Culture Curve is Urban List’s monthly trend forecasting series that I co-write with Jess Best. In April, we dive into the wild world of NFTs and crypto art, as well as Clubhouse, the audio social network everyone is talking about, thrift flipping, mindful drinking, and more.
Read MoreStorage may be the greatest puzzle of modern living—and wardrobe storage may be the most mysterious apartment conundrum of all. According to Google Trends, queries like ‘wardrobe storage ideas’ and ‘shoe cupboard’ are on the rise in Australia each year. And, I for one, feel a part of this search data. For Yellowtrace.
Read MoreRomola Restaurant immediately reminds me of the jade powder room in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s 1939 version ofThe Wizard of Oz. Its futurist aesthetic and jaw-dropping marble is a little Metropolis too – do we sit and eat and drink here, or is this an elaborate film set for a movie about beautiful robots and magical people with a penchant for green? Words for Yellowtrace.
Read MoreJamaican born and a Harlem local, Ward is deeply absorbed in the potential of art and language—in meaning layered on thick via choice materials, discarded objects, symbols—and a considered exercise of semantics. Another of my favourite interviews, with artist Nari Ward for MUSEUM.
Read MorePerhaps somewhat symbolically, it’s Barton’s relentless, fiery imagination that has forever been the spark and the burning hot core of her work. On Del Kathryn Barton for VAULT Magazine.
Read MoreThe other wall of Quilty’s studio is lined with portraits – roaring faces, struck with the effervescence of emotion, and then occasionally long, twisted noses. One of my favourite studio visits, with Ben Quilty, for Broadsheet.
Read MoreBeppi's is the longest-standing restaurant in Sydney with the same family owners, still in the same location. Sharing one of my Grandpa's many Woolloomooloo stories, and the history of one of Sydney's classic restauarants for Broadsheet.
Read MoreDavid Haines’ earlier experimentation around the avant-garde end of art music eventually milked into other sensory research. “The thing about aroma and scent is that it’s quite difficult to figure out how to actually work with it.” On the dark magic of scent and sensory art with David Haines for MUSEUM.
Read MoreI first met Dion about four years ago, unloading a bale of steel sculptures off the back of his oversized, roaring 1984 F100 pick up. I was his gallerist, and we were installing Night Rider – a captivating series of work that just about sold out within the first hour of opening. Visiting the home of my friend Dion Horstmans for Habitus Magazine.
Read MoreBest recognised for his rain-soaked skate loop, Storm Sequence, Gladwell’s signature slow-motion sequences capture his skill and prowess as a skater, and place a steady, hypnotic veil over otherwise harsher moments, movements and elements. An exhibition walk-through with Shaun Gladwell, for Broadsheet.
Read MoreThis somewhat conceptual drop is showing up more and more often on Australian wine lists – even occasionally under its own section – as a curious but welcome alternative to standard varieties. Rationalising my love of 'skin contact' wine for Broadsheet.
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