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ON THE COVER: Scotty So, The Little Dragon Princess of the East Sea Visiting the Great Barrier Reef, 2024, digital rendered image, lenticular print on lightbox, 100 x 54 cm, edition of 6 + 2AP. COURTESY: THE ARTIST AND MARS GALLERY, NARRM/ MELBOURNE.
U P F R O N T
Previews
The notable exhibitions to be staged this quarter across the region.
Artworld Analysis
This issue we’re looking at: Collecting as a practice that goes beyond financial investment; economic impact of art fairs in the global art market; the role of sustainability in the art world and efforts to reduce the art world’s significant carbon footprint; and what really defines a collector today?
Acts of Grace
In this new regular section, we recognise the region’s art philanthropists and cover the ventures they’ve funded.
Art Fair Report
The art fairs and biennales to take note of in the coming quarter.
The Test of Time
Gallerist Roslyn Oxley and artist Bill Henson tell us the single most important thing about their relationship that has given it longevity.
On the Couch
Janet Holmes a Court has amassed one of Australia’s most significant private art collections but her true passion lies not so much in acquiring the art, as it does in sharing it with the world.
A R T I S T S
NATSIAA
Standouts from this year’s National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards.
Look Out For…
The artists on our radar now.
Pull Focus
Prominent critics and curators zero in on important major works.
Critic’s Choice
Sebastian Goldspink presents five artists from the region who show the courage of being individualistic.
Collector’s Dossier
What the rest of us might designate creepy crawlies, are a source of fascination for artist Angela Valamanesh. Wendy Walker writes.
Painting the Pulse of Papunya
In her 80s, Luritja elder Doris Bush Nungarrayi is at the height of her artistic
powers. Eloise Lindeback writes.
Between Still and Moving
Arctic-born Ellen Dahl explores the idea of primordial landscape, among other things.
Camilla Wagstaff writes.
Revealing and Concealing
Julian Hooper’s upcoming work explores how we exist. Andrew Wood writes.
A.I and the Evolution of Self-Portraiture
From text-based blackboard paintings to AI-assisted figurative works, Diena Georgetti continues to push boundaries in her latest exhibition. Wes Hill writes.
A Beautiful Deception
With regular appearances at nightclubs and major museums, Scotty So is Melbourne’s most in-demand performance artist. Victoria Perin writes.
Big Playful Energy
Turumeke Harrington’s latest project delves into the long history of landscape art in Aotearoa. Israel Randell writes.
On the Road
Simultaneously evoking threat and comfort, William MacKinnon’s landscapes represent both external environments and internal states. Robert Buratti writes.
Deities of Daily Needs
The engaging and endearing work of Thai-born sculptor, Vipoo Srivilasa uses ancient practices to address the challenges we face in everyday life.. Kevin Murray writes.
Exhibitions
Inside Primavera 2024, at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Warrane/Sydney. Plus a round up of the institutional exhibitions you should visit.
One Sentence Reviews
Recent exhibitions summed up in a single sentence.
C O L L E C T I N G
On Country: Desert Mob 2024
Acclaimed curator Hetti Perkins takes one of her now famous road trips.
Follow the Leader
Specialist art tours are the ticket to richer art travel, but it can be a bumpy ride.
Dealer: Good Art by Good Artists
Ryan Moore of Fine Arts, Sydney, gets to the heart of the gallery’s ethos.
If I Could Have
Curator, Carola Akindele- Obe selects 10 works from commercial gallery stockrooms she would take home tomorrow if she could.
And the Winner was…
A run down of the major art prize winners from the last quarter.
Collector: It’s All a Big Deal
Inside the enviable collection of Garry and Loretta Besson.
Seen, Heard, Read
The book, podcast and film you might like to know about.
C O N T R I B U T O R S
Sam Beard lives on Whadjuk country, and is the co-founder of Dispatch Review.
Judith Blackall is a curator and writer with extensive experience in Australian and international contemporary art.
Paul Brobbel is a writer and curator, and the current Len Lye Curator at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery / Len Lye Centre in New Plymouth, New Zealand.
Benjamin Clay has held positions at the Museum of Contemporary Art and Olsen Gallery, Warrane/ Sydney. He completed a Masters of Art Curating at The University of Sydney in 2022.
Nick De Lorenzo is a Warrane/Sydney-based photographer.
Dr. Andrew Frost works as an art critic, broadcaster and lecturer. Since 2004 he has been the editor of The Art Life and since 2013 an art critic for The Guardian Australia.
Sebastian Goldspink is a Warrane/ Sydney based curator, and the Director of Hazelhurst Arts Centre.
Sam Harnett is a Tāmaki Makaurau/ Auckland-based photographer specialising in architecture and art documentation.
Wes Hill is Senior Lecturer in Art History and Visual Culture at Southern Cross University, Lismore.
Nikita Holcombe is an independent writer, curator and researcher living and working on Wurundjeri land.
Darren Jorgensen lectures in art history at the University of Western Australia. His most recent book is The Dead C’s Clyma Est Mort.
Courtney Kidd has specialised in visual arts writing for more than 30 years. She is also an art consultant with Artbank.
Jenna Price is a prolific arts journalist and current Visiting Fellow at The Australian National University, Canberra. She has been a columnist at The Sydney Morning Herald and The Canberra Times for 25 years.
Daniel Purvis is a Kaurna/ Adelaide-based photographer.
Israel Randell is a multi-disciplinary artist and curator of Cook Island (Rarotonga) and Māori (Tainui, Ngāti Kahungunu) descent, and currently curator at City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi.
Andrew Renton is a writer and curator and is Professor of Curating at Goldsmiths, University of London. He has advised many major institutional and private collections internationally.
Henry Skerritt is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Art at the University of Virginia and Curator of Indigenous Arts of Australia at the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia.
Barnaby Smith is a critic, poet and musician currently living on Bundjalung country Wendy Walker is an Adelaide-based writer, art critic and occasional curator.
Emma-Kate Wilson is an arts writer who has been published in Art Monthly and The Sydney Morning Herald.
Andrew Wood is a writer, poet, critic, art historian, educator, curator and translator based in Christchurch.
Bianca Woolhouse is a Perth-based photographer.
Coen Young is a Warrane/Sydney-based artist represented by Kronenberg Mais Wright, Sydney and Fox Jensen McCrory, Auckland.
Victoria Laurie works as a journalist and author.
Eloise Lindeback currently works as Manly Art Gallery & Museum Business Coordinator. She has held positions at Tangentyere Council Aboriginal Corporation and Papunya Tjupi Arts.
Emil McAvoy works as an artist, art writer, educator, gallery professional and consultant.
Elke Meitzel is a Narrm/Melbourne-based photographer.
Tai Mitsuji is a writer and art historian, who holds a Masters (with Distinction) in Art History from the University of Oxford.
Zali Morgan is an emerging artist, writer and curator, currently working at The Art Gallery of Western Australia as assistant curator of Indigenous Art. She is of Ballardong, Wilman and Whadjuk descent.
Dr Kevin Murray is editor of Garland magazine and secretary of the World Crafts Council – International.
Maurice O’Riordan is a Gulmerrogin/Darwin based writer, curator and publisher. He is currently curator of the Batchelor Institute Art Collection.
Victoria Perin is a PhD student at the University of Melbourne.
Ingrid Periz works out of New York as a critic and curator.
Hetti Perkins is an Arrernte and Kalkadoon curator, writer, advisor and presenter with 30 years of national and international experience working in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander visual arts with federal agencies, community arts organisations, state galleries and local government
