Harr y R obe r t s Art editor
WHAT WILL YOU BE SIPPING OVER THE HOLIDAYS? Chardonnay, rosé, Aperol Spritz or a gin and tonic. HAVES? A big straw hat, Acne sunglasses and clothing from Lemaire, Raf Simons and AMI. ULTIMATE HOLIDAY DESTINATIONS? Berlin, Brazil, Buenos Aires, Marrakech, New York, Sri Lanka, Tangiers, Tokyo, Valparaiso, Zanzibar or the NSW North Coast. ON YOUR
Insecure’s soundtrack and NPR’S list of 150 greatest albums made by women. Also, podcasts ‘You Must Remember This’ and ‘Still Processing’. YOUR HOLIDAY
The Vietnam War, The Center Will Not Hold and The Deuce. At the movies, The Florida Project, Happy End, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Phantom Thread and The Square. Kinokuniya, The Criterion Collection and, for vouchers, Belvoir Theatre, Golden Age Cinema and St George Openair Cinema. SUMMER READING LIST? Alice Neel, Uptown by Hilton Als, The Idiot by Elif Batuman, The Epicure’s Lament by Kate Christensen, We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-nehisi Coates, Blind Spot by Teju Cole, South and West by Joan Didion, After Kathy Acker: A Biography by Chris Kraus, The Plains by Gerald Murnane and The Collected Essays of Elizabeth Hardwick selected by Darryl Pinckney. FESTIVE TABLE? Japanese maple or frangipani branches. To wake up really early, to travel and read more.
WISHLIST 1 Gubi desk from Cult. 2 The Idiot book by Elif Batuman. 3 Untitled (Pink and Yellow) artwork by Polly Borland from Sullivan+strumpf. 4 Flos lamp from Euroluce. 5 Grab what you can while it’s still yours (Dreaming of you) artwork by Tom Polo from Station. 6 Blind Spot book by Teju Cole. We Were Eight Years in Power book by Ta-nehisi Coates. 8 ‘Tank’ watch from Cartier. 9 Incense from astierde villatte.com. 10 Alias ‘Seconda’ chair. 11 Agnes Scott arrived at midnight artwork by Justin Hinder from This Is No Fantasy. 12 Chardonnay from Tolpuddle. 13 Sunglasses from Acne Studios. 14 I got banned from the secret cooking society/spilling the beans artwork by Oscar Perry from The Commercial Gallery.
Comme des Garçons ‘Wonderoud’ EDP from Mecca. 16 Head with many piercings #2 artwork by Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran from Sullivan + Strumpf. 17 Balenciaga sneaker from Matchesfashion. com. Alice Neel, Uptown book by Hilton Als. 19 Tivoli Audio radio with Bluetooth from Top3 by Design. Brussels 1982 I and Brussels 1982 II artworks by Nicola Smith from Sarah Cottier Gallery.
Avenue, my local bookstore in Melbourne is my go-to for gifts (and I like receiving them from there too). It’s also impossible to go wrong at Mecca. LIST? Harmless Like You Buchanan, David Bowie: A Life [9], Behold the Dreamers WHICH FLOWERS/FOLIAGE WILL FEATURE ON
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