2026
ARNHEM LAND
TIWI ISLANDS
WESTERN DESERT
UTOPIA
URBAN
KIMBERLEY
Auctions
East Kimberley Artists
Ṉoŋgirrŋa Marawili
Early Western Desert Paintings & Artefacts
Artist Interview | Shirley Purdie
Adrian Newstead talks with Gija artist, Shirley Purdie, at the Warmun Community about her painting, Sandfrog Dreaming, 2000.
Advocacy
Since 1992, Adrian Newstead has been a member of various advocacy bodies aimed at supporting and promoting Indigenous Art on national and international levels.