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Australians open up their homes to share their favourite piece of art

6 October 2023

  • Wall Stories. Portrait of Daniel Browning with some of his favourtie artworks a collection by artist Miho Watanabe. 5th September 2023 Photo by Natalie Grono. NSW. Australia

    A watch, a necktie and a pearl ring: the small paintings that ‘cancel all the other noise’

    In our series on the artworks in Australian homes, Daniel Browning shows us a triptych that reminds him of life’s endless flow

4 August 2023

  • A man in glasses and a collared shirt leaning on a counter. Next to him is a framed handbill advertising a gig from The Birthday Party in 1983.

    ‘There was a buzz’: the Birthday Party’s final show flyer becomes a treasured memento

    In our series of artworks in Australian homes, Michael Mance shows us his framed souvenir from a seminal moment in Australian music history

25 June 2023

  • ‘I just really love the scale and the graphic element’: Orpin with her treasured signs.

    ‘I love that they’re not by an artist’: the accidental pop art found in a dollar shop

    In our series on artworks in Australian homes, Melbourne artist Beci Orpin shows us the handcrafted sale signs she chanced upon at a local store

19 May 2023

  • A woman stands next to a large framed work containing three photographs of an elderly couple in Melbourne.

    ‘It’s like they’re time travellers’: the peculiar portrait of an artist’s parents, bought by a friend

    In our series on artworks in Australian homes, Anna Guthrie shows us a curious triptych that is absurd and mundane in equal measure

15 April 2023

  • Kylie Needham and her 17-year-old son Joe Quilty with a self-portrait that he painted when he was 12 years old.

    ‘He’s much more cheery than that’: a son’s self-portrait, painted in secret

    In our series on artworks in Australian homes, Kylie Needham shows us the surprisingly restrained self-portrait her son painted at age 12

17 March 2023

  • Clare Arthurs, a former BBC journalist, sits in front of an artwork she bought from Cambodian artisit Vann Nath

    ‘After chaos, there can be calm’: Khmer Rouge survivor’s painting is a reminder of peace

    In our series on artworks in Australian homes, Clare Arthurs shows us the painting she bought from renowned Cambodian artist Vann Nath that has become a beacon for her

10 March 2023

  • ‘It makes me feel like I live in a gallery.’: Ally Smith with her painting Dog on Swan Street – and her dog

    ‘I love romanticising our own city’: the Melbourne painting that’s become family lore

    In our series on artwork in Australian homes, Ally Smith shows us the painting she was given first on a postcard – then on canvas

4 March 2023

  • A man in a dark blue jacket and brown trousers reclining on a grey-blue couch; behind him is an abstract portrait incorporating skateboard parts and a photograph of a skateboarder.

    ‘Hopefully people don’t think I made a shrine to myself’: a portrait gifted to a fellow skateboarder

    In our series on artworks in Australian homes, Morgan Campbell shows a piece by a renowned street artist that’s steeped in skating nostalgia

18 February 2023

  • A woman dressed in a black blouse standing next to a black-and-white rendering.

    Wall stories: a Franciscan friar’s wedding portrait is a call to compassion

    In our series about artworks in Australian homes, theologian Cath McKinney shares a painting by a man whose art and life showed the grace of vulnerability

11 February 2023

  • Author Karina May, Balgowlah, Sydney, Australia. Wall stories feature, Lifestyle.

    ‘Maybe it all started with this artichoke’: the botanic prints that mark a new life chapter

    In our series on artworks in Australian homes, Karina May shows us the lino prints that furnish her apartment – after she purged an ex’s ‘Astro Boy’ aesthetic

4 February 2023

  • A woman sitting at a mid-century-era table, with a wool-weaving depicting three musicians hanging on the wall behind her.

    ‘I couldn’t stop thinking about it’: one woman’s hunt for Facebook Marketplace treasure

    In our series on artwork in Australian homes, Jorja Brown shows us the alpaca wool-weaving that sparked an internet-wide search – and a big career change

28 January 2023

  • Paul Verhoeven poses with the portrait his wife Tegan Higginbotham painted of him in lockdown.

    ‘After I die I can haunt it’: a portrait of a comedian with Archibald ambitions

    In our series on artworks in Australian homes, Paul Verhoeven shows us the portrait that will forever wed him to his Magnum PI moustache

14 January 2023

  • ‘Katherine was in primary school then – now she’s off travelling the world’: Deborah’s sketch is a time capsule of her daughter as a child

    ‘Home is where the snooze is’: a sleepy sketch drawn from a mother’s love

    In our series on artworks in Australian homes, Deborah Mills shows us her treasured sketch of daughter Katherine, a ‘prodigious napper’

7 January 2023

  • ‘She just made me smile’: Que Minh Luu’s affection for her cockatoo lady.

    ‘We should all try to be this sexy cockatoo’: a voluptuous sculpture’s ode to Australiana

    In our series on artworks in Australian homes, Que Minh Luu shows us the supremely kitschy sculpture that makes her feel ‘almost patriotic’

16 December 2022

  • Clarissa and Tim Harris and their child pose in front of their artwork by Mlak in their home

    ‘It’s like a living installation’: a young family’s Fear and Loathing portrait

    In our series on artworks in Australian homes, Clarissa and Tim Harris show us the gonzo painting they commissioned, which will grow with their family

9 December 2022

  • Anna Matilda poses in front of the piece she made in 2007 from culinary seed.

    ‘Everyone wants to smell it’: a seedy university art project finds order in chaos

    In our series on artworks in Australian homes, Anna Matilda shows us the project she made as a student years ago – and has recently unearthed

2 December 2022

  • Brad Gordon Smith shot in Melbourne for Lifestyle series The Wall

    ‘It was a huge relief that she liked it’: a first-time art buyer’s maiden painting

    In our series on artworks in Australian homes, Brad Gordon-Smith shows the calming painting he was once nervous about displaying

18 November 2022

  • Sweetie Zamora with select works from her Ken Done collection.

    ‘A friend of mine accosted him’: a Ken Done napkin doodle drawn for a superfan

    In our series on artworks in Australian homes, Sweetie Zamora shows her collection of Ken Done paintings and one very special serviette

11 November 2022

  • Kathleen Olive with the 'flower bombs' sculpture by her brother-in-law artist Keiran Gordon.

    ‘I wouldn’t sell for all the money in the world’: a head-turning work of floral nihilism

    In a new series sharing stories in the artwork in Australian homes, Kathleen Olive shows the prized 3D work by her brother-in-law artist

4 November 2022

  • Kate McGuinness and her shrine to Princess Diana

    ‘It gives off psycho vibes’: the sharehouse with a homebuilt shrine to Princess Diana

    In a new series sharing stories of artwork in Australian homes, Kate McGuinness shows the homage she made to the people’s princess and an eBay seller
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