Issue 25
This Issue of Artist Profile features a fascinating interview with one of Australia’s great artists Jan Senbergs. We cover the upcoming Melbourne Now exhibition, John McDonald writes on Chinese painter Li Jin and a wide range of artist and exhibition coverage leading into the summer period.
Featuring
Jan Senbergs
Tony Garifalakis
Michael Borremans
Li Jin
Nadine Christensen
Madeleine Kelly
Also Inside
Louise Hearman on Influence
Melbourne Now
George Johnson
Plus Essays, Reviews, News
Getting a Start in Art :: by Owen Craven
Tree Changes :: by Bradley Hammond
Moma Revelations :: by Paul Flynn
Beyond the Gallery :: by Ian Grant
Michael Landy
Damien Moss
Rushdi Anwar
Emma Langridge
Kirstin Mciver
Book Reviews by Brent Harris
Tall Poppy Syndrome :: by Jillian Grant
Gold and the Incas :: by Christine Dixon
Claire Primrose :: Discovery


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Designed to impress, the number and size of paintings—twenty-nine at nine square metres each and one even bigger—are a spectacle, lifting the exhibition from an...
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