Issue 29
NEWS
Tom Carment’s charming new Seven Walks book
The Rothschild Prayerbook, a national treasure
UPFRONT
Peter Dreher, Every Day is a Good Day by Lucy Stranger
COVER FEATURE
CHUCK CLOSE by Glenn Barkley + Terrie Sultan
PROFILES
ALICE WORMALD by Owen Craven
JANET FIELDHOUSE by Lucy Stranger
TONY LLOYD by Kent Wilson
GOSIA WLODARCZAK by Jane Somerville
SOPHIA HEWSON by Jane O’Sullivan
PAUL SNELL by Anna Madeleine
PREVIEW
Project: by James Compton
Maria Lassnig by Paul Flynn
Jim Cobb by Bradley Hammond
Process: Kirstin Berg
Process: Bruce Latimer
Process: Joanna Logue
Book Reviews
Preview: PULSE
Preview: Stefan Dunlop
Preview: Rick Amor
Preview: The Phantom Show
View Australia
Discovery: Sue Dale


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