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✨ DIANNE TANZER + NICOLA STEIN ✨
108-110 Gertrude St FITZROY
MELBOURNE, AUS

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PROJECT HIGHLIGHT || ESPLANADE I

~Editorial styling, art + object curation.

One of the privileges of my work is spending time in wonderful homes, looking closely at the craftsmanship and finding the pieces that bring each space into focus.

At this seaside residence by Travis Walton Architects, our editorial styling and art + object curation responded to a beautifully restrained palette of stone, timber and soft coastal light. Works by Dale Frank, John Spiteri and Nabilah Nordin bring colour, gesture and sculptural expression to the highly crafted interiors.

A few considerations behind the styling, to save for your own spaces:

— Give art room to breathe. The space around a work is part of the composition.
— Consider the view between rooms. An artwork can draw you through a home, revealing itself gradually.
— Vary the scale of objects. A low bowl beside a taller vessel creates a quiet rhythm.
— Let materials connect the composition. Glass, ceramics and textiles can pick up subtle tones in the architecture without matching everything.

For me, the pleasure is in finding that balance: allowing the architecture, art and everyday objects to each have their own presence.

Editorial styling, art + object curation ~ @karinbochnik_id
Architecture ~ @traviswalton_architecture
Photography ~ @elisawatson_photography
Artists featured: @dalefrankstudio @nabnordin
@tom_fereday @petrina.hicks @neon_parc @thisisnofantasy

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Available to purchase @bluethumbart
#oilpainting #batwinart #oilart #artist #art #artgallery #artofinstagram #artoftheday #artwork #painting #originalart #surrealart #surrealart #byronbay #byronart #goldcoast #aussieartist #imaginaryart #fantasyart #colorful #trippyartist #trippyart #physicdelic #physicdelicart #bluethumb #bluethumbartist #bluethumbprize23 #bluethumbart #matildas #thematildas

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Incinerator Gallery invites people aged 16+ to join a free art workshop series led by artists Olivia Chin and Nina Nervegna. Participants will collaboratively create a large-scale ceramic artwork to be permanently displayed in the outdoor courtyard at Ascot Vale Library. Inspired by ancient clay tablets, fossils, Braille and systems of notation, you will explore different ways of recording your own marks, words, gestures and ideas in clay.

Saturday, 28 November at 12pm – 2pm (Incinerator)
Saturday, 6 February at 12pm - 2pm (Ascot Vale Library)
Sunday, 7 February at 12pm - 2pm (Incinerator)

Book now at the link in our bio – places are strictly limited.

@olivechin
@ninanervegna
@thisisnofantasy

#IncineratorGallery #workshop #WhatsOnMelbourne #publicart

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JAMES STREET CURATION ~ Up close and personal.

When sourcing art and objects, I’m interested in what each piece brings to a room and what happens when the pieces are seen together. Colour, surface, proportion and placement all shape that relationship.

In the living area, Dane Lovett’s Magic Pipe, 2023, introduces a concentrated field of blue. Its depth is particularly compelling against the warmth of the timber and the quieter tones of the furnishings.

Ara Dolatian’s Held, 2025, offers a different kind of presence. Its irregular form and glazed surface catch the light, bringing a sculptural counterpoint to the room’s clean architectural lines.

On the kitchen bench, pieces sourced through Pépite Gallery sit against the expressive stone. A collection by Hilary Green occupies the dining table, where the individual forms can be appreciated as a group.

The master suite takes a more intimate approach, with a sculpture by Emily Ellis and a custom cushion made in Raf Simons velvet. Here, the relationship between object and textile gives the room another dimension.

For me, curation is as much about placement as selection. A piece needs space to be understood, and a setting that allows its character to come through.

Art and object curation by KB-ID.

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This new painting is now hanging in the Calleen Art Award, NSW.

‘Leap Forward’ is inspired by a recent studio residency in Madrid, where the city’s efforts to reinstate greenspace made me consider how we do this here in Australia.

Also pulling together imagery from earlier research in Costa Rica, USA, and Italy, I’m exploring our ability to inhabit the world we build around us, on a global scale.

The rigid shapes of modernist cityscapes meld with natural landscape, referencing future-forward policies, wellness trends, and environmental awareness.

Slowly built up over layers of oil glazes, the painting is a meditation on the direction we are headed, both personally and as a society.

The Calleen Art Award exhibition runs till 18 Oct @cowraregionalartgallery.
Kevin Chin, Leap Forward, 2026, oil on linen, 137 x 198 cm.

#kevinchin #australianartist

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Snagged an exclusive for @financialreview on my last trip to Paris.

Next April @le_grand_palais, Art Paris is staging a significant showcase of Australian contemporary art, inviting 12 galleries to represent select artists there. This is thanks to the expertise of @palaisdetokyo curator, Daria de Beauvais (who is guest-curating it; pictured in 2nd pic on George Street in Sydney) and the enthusiastic backing of Art Paris director @guillaumepiens

Thankyou for the conversations that contributed to this story Daria, Guillaume, @lisa.boulet, @cassandra_bird, Nick Curtis (Chalk Horse) and - though his quotes weren’t featured this time - @sidpattni, who I visited on his residency with @citedesartsparis in a wonderful corner studio on the Seine. And 🙏 to @enaalvaa_ for the intros.

In addition to the Australia-based galleries will be European and London-based galleries who work with Australian artists, including @artist_naomi_hobson / @rebeccahossackartgallery @gregoryhodgestudio & Brook Andrew

But wait, there’s more. Archie Moore (@kithandkin_2024) will be rebooting his installation from @biennalesydney ‘A Home Away From Home (Bennelong/Vera’s Hut)’, presented by Marrickville gallery @thecommercial

Meanwhile, @fondationopale will present rare early boards from the Papunya (western desert) movement as well as select paintings by Emily Kame Kngwarreye 😍 fresh from the six-month retrospective @tate in a space designed by artist and architect @marcleschelier

Galleries thus far confirmed are @comagallery @sullivanstrumpf @thisisnofantasy @stationgalleryaustralia @cassandrabird.gallery & Chalk Horse

More to be announced!

🔗 in bio

@zimmermann @clara.adolphs

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INSIDE THE MAISON

An intimate retreat within the Maison.
Tactile textures and soft, architectural drapes frame a fitting experience designed entirely around ease and beauty.
We invite you to step inside and experience the collection and the Maison in person.

MASTANI MAISON | Now open

📍 Art Deco Building
Suite 4, 927 High Street
Armadale 3143

📆 Tue - Sat 10 am - 4:30 pm

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Saved this week starting with @clement.juillard & @tallonvintage

@jaipurrugs
@designbyroar
@avesh.gaur

@davidkitz

@regenstudio

@iris.botanical

@yescollectshop

@oigall_projects
@thisisnofantasy
@sydneycontemporary
@brud.studia

@verbovss

@138gallery

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my @sydneycontemporary highlights 🦋

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Things that caught my eye at Sydney Contemporary VIP Preview

1. Vita Cochran - day 01
2. Louis Grant - Saabia Gallery
3-4 Choi Youngwook - Gallery LNL
5. Emily Kame Kngwarreye - D’Lan Galleries
6. Jamie North - The Renshaws
7. Bridget Stehli - Nasha
8. Brett Weir - Jacob Hoerner Galleries
9. Jackson Farley (detail) - This is No Fantasy
10. Oliver Wagner - COMA
11. Ali Tahayori - This is No Fantasy
12. Donna Marcus - Gallery Sally Dan-Cuthbert
13. Angela Valmanesh - Gallery Sally Dan-Cutbert
14. George Tjungurrayi - Utopia
15. Jin Sha - Redbase
16 - 20. Stephen Benwell - Lon Gallery

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LAST CHANCE | Kate Beynon & Jackson Farley close Saturday!

Kate Beynon’s 'Talismanic: the Robe & Friends' and Jackson Farley’s self-titled exhibition are currently on view in our Artist in Residence Gallery. Together, the exhibitions offer two distinct and compelling approaches to pushing the boundaries of textile practice.

🗓 Last day: Saturday 29 August
🕐 Gallery open: Thursday - Saturday, 10am - 5pm
📍Australian Tapestry Workshop | 262 - 266 Park St, South Melbourne

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Photos by ATW @tudokb @suttongallerymelbourne @jackson__farley @thisisnofantasy

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