Australian House & Garden

Where the ART IS

“WE WERE IMMEDIATELY ATTRACTED TO THIS PROPERTY AND WENT HELL FOR LEATHER TO BUY IT.”
Megan Dicks, homeowner

t’s two decades since Megan Dicks and her husband, Joe, took ownership of this triple-fronted Victorian home in inner-city Melbourne – and they love it as much today as they did then. “We were attracted to it instantly,” says Megan, founding director of Otomys, an art gallery that predominantly represents Australian and South African artists. “We went hell for leather to

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