A Letter of Thanks
Category: The 22nd Report
Dear Supported Studios, In the midst of a global pandemic and with all the challenges your artists and studios faced, I cannot thank you enough...
Latest Stories
A Day Exploring Sydney’s Cultural Heartbeat
Latest Stories
In Conversation with with Hamish Munro
Category: In Conversation
This issue, we chat to Hamish Munro, a Melbourne based jeweller, artist, and designer...
The Hermannsburg School
Category: Adelaide
One of the many privileges of representing an auction house such as Leonard Joel is the diversity of people and objects that one encounters...
Delectable Jewels
Category: Brisbane
Cartier’s ‘Tutti Frutti’ pieces are the perfect blend of French design and Indian royalty...
A Contemporary Focus
Category: Prints & Multiples
In 2011, Leonard Joel held their first dedicated Prints and Multiples auction...
Interiors in Film: Absurdly Modern
Category: Modern Design
This second instalment of ‘Interiors in Film’ focuses on the French director Jacques Tati’s film ‘Mon Oncle’ (My Uncle)...
Piero Fornasetti: Perfection and the Imaginary
Category: Decorative Arts
Hailing from Italy’s design capital, Milan, Piero Fornasetti was a painter, draughtsman, printer, engraver, decorator, and designer...
Buying a Watch at Auction
Category: Timepieces
The secondary market for timepieces has gained rapid momentum in recent years...
Art to Transport us
Category: Art
Living in Melbourne, I have spent the majority of the last 18 months in lockdown in my apartment, reading about art, or at our Leonard Joel South Yarr...
The 1805 Pattern: A Naval Officer’s Sword
Category: Decorative Arts
With this small collection - an officer’s sword and associated ephemera from the first half of the 19th Century, it’s possible to imagine...