Issue 1
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Koji Ryui
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Peter Sharp
Karen Standke
Julie Fragar
lan Smith
John Hoyland
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The musings of Reg Mombassa
India calling
The changing face of art on the subcontinent
Opinion
Sebastian Smee on the Venice Biennale
Opinion
Glenn Barkley on Outsider Art
Sidney Nolan
The new retrospective at the AGNSW \
Master class
Francis Bacon
Hidden treasure
The Kedumba drawing collection
Project
Trevor Weekes channels Dali
PROCESS
Dane Lovett and the print master
A day at the etching press
Perspective
Painting without fear
Know your colours
Understanding the qualities of pigments
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cover Nicholas Harding
Photography Peter Panopoulos


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