Harper's Bazaar Singapore

WILD AT ART

“I ALWAYS THINK ABOUT HOW ONE THING WOULD WORK WITH ANOTHER—IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE IN AN OVERT WAY, BUT THERE MUST BE A SENSE OF HARMONY WHEN ONE COLLECTS SO MANY OBJECTS.”

ith her background in art history and her past experience assisting in the Southeast Asian Paintings department at Sotheby’s Singapore, it’s little wonder that Malissa Desmazieres has such a refined appreciation for the stories and past lives of spaces and objects. That comes through in both her home, a two-storey black-and-white colonial semi-detached house nestled in the verdant Wessex Estate,

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