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Sunday’s Kitchen

Food and Living at Heide

Lesley Harding and Kendrah Morgan

Sunday's Kitchen tells the story of food and living at Heide, the home of John and Sunday Reed.

Opinion

‘Sunday Style shines from past art haven’
Marion Halligan, Canberra Times, 01/05/2010

‘A fascinating look at honest elegance.’
N.N., West Australian, 24/04/10

About this Title

Sunday Reed was a passionate cook and gardener, who believed in home-grown produce, seasonal cooking and a communal table.

Sunday's Kitchen tells the story of food and living at the home of John and Sunday Reed, two of Australia's most significant art benefactors. Settling on the fifteen-acre property in 1935, the Reeds transformed it from a run-down dairy farm into a fertile creative space for artists such as Sidney Nolan, Albert Tucker, Joy Hester and Charles Blackman.

Richly illustrated with art, photographs-many previously unpublished-and recipes from Sunday's personal collection, Sunday's Kitchen recreates Heide's compelling and complex story.

About the Author

Lesley Harding joined Heide Museum of Modern Art as Curator in 2005. Previously, she was Curator and Senior Curator at the Arts Centre, Melbourne (1994-2003) and Curator at the National Art School, Sydney (2004-05). Lesley has also worked as a freelance curator and writer, and published and lectured on modernist and contemporary Australian art. In 2009 she co-authored Cubism and Australian Art with Sue Cramer, also published by the Miegunyah Press.

Kendrah Morgan is Curator at Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, where she joined the staff in 2003. She specialises in modernist art in Melbourne and nineteenth and early twentieth century New Zealand art, with a current research focus on the work of Sidney Nolan. Kendrah was Assistant Curator of New Zealand and International Art at Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand from 1999-2002. Previously she worked for six years in the commercial gallery sector and as a sessional lecturer in art history at the University of Auckland.

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