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Category Archive: Art

Kickstarting the city: How to revive Melbourne’s CBD

People looking at street art in Hosier Lane, Melbourne.
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How can we bring life back to the heart of Australia’s most liveable city? This is the latest […]

October 21, 2020 Business, design, environment, Food, Gardens, Health, Issues, Lifestyle

How will covid change our homes?

A suburban home in inner Melbourne
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The latest in a series of articles I’m writing for RACV RoyalAuto is about how the pandemic may […]

October 12, 2020 Business, design, environment, Health, Lifestyle, Science, Uncategorized

Domain Review cover story: Elliot Perlman

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My interview with Melbourne lawyer-turned-author Elliot Perlman featured on the Domain Review cover this week. COVID-19 restrictions have delayed […]

August 14, 2020 books, Entertainment, Literature, People

di stasio’s guide to eating and drinking in venice

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“If Rome is a living museum, then Venice is a dream,” says Rinaldo “Ronnie” Di Stasio. The Thornbury-born son […]

May 29, 2019 Art, Food, Lifestyle, People, Travel writing

Insider’s design guide for Voyeur magazine

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The nice folks at Voyeur Pacific+ (Virgin Australia’s in-flight magazine) asked me to put together a brief, insiders’ […]

December 10, 2018 Art, design, Lifestyle, Travel writing

The evolution of street art in Melbourne

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In a back alley in Brunswick, a grown man is behaving like a kid. Dean Sunshine should be […]

February 6, 2018 Art, Issues, Travel writing

Deaf dancer graces new seven-storey mural in Windsor

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Strike a pose: artist Guido van Helten with his mural of deaf dancer, Anna Seymour. Photo: Wayne Taylor. By […]

January 28, 2017 Art, Issues, People

Let us spray: mural testament to St Kilda art

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Street artists Paul Round (left) and Frank Maiorana with their mural at Peanut Farm Reserve in St Kilda. Photo: […]

February 15, 2016 Art, Issues, News, People

Kitchen spy – Tai Snaith & Simon Knott

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Artist Tai Snaith and her architect partner Simon Knott from BKK were given the kitche spy treatment on […]

August 4, 2015 Art, Food, Lifestyle, People

Mind the lines and draw on art therapy in The Mindfulness Colouring Book

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July 11, 2015 Peter Barrett Meet Emma Farrarons, 32, the best-selling author who hasn’t written a word. (Well, almost.) […]

August 4, 2015 Art, Issues, Lifestyle, News, People

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