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  • Victoria: Walking Tour – Mount Eagle

    In an exclusive Melbourne residential enclave in Eaglemont, the walk takes us past Interwar properties, several of which could be described as ‘Art Deco’ or ‘Modernist’.

  • Victoria: Social Function – Post-screening Lempicka Documentary

    Sun Theatre 8 Ballarat Street, yarraville, Victoria, Australia

    Join us in the sumptuous Art Deco Le Salon at the Sun Theatre, Yarraville, to chat with fellow Art Deco lovers to discuss the film while enjoying a post-film snack and grab a drink at bar prices. Don't forget to dress up for the event to show off a favourite Art Deco outfit! - fun but definitely not compulsory.

    $15

  • Online Presentation: Hydrabad – Beyond the Minarets (and the Biryanis)

    When you think Art Deco in India, Mumbai leaps to mind. The visuals of Marine Drive and Oval Maidan dominate discussions. However, we invite you to journey deeper into the country, to its Deccan region where cultures have crisscrossed to create a unique Art Deco language. One such location is Hyderabad – a city often cited for its biryanis, and ...

    $15 – $20

  • Victoria: Walking Tour – North Balwyn

    3 Walbundry Avenue North Balwyn 3104 3 Walbundry Avenue, North Balwyn, VIC, Australia

    Join us as we take in properties in North Balwyn, learning about the history of the area and its development with architectural features pointed out. The tour includes an exclusive tour inside of one of the properties.

    $45 – $50

  • Victoria: Presentation – Art Deco Animalia with Peter Sheridan

    The Glasshouse Caulfield (in Caulfield Racecourse) 31 Station Street, Caulfield East, VIC, Australia

    Humans have always had a strong cultural bond with animals, which over millennia have featured in representations from cave paintings to fine art, the expression ranging from realistic to symbolic.

    Romanticism and realism dominated from 1850 until, at the end of the century, the advent of photography and the influence of impressionism, cubism and surrealism all contributed to the changing way animals were depicted. By the 1920s Art Nouveau's organic naturalism was replaced by Art Deco’s sleek, stylised geometric forms reflecting modernity, glamour, strength, luxury and sophistication. Influenced by technology, speed and consumerism, Art Deco was a total style movement spreading all round the world and impacting on all facets of public and individual life.

    $30 – $35