Tim Klingender, a well-known art dealer, has been named as the man who was discovered dead Thursday off cliffs in Sydney’s eastern suburbs following a boat accident.
Police discovered Mr. Klingender, 59,’s body yesterday after a boat hit rocks at The Gap in Watsons Bay.
A second man, 51 years old and also on the boat, is being sought by rescue personnel.
Mr. Klingender, a senior consultant for the New York-based auction and private sales company Sotheby’s, specialized in dealing with Indigenous art.
His body was found by police before noon on Thursday after Marine Area Command officers responded to reports of watercraft debris floating in the ocean.
“Profound sadness” has been expressed by the artistic world in remembering Mr. Klingender.
Michael Reid, a Sydney art dealer, stated in a blog post on Friday that Tim Klingender’s passing was “an unimaginable and devastating loss to his family and indeed the Australian art world.”
This morning, a multi-agency hunt for the second person—who has not yet been named—began with water police.
On Friday morning, three vessels joined the search after learning that the 51-year-old was aboard the boat.
They are undertaking a parallel line search from The Gap south to Wedding Cake Island off Coogee, according to a statement released on Friday by Marine Rescue NSW Inspector Steve Raymond.
According to him, rescue boats are looking from Cape Solander to the northern end of Maroubra Beach.
We don’t yet know the specifics of the collision.
