
Australian Antique & Art Dealers Association Fair, Melbourne
The Australian Antique & Art Dealers Association (AA&ADA) annual Fair will be held in the Royal Exhibition Building at Melbourne between 24th & 28th April 2013
The Australian Antique & Art Dealers Association (AA&ADA) annual Fair will be held in the Royal Exhibition Building at Melbourne between 24th & 28th April 2013
Art Deco was about integrating contemporary living with art, and turning life into art, against those consciously working for the undoing of art and its purpose was enjoyment.
Whether as a collector of decorative arts or as a dog breeder and judge David Roche was all about being the very best that he could be on ever level of his life
Plain or Fancy a show on view until August 2013 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art invites visitors to consider their preferences associated with these two words
Bring your antique and art treasures to be appraised by a savvy team of dealers in The Famous Spiegeltent, recently erected in the forecourt of The Arts Centre Melbourne. Antique Treasure Trove days will be held Saturday February 16 and March 16, 2013, commencing with the first session at 9:30…
Bring your antique and art treasures to be appraised by a savvy team of dealers in The Famous Spiegeltent, The Arts Centre Melbourne on Sat Feb 16 & Mar 16 2013
A team of AA&ADA dealers will be on hand to assess your treasures at Antique Treasure Trove days held at the Arts Centre Melbourne on Feb 16 & March 16, 2013
Leslie Walford AM (1927-2012) was always a man in Vogue. Throughout my lifetime he was one of the most influential figures in the world of interior design in Australia. His appreciation for aesthetics and love for design was supported by a prodigious knowledge gleaned studying economics, philosophy and politics before…
Allpress Antiques is a stylish starting and stopping point for all those seeking quality chic French and English country style furniture and beautiful objects
On the weekend of the 15th and 16th September at Melbourne an auction of 1836 items by Leonard Joel will see dealer Graham Geddes collection come to an end sale
On May 20 at Sydney Mossgreen Auctions offered for sale a collection of art antiques and decorative items from Thomas Hamel Interiors and Martyn Cook Antiques
Napoleon – destiny power and passion – the legend comes alive in the Melbourne Winter Masterpieces Exhibition 2012 at the NGV (National Gallery Victoria). The show Napoleon: Revolution to Empire is sure to engage all observers, who will more than likely be completely overwhelmed at the magnificence and quality of the over 500 art works and objet d’art featured.
One of the most enduring programs on television for 30+ years is about antiques and art. For BBC London the Antiques Roadshow is a jewel in its media crown
Collecting antiques is a social phenomenon, often misrepresented as being the hobby of only a select few. From my experience working in the trade, perusing galleries, working at and attending fairs and auctions over a long period of time (some 30 years) collecting antiques is a pleasure indulged in by a vast number of people from very different backgrounds and all walks of life.
There are some in our society who are blessed with great creative gifts. Imagination is surely one, however it is one thing to have the ability to form images and ideas in the mind, especially of things never seen or never experienced directly, but quite another to connect those to the totality of real things in the world in order to convey knowledge or influence our perception of them.
Our art of living well has evolved since antiquity in Europe to a residence in Australia today through a diverse and special mix of peoples and their cultures