Art world abuzz over Mona Foma exhibition of Sidney Nolan spray-painted works

Prices for his artworks have topped $5 million, so how keen would you be for the chance to buy a genuine Sidney Nolan painting for less than $10,000? Key points: An exhibition of more than 50 never-before-seen portraits painted by Sir Sidney Nolan in the 1980s opens in Hobart this weekend All of the paintings are being sold by the Lady Nolan estate for $9,800 each Gallery Director Michael Bugelli says he's been inundated with phone calls and emails from art lovers wanting to purchase the works The answer for many Australians is "very", according to Hobart gallery owner Michael Bugelli. The paintings will each carry a price tag of $9,800, set by the estate of Sir Sidney Nolan's widow Lady Nolan, but Mr Bugelli said prospective buyers have to get to Hobart if they want to purchase one. 'Radical' portraits to surprise viewers The paintings on display at the About Face exhibition at the Michael Bugelli Gallery might surprise those more familiar with Nolan's most famous works depicting 19th-century bushranger Ned Kelly. The exhibition "really does break with all our preconceptions of what Nolan was", Michael Bugelli says.