What an honour it was to return to Melbourne to cover one of the most immersive of fashion experiences featuring true icons of the Australian fashion and art worlds. The exquisite evening began at the impressive Lightwell space at ACMI, with delicious canapés and gourmet platters crafted by award-winning chef, Karen Martini, of Hero at […]
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Prahran is a veritable boiling-pot inner Melbourne suburb with a splurge of cuisine, culture, retail and lifestyle experiences all within footsteps of one another. In the heart of all this gregarious action sits The Cullen, a part of the Art Series Hotels Group. A jumble of coloured balconies and metallic grey windows jutting out from […]
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Exquisite wedding inspiration website The Lane hosted a stunning celestial celebration of jewels, astrology and champagne with New York based jewellery designer Anna Sheffield at XO Studios in Melbourne. It was a sublime spring evening in an intimate and sun-drenched setting, where towers of clear quartz and amethyst geodes sat amongst mirrored boxes filled with […]
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The latest ACMI exhibition is a remarkable feat of extraordinary vision, resplendently intricate storytelling and creative collaboration. Two-time Archibald Prize winning artist, Del Kathryn Barton, began a journey to tell the reinterpreted story of Oscar Wilde’s 1888 fairytale, The Nightingale and the Rose via a series of artworks. These colourful and visceral works have now […]
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1. DO YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A SEPARATION BETWEEN YOUR ART OF CROCHET AND YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE? A loop after a loop. Hour after hour my madness becomes crochet. Life and art are inseparable. The movies I watch while crocheting influence my work, and my work dictates the films I select. I crochet everything that […]
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1. Is it an easy task to follow in the footsteps of such an artistic family [grandmother, Annette Nancarrow was a painter, sculpture and jewelry designer, whilst her husband was the well- known avant garde composer, Conlon Nancarrow], or is it simply in your blood, where creativity thrives and becomes your natural form of expression? […]
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1. HOW DID TAIANA DESIGN EVOLVE? Taiana Design was initially thought up when I was taught the ancient techniques of felting from my family in Germany. Years later, when asked by Francisco Costa to create fabric for him to make some custom pieces for the runway in a week, I brought out those skills […]
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Interview with the accomplished artist, who specialises in pastel, pencil and watercolour. Her beautiful, ethereal portraits are as stunning as they are magical. Lara Antonelli chatted to the Melbourne native to find out what inspires her to create her dynamic, mysterious, feminine and alluring characters. 1. WHERE DO YOU DRAW MOST INSPIRATION FOR YOUR ARTWORK […]
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Julia deVille is an artist I have had the pleasure of interviewing twice now. She is a remarkably talented woman, who sees the world through a slightly different lens; allowing her guests to occupy a space full of the wonder and magic of the macabre, as well as a surprising celebration of life. Her latest exhibition, […]
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