5 Minutes with Olivia Fuller

Minutes with…

OLIVIA FULLER

This issue, we spend 5 minutes with Olivia Fuller, Leonard Joel’s Head of Art.

Image courtesy the Artist and Michael Reid Sydney + Berlin

FAVOURITE MAKER / ARTIST

I’d seen some of Agnes Martin’s paintings in books and online before, but it wasn’t until I saw them in person at her retrospective at the Guggenheim in New York that I truly fell in love! Their gentle shifts in colour, fine lines, and geometric genius are so unexpectedly beautiful. Although she is often considered a Minimalist, her works remain so full of feeling.

FAVOURITE WORK OF ART / OBJECT

Always changing, but for a while now I’ve been fixated on the photography of Petrina Hicks. “Peaches and Velvet” 2018 would be a favourite and one I would love to own one day. I find her photography completely captivating and mysterious – her creations are so luxurious in appearance but also so affordable! The perfect combination.

FAVOURITE COFFEE / WINE / COCKTAIL

Amaro Nonino is a firm favourite. A friend ordered me this liqueur many years ago and I’ve been buying it from my local Italian grocer ever since. It’s a bitter orange flavour with spices, perfect over ice with fresh orange. FAVOURITE BOOK

This can change regularly, but I just finished reading an incredible book about Australian Women artists called “Odd Roads to be Walking”. Written by Paul Finucane and Catherine Stuart it profiles 156 Australian Women Artists, many whom I had heard of but so many I hadn’t! Some amazing stories of their careers, personal lives, and achievements.

YOUR IDEAL DAY IN MELBOURNE

Even though I work with art 5 days a week, I love taking a drive out to the Tarrawarra Museum of Art on the weekend and of course a visit or two to the nearby wineries never hurts. Domaine Chandon is a beautiful space and their cellar door tasting is definitely worth a stop.