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Robert Wellington

@drrwel.bsky.social
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A/Prof in Art History at Australian National University. Fashion collector, gardener, francophile.

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Bloomsbury Academic @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
In this @nytimes.com article, @drrwel.bsky.social, author of “Versailles Mirrored,” discussed the redesign of the Oval Office. Learn more: nyti.ms/3Yx7dvg 📚💙 #Arts
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‘He’s a Maximalist’: Inside Trump’s Gilded Oval Office
Take a 3-D tour of the president’s office, where he covered a third of the wall space with gold.
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Bloomsbury Academic @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
In this @huffpost.com piece, @drrwel.bsky.social, author of “Versailles Mirrored,” provided commentary on Trump’s White House redesign. Read more: bit.ly/4iBoJb2 #BookSky #Arts
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We Asked Interior Designers To Explain Trump's 'Garish' White House Redesign — And They Had THOUGHTS
Experts weigh in on the president's gold-soaked makeover of the Oval Office and more.
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Robert Wellington @drrwel.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
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Bloomsbury Academic @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
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
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Bloomsbury Academic @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
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
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Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell @hottycouture.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
@drrwel.bsky.social has: www.bloomsbury.com/us/versaille...
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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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Bloomsbury Academic @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Check out our #nonfiction books and authors that are hot this week! 📚💙 bit.ly/4jM73YT @drrwel.bsky.social #AcWri
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Robert Wellington @drrwel.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
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/...
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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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Alex Burchmore @alexburchmore.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
"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! 👇🏽
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Robert Wellington @drrwel.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
study.anu.edu.au/stories/robe...
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Robert Wellington @drrwel.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Versailles Mirrored: The Power of Luxury from Louis XIV to Donald Trump available to preorder now! www.bloomsbury.com/au/versaille...
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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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Robert Wellington @drrwel.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
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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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.
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Dr Mark Purcell @camlibresearch.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
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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Dame Rosalind Savill obituary
Director of the Wallace Collection museum in London from 1992 to 2011 and a specialist on 18th-century Sèvres porcelain
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Alex Burchmore @alexburchmore.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
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 👇🏽🧵
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Robert Wellington @drrwel.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
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
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Robert Wellington @drrwel.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
So exciting to see Oliver Watts sketch/underpainting for his portait of me. Can’t wait to see how it turns out!
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