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At the MCA: Living Art, Country and Culture
Artwork by David Noonan Mnemosyne. At the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney right now, contemporary art meets Country in powerful and exciting ways. First up is Primavera 2025: Young Australian Artists, a showcase celebrating emerging voices across Australia. It’s full of fresh perspectives work by creative newcomers exploring identity, place, and innovation through paint,…
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The Healing Lines of Otis Hope Carey
If you want to experience the strength, beauty and depth of contemporary Australian culture, Otis Hope Carey is an artist you need to know. A proud Gumbaynggirr and Bundjalung man, Carey’s work blends the power of First Nations storytelling with bold, modern expression. His large-scale paintings—featuring fluid, wave-like forms—speak to ancestry, healing, connection to Country,…
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Assisi: A Hilltop Haven of Art, History, and Spirituality
Photo Credit: Gina Kalliris One city I will never forget for its art history and continuity of urban culture. Nestled in the heart of Tuscany, Assisi is one of the most enchanting and culturally rich villages I’ve ever visited. With its honey-coloured stone buildings, winding cobbled streets, and views stretching over valleys and vineyards, it…
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Jordan Gogos x Akira Isogawa: A Fashion Show Full of Colour, Energy and Imagination
The Jordan Gogos and Akira Isogawa show at Australian Fashion Week 2023 was one of the most exciting and creative shows I’ve seen. It wasn’t just fashion — it felt like art, movement, and culture all coming together on the runway. Held at Carriageworks in Sydney, the show was packed with colour, texture and unexpected…
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A Journey into the Lost City of Pompei, National Museum of Australia
This unforgettable exhibition transported us straight into the heart of ancient Pompeii — a city frozen in time by one of history’s most devastating natural disasters. Held at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra (13 December 2024 – 4 May 2025), the Pompeii exhibition was a rich, multisensory experience that reimagined daily life in…
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The Magic of Meteora Monasteries in Greece
My recent journey to the Meteora Monasteries in Greece was something truly unforgettable. Rising from the earth like giant stone sentinels, these monasteries are perched on dramatic cliff tops — like monumental museums in the sky. Each one houses centuries of history, art, and spiritual devotion, suspended between the heavens and the earth. We spent…
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Sistene Chapel – Rome, Italy
A while ago, I was fortunate enough to put my life on hold in Sydney, pack my bags and move to Rome for a year. This basically meant I had the most amazing cathedrals, galleries and museums at my fingertips, on tap, 24/7. And no matter how many times I visited the Sistine Chapel, it…
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Acropolis Museum – Athens, Greece
I challenge anyone to claim a more extraordinary archaeological museum in the world than the Acropolis Museum. I tell everyone, it’s the best Museum in the world, if I had to name just one. It’s not just the artefacts and the experience. It’s the grandeur of the building and overlooking the Parthenon temple no less.…
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Palace of Versailles Museum – France
A Date with Decadence: Gilded Hallways & Royal Fantasies There are museums you visit. And then there’s Versailles — which you survive. Or surrender to. Art and Power Collide. Versailles isn’t about subtlety. It’s about statement. The Hall of Mirrors is the heart of it all — chandeliers, reflections, sunlight pouring in from every angle.…
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Byzantine and Christian Museum – Athens, Greece
Echoes of Byzantium – A Personal Journey through the Byzantine and Christian Museum, Athens Every time I visit the Byzantine and Christian Museum in Athens, it feels like stepping into a living chronicle of sacred history. Hidden just behind the busy streets of Kolonaki, this museum is housed in the neoclassical Villa Ilissia, once the…
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