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afr.com > life-and-luxury > arts-and-culture > australia-is-the-rising-star-of-the-paris-art-scene-20260819-p60plh

Australia is the rising star of the Paris art scene

18+ hour, 29+ min ago   (114+ words) AFR After a visit Down Under two years ago, the director of Art Paris is on a mission to showcase Australia’s pioneering practices in Europe. There’s never been a better time for it. Visitors attend Art Capital 2026 at the Grand…...


afr.com > life-and-luxury > arts-and-culture > lisa-henson-on-why-her-dad-s-puppets-are-ai-proof-20260911-p60wj7

What to know about the new Jim Henson exhibition at Brisbane’s QAGOMA

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (105+ words) Lisa Henson on why her dad’s puppets are AI-proof AFR Jim Henson “embraced technology” but would have had little time for artificial intelligence, his daughter says ahead of a major exhibition of the late puppeteer’s legacy in Brisbane. From Kermit…...


afr.com > life-and-luxury > arts-and-culture > melbourne-miss-havisham-emerges-at-women-s-art-sale-20260908-p60vir

Melbourne Miss Havisham emerges at women’s art sale

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (76+ words) A painting by a mostly forgotten artist who stopped selling because it wasn’t the done thing is among the highlights in the 10th annual Women Artists auction. Leonard Joel’s 10th annual Women Artists auction takes place on Monday night in Melbourne, with…...


afr.com > life-and-luxury > design > step-inside-the-homes-of-one-of-paris-hottest-designers-20260810-p60myc

Step inside the homes of one of Paris’ hottest designers

1+ week, 18+ hour ago   (67+ words) AFR Pierre Yovanovitch upends conceived notions of good taste in rooms that feel intimate no matter their size. The main dining room of the Hélène Darroze restaurant at The Connaught hotel, London. Jérôme Galland Flipping through Eighteen Interiors, the new…...


afr.com > property > residential > how-covid-19-and-extreme-bushfire-threat-forged-an-architectural-gem-20260902-p60tw1

How COVID-19 and extreme bushfire threat forged an architectural gem

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (83+ words) AFR When most people visit a rocky escarpment on the edge of a cliff surrounded by wilderness within Australia’s most extreme bushfire rated zone, their first though is unlikely to be: “this is the spot to build the family home....


afr.com > life-and-luxury > arts-and-culture > painting-with-origins-in-afghanistan-and-iran-wins-artbank-prize-20260903-p60u4y

Painting with origins in Afghanistan and Iran wins Artbank Prize

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (70+ words) AFR Born into the persecuted Hazara minority in Afghanistan and taken to Iran as a little boy when his family escaped war, Melbourne artist and poet Elyas Alavi won the inaugural Artbank Prize in Sydney on Thursday. Alavi’s winning painting…...


afr.com > life-and-luxury > design > step-inside-melbourne-s-most-desirable-mid-century-homes-20260826-p60rmd

Step inside Melbourne’s most desirable mid-century homes

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (134+ words) AFR An interior space from the Pettigrew-Boyd House in Melbourne, a 1943 home originally designed by architect Robin Boyd and renovated by Flack Studio. Jack Lovel When architect Rachel Hurst and her accountant husband Richard Wharldall decided to move from Adelaide…...


afr.com > life-and-luxury > arts-and-culture > women-artists-outperform-as-winter-auctions-become-tale-of-two-cities-20260902-p60tl9

Women artists outperform as winter auctions become tale of two cities

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (113+ words) Australian art auctions: Women artists outperform as winter auctions become tale of two cities AFR Women artists rode to the rescue of the mid-year auction market, delivering strong results in Melbourne after an underwhelming two nights in Sydney, causing one…...


afr.com > life-and-luxury > design > how-this-australian-designer-built-a-global-business-from-a-leaky-garage-20260804-p60lfl

How this Australian designer built a global business from a leaky garage

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (146+ words) afr.com Rachel Donath started selling secondhand furniture on Instagram and now has her own multimillion-dollar brand selling to some of the world’s top names in interiors. In the leafy suburb of Prahran, in the inner east of Melbourne, Rachel…...