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A Day Exploring Sydney’s Cultural Heartbeat

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Is There Such a Thing as ‘Chippendale Style’?

Category: Decorative Arts

The short answer to the question posed above is ‘no’....

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Appropriately Appropriated

Category: Art

Appropriation involves the intentional repurposing of existing and often iconic imagery to create new meaning....

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Skulls, Lobsters & Geometry: Three Artists who Altered the Course of Fashion

Category: Art

Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí’s commercially minded approach to art, lifelong interest in costume, and...

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Autumn at Leonard Joel

Category: Leonard Joel News

This Autumn edition of Leonard is a feast of storytelling and imagery that speaks to an extraordinary round of forthcoming auctions, spanning both the...

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Significant Diamonds

Category: Jewels

After Leonard Joel first set and then subsequently broke its three auction records for the four...

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Here Comes the Sun

Category: Jewels

When Beyoncé appeared alongside her husband, Jay-Z, in the Tiffany & Co. About Love campaign last year...

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Choose your Cartier

Category: Timepieces

It’s a hard ask having to choose a Cartier wristwatch; rarely is one luxury maison responsible for so many classic designs....

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Artist Spotlight: Zeng Fanzhi

Category: Art

Zeng Fanzhi’s portraits are globally celebrated for his use of expressionist representational techniques...

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An Important Jeffrey Smart Painting

Category: Art

Strong works of art are a solitary transport.  By an uncanny imaginative chemistry...

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A White Glove Auction: Important Works from the NAB Art Collection

Category: Art

It is a great privilege to present an art collection such as the one so thoughtfully curated by the National Australia Bank's Art Committee...

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