September 1, 2011 | Cool Travel | by Susanna Corcoran |
Together the words ‘vegan’ and ‘Berkeley’ typically conjure images of holier-than-thou hippies, leaning on the horns of their Range Rovers, reeking of patchouli. Gather Restaurant turns those stereotypes upside down. Its menu of locally sourced ingredients and a list of biodynamic California wines is so artfully prepared and beautifully presented that it raises the bar on the legendary home of California cuisine, Chez Panisse.
September 1, 2011 | New Art | by Susanna Corcoran |
Best known for casting the insides of condemned buildings, the English born artist, Rachel Whiteread, who was the first woman to win the Turner Prize in 1993, also has a knack for small scale works. Assembling seemingly random pieces of resin, wood, plaster, pigment and steel, Whiteread creates unexpectedly lovely shelf-sized sculptures that are so deceptively simple you might just think, ‘My kid could do that’. Read more
August 31, 2011 | New Art | by Susanna Corcoran |
Our brains are incredibly creative (not passive) organs that process everything we take in. Since I was a girl, I poured over fashion magazines, absorbing a certain kind of beauty. In my recent work, I consider what happens when I turn my camera back at magazine images. The result? Seductive, surreal, Picasso-like sculptural objects. Read more
August 13, 2011 | New Art | by Susanna Corcoran 
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Painter Zina Al-Shukri is addicted to people, to looking them in the eye, and then painting what she’s seen inside. The tall, charming Iraqi-born, Little Rock-bred artist seems to embody her paintings: large-scale, colorful, loose, vivid portraits in the spirit of Alice Neel. Her latest, of amorphous blob-creatures are equally compelling.
August 13, 2011 | New Products | by Susanna Corcoran |
When did the word ‘feminism’ become an obscenity? Granta’s Summer 2011 issue (115), aptly titled The F-Word, presents a complex and rich picture of contemporary feminism. Read more
August 13, 2011 | New Art | by Susanna Corcoran |
It’s a mystery how a nice Jewish girl from Miami ended up in Palestine but Toby Millman’s subtle, beautiful work, Martyrs, draws attention to the human condition where the news media has failed. Read more
August 13, 2011 | New Music | 
by Susanna Corcoran |
Legendary in the Japanese music scene of the 70s, the folk-rock band Happy End was virtually unknown (and probably still is) to the Western world until Sofia Coppola included their hit, Kaze wo atsumete, in Lost in Translation. The childlike simplicity of the tune is addicting, especially when played by two anonymous Japanese men with a recorder and a guitar.
Dr Gary Greenberg is doing an outstanding job of bringing into the eyes of the world the tiny details that most people never get to appreciate. We ran his awe-inspiring Sand series a while back. There are also these macro photos of Moon Sand taken from the historic Apollo 11 Mission, some 43 years ago, when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin first walked on the moon’s surface. Read more
It was the amazing illustrations, bold and bright, whimsically wrapping humble olive oil canisters that first caught my eye. As I began to dig deeper and learn more about this limited edition series, it was the concept that had me sold. Each of the 1,000 gift boxes created in this collection holds three beautiful containers of stunning olive oil: one from Portugal, another from Spain, and the last from Italy. Read more
The Hatton hotel epitomises Melbourne cool. Those who value design, location, and luxury will find The Hatton the perfect Melbourne base. Read more
As often as possible, the Hence72 blog will be publishing a thought-provoking illustration accompanied by a random quotation. Sounds like fun, huh? Come play. Read more
When you first hear William Elliot Whitmore’s voice, it’s hard to believe he isn’t a grizzled old man. The baritone-voiced one-man-band does rousing bar room ballads on the banjo and guitar that are sure to send shivers down your spine. On closer listen, Whitmore’s voice does seem slightly affected. But like Tom Waits before him, his voice is likely to age like a good scotch.
Listen to the William Wlliot Whitemore track, Dry.
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Made from 100 percent organic cotton and eco-friendly, this super soft tee celebrates a sinister world of kaleidoscopic colours and ripples of psychedelia, of serenading Queens, of dancing flamingos, of unimaginable euphoria. It’s all the work of Sydney label, Das Monk and it’s available through the Lost At E Minor online store for just US$40. Now, there’s one hell of a Christmas present, even if we do say so ourselves!
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Surreal and romantic black and white studies, visual diaries of people and places. This is the photography of Al Saulso, a Houston native who started as an artist in the graffiti scene and eventually transitioned into photography as a means of documenting life. Read more
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