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Nora Heysen: A Pioneer in Art and Life
Latest Stories
Into the Light: The Extraordinary Rediscovery of Clarice Beckett
Category: Art
Clarice Beckett is today regarded as one of the most important Australian painters of the interwar period, however she was very nearly forgotten entir...
Fanfare: The Fan Design in Australian Art
Category: Art
In the late 19th to early 20th centuries, Australian art underwent a significant transformation...
Sitting with Discomfort
Category: Modern Design
In 1944, Bruno Munari published an essay in Domus that would become an enduring critique; ‘Seeking Comfort in an Uncomfortable Chair’...
The Rise, Fall, and Reinvention of Accessible Luxury, Beyond the Boutique
Category: Luxury
About five years ago, post-pandemic, I wrote an article for Leonard Magazine on the changing face of luxury stores...
Jardin of Envy
Category: Jewels
One of the most famous engagement rings in history began as a single large rough Colombian emerald, before being cut into two stones...
Graphic Confidence: Alun Leach-Jones in Print
Category: Prints & Multiples
Alun Leach-Jones’ prints are easy to respond to. Bold, graphic, and confident, they hold attention without pushing too hard...
The Remarkable Reverso, A Watch You’ll Flip Over
Category: Timepieces
It may surprise you, as it did me, to learn that the 1930s Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso may not have been the first reversible watch, but such is its icon...
Jewels of a First Lady, the Style Legacy of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Category: Jewels
Few women have shaped the visual language of American elegance quite like Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis...
From the Workshop: The Art of Netsuke Carving with Leigh Sloggett
Category: Art Expert Series
For more than three decades, Leigh Sloggett has been carefully shaping intricate animals in miniature, carrying forward the centuries-old Japanese tra...