Collecting Art Deco - From fine art to ephemera Guest speaker and ADMSA member, Dr Peter Sheridan AM is an internationally recognised and respected historian, collector and speaker on Art Deco design. Over 25 years Peter and his wife Jan have built a world-class collection of Art Deco pieces from all over the world which highlight the beauty, flamboyance and ...
Collector, photographer and author, Peter Sheridan explores the input of industrial designers to the Art Deco style, highlighting the work of Walter Dorwin Teague and Isamu Noguchi in the 1930s. This is a brand new lecture with fascinating insights into the story of Art Deco and images of pieces rarely seen. 8.00 pm on Thursday, 2 May 2024 at ...
The small inner-city suburb of Travancore was established by the subdivisions of a large pastoral estate in 1918 and the early 1920s. The area is bounded by Mount Alexander Road, Flemington Street, Baroda Street and the Moonee Ponds Creek and looked up to Royal Park (before the Tullamarine freeway). Travancore is described as a remarkably intact area of distinctive interwar ...
Dr Greer Honeywill is the author of Lost in Palm Springs and curator of the national touring exhibition Lost in Palm Springs,currently at the Art Gallery of Ballarat until 1 September 2024. Mid-century modern architecture sits at the centre of this exploration of the many intersections to be found between art, architecture and design from Palm Springs to Australia. Come ...
Join us for a tour of Modernist Melbourne in the east of the CBD, where we’ll see many buildings that show the significant changes made to the built environment of central Melbourne in the post WW2 period. Starting with the 1958 ICI building in Nicholson street we will see examples of Modernist office buildings, Brutalist fire stations, cinemas and car ...
Recently off the press, Modern Heritage surveys 20 homes that embody the interwar period’s vibrant architectural eclecticism. Weaving cultural context with new insights, this carefully curated volume and talk will highlight the privilege that comes with owning a heritage house and the value of research in understanding the architecture’s stories and setting. The talk will cover how architects and homeowners share ...
Join us for our final guided walk of 2024 exploring the leafy streets of South Yarra. This pleasant stroll will take in the many Moderne and Art Deco apartments and buildings between the Royal Botanic Gardens and Fawkner Park. The tour will begin at the Royce Hotel in St Kilda Road, before heading off down Bromby Street and exploring the surrounding streets. Discover buildings rich in ...
Surrounded by water, mountains and evergreen forests, Seattle’s nature and architecture pack a punch. Following the recent US 20th Century Design tour of Seattle, join us for a guided tour of the 2 largest cities in the American Northwest. Washington State’s largest city, Seattle, has a rich history of pioneering spirit that crafted an Art Deco smorgasbord through to the ...
The small inner-city suburb of Travancore was established by the subdivisions of a large pastoral estate in 1918 and the early 1920s. The area is bounded by Mount Alexander Road, Flemington Street, Baroda Street and the Moonee Ponds Creek and looked up to Royal Park (before the Tullamarine freeway). Travancore is described as a remarkably intact area of distinctive interwar ...
Join us for a journey to Paris in 1925 to experience the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts held from April to October. It sent ripples around the world, perhaps even shockwaves. Ultimately it even gave its name to the Art Deco style that we love. But what exactly did the English and Australians make of all the ...
