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Dante Meets Art Deco: A Designer on the Ideas Behind Sydney’s Italo-Aussie Hotel Morris

The brief? Bring drama (and the Divine Comedy) to Sydney’s Pitt Street. In partnership with Accor Hotels, we chat to Tom Mark Henry’s Carla Matias about the design, inspiration and ideas behind Hotel Morris.

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<p>Installation of Angelica Mesiti 'The Rites of When' 2024, collection of the artist, commissioned by the Art Gallery of New South Wales for the Nelson Packer Tank, 2024 © Angelica Mesiti, photo © Art Gallery of New South Wales, Jenni Carter</p>

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My City Is Yours: Cao Fei Builds Strange New Worlds From Familiar Foundations
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Art Wrap: 11 Exhibitions to See in Melbourne This Summer
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Finding Beauty in Cacophony: The Dazzling Works of Julie Mehretu
In her new major exhibition at MCA Australia, Julie Mehretu – one of the most influential painters working today – revels in abstraction.
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First Look: Yayoi Kusama at NGV is a Polka-Dotted Paradise With a Trippy New Infinity Room, Giant Pumpkins and More
The biggest exhibition of Yayoi Kusama’s work ever mounted in Australia is every bit as fanciful as you’d expect it to be – and shows exactly how the Japanese artist became a global icon: from her speckled Infinity Net paintings and her radical fashion, through to those world-renowned mirrored rooms and spotty playgrounds.
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Art Wrap: 10 Exhibitions To See in (and Around) Sydney This Summer
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Dante Meets Art Deco: A Designer on the Ideas Behind Sydney’s Italo-Aussie Hotel Morris

The brief? Bring drama (and the Divine Comedy) to Sydney’s Pitt Street. In partnership with Accor Hotels, we chat to Tom Mark Henry’s Carla Matias about the design, inspiration and ideas behind Hotel Morris.

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It’s Prime Time for Jake Clark

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See Magritte, Julie Mehretu and Cao Fei at MCA and AGNSW With Art Pass

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My City Is Yours: Cao Fei Builds Strange New Worlds From Familiar Foundations

Art Wrap: 11 Exhibitions to See in Melbourne This Summer

Maison Balzac Sale

Finding Beauty in Cacophony: The Dazzling Works of Julie Mehretu

First Look: Yayoi Kusama at NGV is a Polka-Dotted Paradise With a Trippy New Infinity Room, Giant Pumpkins and More

Art Wrap: 10 Exhibitions To See in (and Around) Sydney This Summer

Acclaimed Designer Studio Henry Wilson Opens Its First Retail Space in Paddington

Studio Visit: Glenn Barkley’s Striking Ceramics Are Filled With Fascinating Cultural References

ACMI’s Immersive New Exhibition Explores World-Building and Re-Imagination in Film and Beyond

Molto Bello: Take a Look at Timeless Italian Design From the 20th Century at Heide

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