Good evening,

Private equity types will be flocking to art galleries this weekend.

That’s because Luminis Partners is shopping around arts installation business Grande Experiences.

Grande, which put on last year’s Van Gogh Alive, could fetch $1 billion.

And so naturally, Luminis is busy painting a pretty picture including how art gallery visits will rebound as COVID retreats.

Street Talk also dives into two sets of flyers going around for an unnamed company.

Watchers reckon they are two parts of the same business, charter flight business Cobham’s Australian arm.

Elsewhere, bankers are turning their heads to Origin Energy as AGL Energy’s split thaws a 10-year freeze in monster energy deals; Wesfarmers has Grant Thornton’s tick before API’s shareholder vote on March 17; and IFM’s private equity fund has stocked up on $380 million for mid-market deals.

Happy reading,

Anthony Macdonald, Sarah Thompson and Kanika Sood
Street Talk Editors