Robert Wellington
@drrwel.bsky.social
A/Prof in Art History at Australian National University. Fashion collector, gardener, francophile.
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In this @washingtonpost.com piece, @drrwel.bsky.social (Robert Wellington, author of “Versailles Mirrored") offers his insights on the historical ties between architecture and power. Learn more: wapo.st/416DLxW
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August 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
In this @washingtonpost.com piece, @drrwel.bsky.social (Robert Wellington, author of “Versailles Mirrored") offers his insights on the historical ties between architecture and power. Learn more: wapo.st/416DLxW
#History #Politics #Arts
#History #Politics #Arts
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Bloomberg CityLab features excerpts of @drrwel.bsky.social’s “Versailles Mirrored,” describing gilded décor in the White House under the Trump administration.
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July 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Bloomberg CityLab features excerpts of @drrwel.bsky.social’s “Versailles Mirrored,” describing gilded décor in the White House under the Trump administration.
Learn more: bloom.bg/3GoFcAH
📚💙 #arts
Learn more: bloom.bg/3GoFcAH
📚💙 #arts
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August 15, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Absolutely pinching myself—Keziah Weir interviewed me for @vanityfair.com about my forthcoming book, Versailles Mirrrored. You can read the interview here:
www.vanityfair.com/style/story/...
www.vanityfair.com/style/story/...
Trump Thinks His Interiors Mirror Versailles. This Expert Says They’re Giving Robber Baron With a Dash of Dictator.
Trump’s Oval Office makeover and “let them eat cake” mentality are drawing comparisons to the court of Versailles, but art historian Robert Wellington sees a more complicated connection.
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May 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Absolutely pinching myself—Keziah Weir interviewed me for @vanityfair.com about my forthcoming book, Versailles Mirrrored. You can read the interview here:
www.vanityfair.com/style/story/...
www.vanityfair.com/style/story/...
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"The work of art is at once the most useless and yet the most essentially human thing we have ... Every artifact made by human hands speaks of our shared humanity" 🖼🏺🎨
An inspiring and insightful conversation with the incomparable Dr Robert Wellington, my PhD supervisor and now Head of Dept! 👇🏽
An inspiring and insightful conversation with the incomparable Dr Robert Wellington, my PhD supervisor and now Head of Dept! 👇🏽
February 13, 2025 at 7:33 AM
"The work of art is at once the most useless and yet the most essentially human thing we have ... Every artifact made by human hands speaks of our shared humanity" 🖼🏺🎨
An inspiring and insightful conversation with the incomparable Dr Robert Wellington, my PhD supervisor and now Head of Dept! 👇🏽
An inspiring and insightful conversation with the incomparable Dr Robert Wellington, my PhD supervisor and now Head of Dept! 👇🏽
February 13, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Versailles Mirrored: The Power of Luxury from Louis XIV to Donald Trump available to preorder now!
www.bloomsbury.com/au/versaille...
www.bloomsbury.com/au/versaille...
Versailles Mirrored
Why has Louis XIV's Palace of Versailles, defining symbol of hedonistic opulence in 17th century France and synonymous with the notion of the divine right of ki…
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February 6, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Versailles Mirrored: The Power of Luxury from Louis XIV to Donald Trump available to preorder now!
www.bloomsbury.com/au/versaille...
www.bloomsbury.com/au/versaille...
So sad to hear of drag superstar The Vivienne’s death. It reminds me of the article I wrote for @theconversation.com shortly after her namesake, Vivienne Westwood’s death. theconversation.com/fashion-sex-...
Fashion, sex and drag: Vivienne Westwood’s queer legacy
From an infamous cowboy t-shirt to RuPaul’s Drag Race, Vivienne Westwood’s impact on the queer community cannot be understated.
theconversation.com
January 6, 2025 at 3:26 AM
So sad to hear of drag superstar The Vivienne’s death. It reminds me of the article I wrote for @theconversation.com shortly after her namesake, Vivienne Westwood’s death. theconversation.com/fashion-sex-...
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Back from new year break & so sorry to learn of death of Dame Ros Savile, former Director of Wallace Collection. She was a porcelain expert and I did old books, but she was unbelievably kind & helpful to me when I was Libraries Curator at the National Trust. RIP. www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Dame Rosalind Savill obituary
Director of the Wallace Collection museum in London from 1992 to 2011 and a specialist on 18th-century Sèvres porcelain
www.theguardian.com
January 4, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Back from new year break & so sorry to learn of death of Dame Ros Savile, former Director of Wallace Collection. She was a porcelain expert and I did old books, but she was unbelievably kind & helpful to me when I was Libraries Curator at the National Trust. RIP. www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
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Author copies of Material Selves have just arrived and they look so good!😍
You can pick up a copy of your own now at www.bloomsbury.com/au/material-...
Or, alternatively, at one of the stockists listed on my website: alexburchmore.com/material-sel...
Keep reading for more info on what's inside 👇🏽🧵
You can pick up a copy of your own now at www.bloomsbury.com/au/material-...
Or, alternatively, at one of the stockists listed on my website: alexburchmore.com/material-sel...
Keep reading for more info on what's inside 👇🏽🧵
December 1, 2024 at 10:49 PM
Author copies of Material Selves have just arrived and they look so good!😍
You can pick up a copy of your own now at www.bloomsbury.com/au/material-...
Or, alternatively, at one of the stockists listed on my website: alexburchmore.com/material-sel...
Keep reading for more info on what's inside 👇🏽🧵
You can pick up a copy of your own now at www.bloomsbury.com/au/material-...
Or, alternatively, at one of the stockists listed on my website: alexburchmore.com/material-sel...
Keep reading for more info on what's inside 👇🏽🧵
Coming soon! My new book ‘Versailles Mirrored: The power of luxury from Louis XIV to Donald Trump’ will be out with @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social in 2025
December 12, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Coming soon! My new book ‘Versailles Mirrored: The power of luxury from Louis XIV to Donald Trump’ will be out with @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social in 2025
So exciting to see Oliver Watts sketch/underpainting for his portait of me. Can’t wait to see how it turns out!
December 12, 2024 at 7:42 PM
So exciting to see Oliver Watts sketch/underpainting for his portait of me. Can’t wait to see how it turns out!