Issue 31
This issue breaks from convention as we feature two artists – Guy Maestri and Luke Sciberras. These two artists are not collaborators, but the very best of mates. Other features include an interview with landmark South African photographer, Roger Ballenm, as well as features on Louisa Chircop, Leslie Rice and Angus Mcdonald. New York based writer Paul Flynn rounds up exhibitions on the East Coast, USA, and Trevor Weekes writes on the longevity of art works. Look forward to extended book reviews, previews, and whats on around the country in View Australia.
NEWS
The highlights of Art Month this March
BLUT + BODEN – Gunter Christmann
UPFRONT
Signs of the times by Lucy Stranger
COVER FEATURE
LUKE SCIBERRAS & GUY MAESTRI by Elizabeth Fortescue, photography by Daniel Shipp
PROFILES
LOUISA CHIRCOP by Lucy Stranger
VERA MÖLLER by Jane O’Sullivan
ROGER BALLEN by Bridget Macleod
KYLIE STILLMAN by Owen Craven
STIEG PERSSON by Kent Wilson
ANGUS MCDONALD by Katy Preston
LESLIE RICE by Anna Madeleine
PREVIEW
Should artworks last forever? by Trevor Weekes
Madness, poetry and portraits by Paul Flynn
ART-maker, patron, lover by Owen Craven
Steal like an artist by AJ Edwards
33 artists in 3 acts by Charles P Patton
Process: Anh Do
Process: Jessica B Watson
Process: Hayden Fowler
Subscriptions
Preview: David Lynch
Preview: Imagining Ned Kelly
Preview: James Turrell
Preview: Go East
View Australia
Discovery: Jasmine Targett
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Enrico Taglietti AO met his future wife Francesca (Franca) while they were both studying at the Politecnico di Milano (Milan Polytechnic), with Taglietti completing his...
Visually, the work unfolds like a page from a storybook. Figures appear to stand together, perhaps even holding hands. Boe’s work references the proclamation boards...
Genuine reflection, the quiet, unresolved, sometimes uncomfortable kind, feels increasingly rare. We are seldom invited to sit with what we do not yet understand. This...
As the title Westwood | Kawakubo suggests, the National Gallery of Victoria’s (NGV) latest fashion exhibition plays to the idea that these two titans of...
Operating within a commercial framework yet not representing artists, Project8 allows for a greater sense of curatorial freedom, privileging thematic and carefully considered exhibitions over...
Ron Mueck’s shockingly alive sculptures hit us at many points along the pathway from birth to death. But it’s more than just mortal decay that...
Women Photographers 1900–1975: A Legacy of Light draws on more than 300 photographs and photomedia from the National Gallery of Victoria’s (NGV) collection and the...
Motet Fail, 2026, reshapes Artist Run Initiative, West Space into an immersive backgammon board that operates as a site of reflection, encounter, and quiet concert....