Art Almanac

19 min. di lettura

Art Gallery Road, Sydney 2000. T (02) 9225-1744, 1800-679-278. W www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au Admission charges apply to some exhibitions. H Daily 10.00 to 5.00. Art After Hours: Wed to 10pm. To April 26 ARTEXPRESS 2020 – this dynamic and popular exhibi

History of War

1 min. di lettura

The National Maritime Museum in Amsterdam has purchased two rare, royally commissioned tapestries designed by Willem van de Velde the Elder (1611-93) in England. The artworks are part of a series of six that depict various scenes from the Battle of S

Living Etc

1 min. di lettura

WHAT… Big Mamma Group’s latest London hotspot, Circolo Popolare. WHERE… Fitzrovia’s new shopping and eating destination Rathbone Square. WHY… After the opening of Italian eatery Gloria earlier this year proved a riotous success, the foodie crowd who

Aperture

5 min. di lettura

In 1993, the artist Glenn Ligon walked into Gay Treasures, a now defunct bookstore in Greenwich Village, New York, and purchased a box titled “Black Men,” a collection of pornographic images of men of color. The following year, in what would become A

Artist's Palette

2 min. di lettura

Geoff Smith, also known as ‘Speed’ and painting under the name of Speedline Art, spent his early years on his parents’ 4,000 acre farm – 70 miles inland from the town of Esperance on the Western Australia coast. His home town was a one-pub-post-offic

New American Paintings

1 min. di lettura

Hasani Sahlehe explores the consequences of colonialism through painterly reflections on the hybrid culture of his native St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. His virtuosic, quasi-abstract paintings synthesize Caribbean and American culture, callin

ArtAsiaPacific

1 min. di lettura

Curated by Nicolas Bourriaud, the 16th Istanbul Biennial was titled “The Seventh Continent,” after the Pacific garbage patch, and featured 56 artists and groups working with what Bourriaud called “molecular anthropology”—focusing on the “study of the

(inside) interior design review

2 min. di lettura

Comprising the World Design Summit (WDS), Congress and Expo, the event is huge to the tune of 30,000 industry professionals. The Congress alone will have 500 expert speakers, 25 luminary keynote speakers and an audience of 3500. The WDS, convened eve

Architectural Digest India

1 min. di lettura

Forty-five years ago, when I first crossed the threshold of the house that would become mine, I had an intuition: She was two-dimensional, at the same time static and dynamic, solid and abstract. I wandered among the empty, and so to speak, inert roo

South African Home Owner

2 min. di lettura

The general trend for home owners is to create homes and spaces that offer easy living but remain fashionable and on-trend. “According to Italian design architect Armando Ferriani, the research and development in new materials, textures, finishes, lo

HOME MAGAZINE LEBANON

2 min. di lettura

“Nature brings you back to what you really are,” said Nada Zeineh, architect by training, jewelry designer in practice. Her interest in nature is evident in her bright showroom on the fifth floor of the Kassir Building in Sursock, Beirut. Its white w

ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME

1 min. di lettura

Residents of Barcelona’s El Born neighborhood have a saying: Roda el món i torna al Born, which means “Travel the world and come back to El Born.” It’s a phrase that explains the enduring appeal of this bohemian section of the city with a decidedly a

New Idea

1 min. di lettura

Autumn is here and the change of season is the perfect time to start thinking about how to add an extra layer of cosiness to your home. A new colour palette, homewares and soft-furnishings are the easiest way to make an impact. We love Kodu’s Atlanti

Architectural Digest India

2 min. di lettura

From Kolkata to Vadodara and California to Maine, artist Praneet Soi has sojourned across cities, countries and cultures. He has witnessed blurring borders and diminishing demarcations, and undergone continual transformations in outlook. For Soi, “to

Florida Design

1 min. di lettura

OUR SIZZLING SUMMER ISSUE of Florida Design offers readers a look at exciting interiors that welcome the outside in allowing residents to take full advantage of fresh and fabulous open-air spaces year round. Such is the case with a couple’s coastal 1

Australian House & Garden

1 min. di lettura

After years of showing in amazing yet challenging venues such as decayed crypts and medieval churches, Sydney-based designer and curator Emma Elizabeth has learnt a few things about Milan Design Week. For her latest Local Design installation, she com

Artist Profile

2 min. di lettura

Courtesy the artist. Story page 114. ANNIVERSARIES ARE STRANGE things. Many of you must have been faced with the dilemma of how to mark a significant event. Even discussing possibilities is fraught with discomfort – how does one respond properly to t

New American Paintings

1 min. di lettura

West Memphis, AR melissakwilkinson@gmail.com / www.melissawilkinson.net / @mwilky The title of this series of paintings, Flash Cocotte, roughly translates as “Fast tart.” Advertised on social media sites, flash cocottes are pop-up parties for queer a

Simply You

1 min. di lettura

I had been feeling like a bit of a design impostor having never visited Milan during Salone del Mobile – the annual world showcase of interior design. But this year I finally got to go, and it was magnifico! I was fortunate to have Scott Fisk and Ang

epicure

1 min. di lettura

Staycations are an increasingly popular way to relax, especially with the large amount of boutique retreats in Singapore. The recently refurbished Wanderlust, a 29-room flexible living concept that melds old-world charm with modern-day comforts is on

Amateur Photographer

3 min. di lettura

The past is apparently a foreign country. This has been almost entirely true in my case: born and brought up in the East End of London before it was embarrassingly fashionable, I've spent almost my entire career working in the developing world. It wa

Artist Profile

4 min. di lettura

REVIEW JOHN MCDONALD You’ve heard the phrase ‘own worst enemy’? In this new documentary film, you’ll meet the great Australian artist who many say is just that. ‘HE’S DUE FOR A LATE FLOWERING,’ says artist McLean Edwards. ‘I just wish he hadn’t burnt

ArtAsiaPacific

3 min. di lettura

How does an artist’s life shape or determine their artwork? It’s often impossible to know unless the artist appears in their work, or they tell us in words. In the Feature articles in the November/December issue of ArtAsiaPacific, we look at two arti

Architectural Digest India

3 min. di lettura

Chances are slim that most would be familiar with the intricacies and history of chokstes, the handcrafted wooden tables common to households in Ladakh. Or that of longpi ham—the black-stone pottery from a little hamlet in Manipur, which, at one poin

HOME Magazine NZ

2 min. di lettura

There’s a lovely circularity to the shows at Auckland Art Gallery right now. On one hand, you have New Vision, the Gordon Walters retrospective taking in his life’s work, from early woodcuts to his most famous tukutuku-inspired work to sophisticated

New American Paintings

1 min. di lettura

New Haven, CT mshultisart@gmail.com / www.michaelshultis.com I make art that reflects our current time and American culture. I both hold up a mirror to society and reflect my role within it. My work illustrates aspects of toxic whiteness and masculin

Artists & Illustrators

1 min. di lettura

A change can be as good as a holiday, so switching up your studio is a great way to reinvigorate your practice. That’s why this month we’ve teamed up with art materials retailer GreatArt to give you the chance to win a Mabef M/30 painting workstation

Hong Kong Tatler

2 min. di lettura

How did you approach this building? The interior spaces were designed with a Miesian rigour to more strongly emphasise the billowing, energetic and sculptural quality of Gehry’s exterior. The interior stone flows in from the exterior. The dynamism o

Ceramics: Art and Perception

5 min. di lettura

Tristate of Mind was the inaugural exhibition for In Our Backyard, a year of themed and integrated programming at the Clay Art Center (CAC) in Port Chester, New York. Up between January 30 and March 19, 2016, Tristate showcased seventeen emerging art

Country Life

3 min. di lettura

A POSSIBLE drawback to writing about dealers’ virtual exhibitions is that, sometimes, they may be replaced between my writing and publication dates. However, unless something has actually been sold, it will usually be findable on the website, even if