Setken Of Melbourne
@setkenofmelbourne.bsky.social
I put my blog posts up here with themes of Ancient Egyptian magnification, art, and David Syme's tomb
Artist [painter]
Researcher
Author [The King Of Melbourne coming in 2026]
Historian
Speaker
Gamewright
Actor
Writer
Game Developer
Film Maker
Artist [painter]
Researcher
Author [The King Of Melbourne coming in 2026]
Historian
Speaker
Gamewright
Actor
Writer
Game Developer
Film Maker
My latest blog is about the statue of David Syme situated at the front of the Chirnside Park Shopping Centre in the Yarra Ranges. I love this statue, and the artists responsible - Gillie and Marc - kindly granted me an interview about the piece:
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#art #sculpture #davidsyme #statue
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#art #sculpture #davidsyme #statue
January 24, 2026 at 5:04 AM
My latest blog is about the statue of David Syme situated at the front of the Chirnside Park Shopping Centre in the Yarra Ranges. I love this statue, and the artists responsible - Gillie and Marc - kindly granted me an interview about the piece:
lnkd.in/gDSySFHs
#art #sculpture #davidsyme #statue
lnkd.in/gDSySFHs
#art #sculpture #davidsyme #statue
My talk A Monumental Egyptian Tomb In Melbourne is part of the program for the Victorian Occult Conference in Ballarat this coming May 16th.
Get your tickets now at www.victorianoccultconference.com
#occult #hermetic #alchemy #magick #setken #egyptomania #astrology #ancientegypt #mausoleum #art
Get your tickets now at www.victorianoccultconference.com
#occult #hermetic #alchemy #magick #setken #egyptomania #astrology #ancientegypt #mausoleum #art
January 18, 2026 at 9:44 PM
My talk A Monumental Egyptian Tomb In Melbourne is part of the program for the Victorian Occult Conference in Ballarat this coming May 16th.
Get your tickets now at www.victorianoccultconference.com
#occult #hermetic #alchemy #magick #setken #egyptomania #astrology #ancientegypt #mausoleum #art
Get your tickets now at www.victorianoccultconference.com
#occult #hermetic #alchemy #magick #setken #egyptomania #astrology #ancientegypt #mausoleum #art
Well if I could go to Berlin to see the upcoming exhibition I certainly would! www.theguardian.com/artanddesign... #marlowmoss #art
‘Her time has come’: did Mondrian owe his success to a cross-dressing lesbian artist who lived in a Cornish cove?
Piet Mondrian found fame, fortune and glory with his grid-like paintings lit with basic colours. But did many of his ideas come from Marlow Moss? Our writer celebrates an extraordinary British talent ...
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January 13, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Well if I could go to Berlin to see the upcoming exhibition I certainly would! www.theguardian.com/artanddesign... #marlowmoss #art
Reposted by Setken Of Melbourne
‘Her time has come’: did Mondrian owe his success to a cross-dressing lesbian artist who lived in a Cornish cove?
‘Her time has come’: did Mondrian owe his success to a cross-dressing lesbian artist who lived in a Cornish cove?
Piet Mondrian found fame, fortune and glory with his grid-like paintings lit with basic colours. But did many of his ideas come from Marlow Moss? Our writer celebrates an extraordinary British talent who died in obscurity
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:48 PM
‘Her time has come’: did Mondrian owe his success to a cross-dressing lesbian artist who lived in a Cornish cove?
Reposted by Setken Of Melbourne
🪷 January 10th is the Ancient Egyptian feast of Min, ithyphallic deity of virility, tunneling, gold mining and caravan trade routes. #Antinous undoubtedly gazed in amazed wonderment at these phallic images on his fateful tour of Egypt in 130 AD, as do we today. 🪷
January 10, 2026 at 12:37 AM
🪷 January 10th is the Ancient Egyptian feast of Min, ithyphallic deity of virility, tunneling, gold mining and caravan trade routes. #Antinous undoubtedly gazed in amazed wonderment at these phallic images on his fateful tour of Egypt in 130 AD, as do we today. 🪷
Head to my blog if you want background to my artistic practice inc. my paintings and forthcoming book. Selection of 3 go-to's:
Current exhibition: setken.com/post/aida-me...
Fave books of 2025: setken.com/post/best-bo...
Last painting prior to losing my rental: www.setken.com/post/study-f...
#art
Current exhibition: setken.com/post/aida-me...
Fave books of 2025: setken.com/post/best-bo...
Last painting prior to losing my rental: www.setken.com/post/study-f...
#art
Study for The King's House
My study for a glimpse into the Duat based on a sacred text is my latest work, completed in the early days of July.It features a saturated matt flat Sahara yellow background and is punctuated with bal...
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January 10, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Head to my blog if you want background to my artistic practice inc. my paintings and forthcoming book. Selection of 3 go-to's:
Current exhibition: setken.com/post/aida-me...
Fave books of 2025: setken.com/post/best-bo...
Last painting prior to losing my rental: www.setken.com/post/study-f...
#art
Current exhibition: setken.com/post/aida-me...
Fave books of 2025: setken.com/post/best-bo...
Last painting prior to losing my rental: www.setken.com/post/study-f...
#art
My online art exhibition is now in its 2nd month and getting great reviews! 28 pieces rich in colour & vibrant with "a new spiritism not oft explored thru art these days"
#ancientegypt #art #paintings #exhibition #netjer #netjeru #egyptology
#MADEWITHKUNSTMATRIX
www.setken.com/post/aida-me...
#ancientegypt #art #paintings #exhibition #netjer #netjeru #egyptology
#MADEWITHKUNSTMATRIX
www.setken.com/post/aida-me...
Aida Meets Setken In Adelaide
Aida: is this opera an expression of Egyptomania?Giuseppe Verdi's opera has been a favourite of opera goers since it was first performed in 1871.Set in the Old Kingdom and telling the story of an Ethi...
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January 5, 2026 at 9:54 PM
My online art exhibition is now in its 2nd month and getting great reviews! 28 pieces rich in colour & vibrant with "a new spiritism not oft explored thru art these days"
#ancientegypt #art #paintings #exhibition #netjer #netjeru #egyptology
#MADEWITHKUNSTMATRIX
www.setken.com/post/aida-me...
#ancientegypt #art #paintings #exhibition #netjer #netjeru #egyptology
#MADEWITHKUNSTMATRIX
www.setken.com/post/aida-me...
Here are the books that did it for me in 2025 (with additions from earlier years slightly because I said so)
www.setken.com/post/best-bo...
#books @whitleystrieber.bsky.social @tommcilroy.bsky.social #books2025 #artbiography #mondrian #basquiat #gauguin
www.setken.com/post/best-bo...
#books @whitleystrieber.bsky.social @tommcilroy.bsky.social #books2025 #artbiography #mondrian #basquiat #gauguin
Best Books 2025
2025 has been one of my biggest reading years. I have upped the ante of my regular reading diet because of writing my own book: research has been crucial.Parallel to this, I have found it tremendously...
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December 24, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Here are the books that did it for me in 2025 (with additions from earlier years slightly because I said so)
www.setken.com/post/best-bo...
#books @whitleystrieber.bsky.social @tommcilroy.bsky.social #books2025 #artbiography #mondrian #basquiat #gauguin
www.setken.com/post/best-bo...
#books @whitleystrieber.bsky.social @tommcilroy.bsky.social #books2025 #artbiography #mondrian #basquiat #gauguin
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Pharoah Taharqa makes an offering to the falcon god Hemen, ca. 680 BCE
www.theroot.com/the-meaning-...
www.theroot.com/the-meaning-...
December 20, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Pharoah Taharqa makes an offering to the falcon god Hemen, ca. 680 BCE
www.theroot.com/the-meaning-...
www.theroot.com/the-meaning-...
Exhibition painting highlight Day 4/10:
Study For Splendour
Acrylic on wood panel and balsa wood
20cm x 35cm March 2025
#ancientegypt #art #ka #winged artspaces.kunstmatrix.com/en/exhibitio...
Study For Splendour
Acrylic on wood panel and balsa wood
20cm x 35cm March 2025
#ancientegypt #art #ka #winged artspaces.kunstmatrix.com/en/exhibitio...
December 19, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Exhibition painting highlight Day 4/10:
Study For Splendour
Acrylic on wood panel and balsa wood
20cm x 35cm March 2025
#ancientegypt #art #ka #winged artspaces.kunstmatrix.com/en/exhibitio...
Study For Splendour
Acrylic on wood panel and balsa wood
20cm x 35cm March 2025
#ancientegypt #art #ka #winged artspaces.kunstmatrix.com/en/exhibitio...
@aucpress.bsky.social Doe the new Aidan Dodson book feature the recent Shoshenq III ushabti find? aucpress.com/9781649033116/
AUC Press - The Libyan Pharaohs of Egypt
A comprehensive account of the Libyan pharaohs of Egypt, who ruled from the tenth through the seventh centuries BC, accessibly written by renowned Egyptol...
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December 18, 2025 at 11:17 PM
@aucpress.bsky.social Doe the new Aidan Dodson book feature the recent Shoshenq III ushabti find? aucpress.com/9781649033116/
Exhibition painting highlight Day 1/10:
Montu Mountain [2017]
Acrylic on linen with 23 carat gold leaf and lapis lazuli
48 x 36 in (h x w)
Based on a sacred mountain in #WestWendover #Nevada #Montu #Netjer #Netjeru #ancientegypt #art #aidaadelaide
artspaces.kunstmatrix.com/en/exhibitio...
Montu Mountain [2017]
Acrylic on linen with 23 carat gold leaf and lapis lazuli
48 x 36 in (h x w)
Based on a sacred mountain in #WestWendover #Nevada #Montu #Netjer #Netjeru #ancientegypt #art #aidaadelaide
artspaces.kunstmatrix.com/en/exhibitio...
December 15, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Exhibition painting highlight Day 1/10:
Montu Mountain [2017]
Acrylic on linen with 23 carat gold leaf and lapis lazuli
48 x 36 in (h x w)
Based on a sacred mountain in #WestWendover #Nevada #Montu #Netjer #Netjeru #ancientegypt #art #aidaadelaide
artspaces.kunstmatrix.com/en/exhibitio...
Montu Mountain [2017]
Acrylic on linen with 23 carat gold leaf and lapis lazuli
48 x 36 in (h x w)
Based on a sacred mountain in #WestWendover #Nevada #Montu #Netjer #Netjeru #ancientegypt #art #aidaadelaide
artspaces.kunstmatrix.com/en/exhibitio...
New t-shirts
December 8, 2025 at 6:33 AM
New t-shirts
Aida Meets Setken In Adelaide is now LIVE!
You are invited to view an exhibition of 28 works in this new exhibition. The show is free to view, and the downloadable catalogue has an intro from Australian Egyptologist Dr. Jasmine Day.
artspaces.kunstmatrix.com/en/exhibitio...
#setken
You are invited to view an exhibition of 28 works in this new exhibition. The show is free to view, and the downloadable catalogue has an intro from Australian Egyptologist Dr. Jasmine Day.
artspaces.kunstmatrix.com/en/exhibitio...
#setken
November 30, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Aida Meets Setken In Adelaide is now LIVE!
You are invited to view an exhibition of 28 works in this new exhibition. The show is free to view, and the downloadable catalogue has an intro from Australian Egyptologist Dr. Jasmine Day.
artspaces.kunstmatrix.com/en/exhibitio...
#setken
You are invited to view an exhibition of 28 works in this new exhibition. The show is free to view, and the downloadable catalogue has an intro from Australian Egyptologist Dr. Jasmine Day.
artspaces.kunstmatrix.com/en/exhibitio...
#setken
TRAILER - MOVING TUTANKHAMUN, THE HUMANITY ICON - نقل قناع توت عنخ أمون youtu.be/tOQsO7Hu-wY?... via @YouTube This #documentary looks incredible
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November 21, 2025 at 6:53 AM
TRAILER - MOVING TUTANKHAMUN, THE HUMANITY ICON - نقل قناع توت عنخ أمون youtu.be/tOQsO7Hu-wY?... via @YouTube This #documentary looks incredible
Joyous day tripled!!! A gorgeous new video from one of my favest bands Ladytron - Kingdom Undersea (Official Video) youtu.be/U1r3d7wR9is?... via @YouTube @LadytronGroup
All 3 vids from new album have been ace
All 3 vids from new album have been ace
Ladytron - Kingdom Undersea (Official Video)
YouTube video by Ladytron
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November 21, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Joyous day tripled!!! A gorgeous new video from one of my favest bands Ladytron - Kingdom Undersea (Official Video) youtu.be/U1r3d7wR9is?... via @YouTube @LadytronGroup
All 3 vids from new album have been ace
All 3 vids from new album have been ace
Oh joyous of days! In downloading @ladytrongroup.bsky.social 's gorgeous new song, Itunes reveals that a 16 track album 😍called Paradises is on the way. Oh joyous of days!
#ladytron #kingdomundersea
#ladytron #kingdomundersea
November 21, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Oh joyous of days! In downloading @ladytrongroup.bsky.social 's gorgeous new song, Itunes reveals that a 16 track album 😍called Paradises is on the way. Oh joyous of days!
#ladytron #kingdomundersea
#ladytron #kingdomundersea
So glad to read this: the Tanis treasures are some of my absolute fave antiquities and that there might be more to uncover is great. Can't wait to see what the newly discovered glyphs reveal. #egyptology
luxortimes.com?p=15383
luxortimes.com?p=15383
Major Tanis Discovery Reshapes Third Intermediate Period Burials - Luxor Times
New Evidence Links Uninscribed Sarcophagus and 225 Ushabti to King Shoshenq III in San el-Hagar
luxortimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:06 AM
So glad to read this: the Tanis treasures are some of my absolute fave antiquities and that there might be more to uncover is great. Can't wait to see what the newly discovered glyphs reveal. #egyptology
luxortimes.com?p=15383
luxortimes.com?p=15383