Dior: 70 Years of Haute Couture – Fashion Fairytale at NGV
House of Dior Seventy Years of Haute Couture on show at the National Gallery of Victoria is a fashion coup, a glamorous presentation of sublime taste and style
Silk
The Dancer (La Danseuse) – Soko, Illuminating as Loie Fuller
Soko is illuminating as Loie Fuller, The Dancer who lives an unforgiving life giving all of herself to her art form, innovating contemporary dance for modernity
Costume & Style – Fashion Reflects Culture and Growth Pt 2
The Cavalier, dashingly dressed, gained the confidence to make his mark upon the world. By the turn of the 18th century a change in social customs defined style
Top TV Drama in 2013 – Human Stories, as Complex as We Are
The Culture Concept Circle’s Writer in Residence Carolyn McDowall has chosen her Top 10 TV drama choices for 2013, offering stories as complex as we really are
A Silk Road Saga: Sarcophagus of Yu Hong – Art Gallery NSW
Unearthing Yu Hong’s sarchophagus in Shanxi province has kept archaeologists busy proving the cross-cultural influences of Silk Road trade on both east and west
Silk – Being a QC and ‘At the Bar’ is no Barrier to Success
Written by BAFTA award winning writer Peter Moffat – Silk, based on Series 1 and the first episode of Series 2 that started in the UK recently, is certainly not expected to lose its lustre in any way.
Einstein and Eddington – Making Academic Concepts Accessible
Arthur Eddington understood Albert Einstein’s ideas and worked hard to prove them correct. He said when waiting to view the solar eclipse in 1919 “if …we look up into the heavens and take photos of the eclipse we will be scientists at our work and we’ll be looking at the poetry of existence…