Issue 28
A Melbourne Art Fair Special Edition, the issue is packed with program and exhibition highlights about the big event. On the cover is Melbourne-based Emily Floyd who talks us through her studio practice and what influences her large scale installation works ahead of a survey exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.
NEWS
Open Letter to the Prime Minister
Watters Gallery 50th Anniversary
UPFRONT
MELBOURNE ART FAIR by Lucy Stranger
COVER FEATURE
EMILY FLOYD by Bridget Macleod
PROFILES
BELINDA FOX by Lucy Stranger
FIONA PARDINGTON by Owen Craven
NOEL MCKENNA by Gregory O’Brien
PETER COOLEY by William Sturrock
FRANK NOWLAN by Glenn Barkley
JOHN MAWURNDJUL by Colleen O’Reilly
GAO RONG by Luise Guest
PREVIEW
Arthur Boyd by Steve Lopes
Hanging up the Brushes by Trevor Weekes
The Soft Approach by A.J.Edwards
Process: Rod Holdaway
Process: Terry Matassoni
Process: Hobie Porter
Book Reviews
Preview: Pia Johnson
Preview: TarraWarra Biennial
Preview: Bodies In Space
View Australia
Discovery: Michelle Cawthorn


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