A career spent “photographing attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places”: there’s no one who made the sweet life of the 50s, 60s and 70s look quite so delicious as image-maker Slim Aarons.
The new guys in town have already made their mark on Paddington’s Oxford Street. Merivale’s latest additions, the restaurant Fred’s and its basement bar Charlie Parker’s, combine the kitchen experience of Miami-raised Chez Panisse alum Danielle Alvarez with the bar knowledge of Sam Egerton and Toby Marshall, to bring Sydney an experience akin to dining with your loved ones – intimate, unpretentious, with a menu derived from what’s freshest on any given day.
The moon is staying in the trees chaining down on you and me, it’s summertime. With this summer’s heat comes a slew of music icons – think Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and PJ Harvey, announced today as headline acts for the 2017 Sydney Festival.
Taking up residence in a heritage listed building in Richmond’s Swan Street, designed to be a natural extension of the owners’ home, The Ugly Duckling is a venue entirely for the locals.
Unstoppably curious and transfixed on the fringes of American post-war society, Diane Arbus’ American Portraits is an unsettling and captivating portrayal of those considered to be ‘outsiders’ in the land of the free.
Known for his fashion editorials and intimate portraiture, Pierre Toussaint has opened his personal photography archives to bring us his solo exhibition: The Algebra of Decision Making.
When gallerist Alison Jacques decided to celebrate what would have been the iconic American photographer Robert Mapplethorpe’s 70th birthday, she knew of only one other artist who could do his works justice. As the sole UK representative of artist’s estate, Jacques sought the eye of photographer Juergen Teller to curate a selection of Mapplethorpe’s iconic black and white prints and Polaroids from his prolific archives.
When Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren began designing womenswear in 1992, it was with the intention of crafting wearable art. Self-professed outsiders of the fashion world, the duo have consistently and meticulously blurred the lines between art and fashion. In collaboration with the National Gallery of Victoria, and to coincide with the label’s 25th anniversary, the pair will showcase a collection of creations spanning their colourful career for Viktor&Rolf: Fashion Artists.
What started as a gift idea for family and friends spurred a new approach to business for designer Anna Westcott. The creation of a range of quilts and textiles in muted, tonal colours for her new line Aneau became a form of meditation for Westcott – and a platform for seeking out likeminded creators.
The stress of locating the perfect place for your evening meal or cocktail can sometimes take the joy out of dining completely. Broadsheet have tackled the issue head-on by assembling a selection of Sydney’s premier venues and compiling the best of each for their own pop-up restaurant.
This weekend, writers, musicians, artists and various other luminaries will be sharing their stories at the annual New Yorker Festival. Here, we share our picks of the must-see events – from talks with Father John Misty to Tavi Gevinson and Nan Goldin.
Former tattoo artist and current London transplant Magnus Reid worked in kitchens from young age in his native Australia. Previously at the helm of C.R.E.A.M coffee in Shoreditch and Rooftop Café in London Bridge, Reid has recently opened Legs; a 24-seat restaurant and wine bar in East London’s Hackney.
“The Ballad of Sexual Dependency is the diary I let people read.” From behind the lens cult photographer Nan Goldin bared all, chronicling intimate moments of love and loss and the struggle for understanding among close friends and lovers.
Summer may be over in the USA but festival season in California is alive and well. From old school legends like the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, and Patti Smith to the new wave sounds of so-now bands including Connan Mockasin, Pond, Foxygen and more, when it comes to the next month in music, California is the only place to be.
Existing in a sensory new world, Korean born, New York-based artist and musician Jung Hee Choi takes us to higher ground with her series of environmental compositions in Ahata Anahata, Manifest Unmanifest X.
Big jeans, bomber jackets, mussed-up hair and messed-up Manchester attitudes. The 80s psych-rock band who could care less; the original Oasis, who rode the success of only two albums to iconic heights and stuck their flag there, are back. The Stone Roses will return to Australia for the first time since their reunion tour five years ago with, unbelievably, new material. The gold road’s sure a long road, they sang – and they meant it.
“I danced frightening things.” Dubbed ‘God of dance’ by captive international audiences, as a performer he was worshipped for his sensual and explosive movement. This year the story of the legendary Russian dancer and choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky and his tragic rise and fall from the spotlight has been brought to life by The Australian Ballet company.
Though the eastern suburbs institution The Dolphin Hotel might look the same from street-view, restaurateur Maurice Terzini has worked to give a fresh start to the Crown Street venue. Welcome to your new local.
Euro disco and food from the motherland collide once more for the Maurice Terzini and Giovanni Paradiso collaborative, Italo Dining & Disco Club.
It’s been 15 years since the Lisbon sisters – impossibly beautiful as they were impossible to reach from the outside world – first graced our screens, and nothing was the same. Presented by The Ladies Network, Golden Age Cinema is screening Sofia Coppola’s The Virgin Suicides this Thursday September 15.
