Issue 36
| November 9, 2016
Issue 36’s cover artist is Reg Mombassa, one of Australia’s most popular and idiosyncratic artists. We speak with the talented creative force about a life lived well in the arts. Our writers also explore 19 other talented artists’ across Australasia including Kerrie Hughes, Ross Laurie, Paul Boston, Catherine O’Donnell and Karen Mills.
ISSUE
LETTER by Ben Quilty
COVER FEATURE
REG MOMBASSA by Steve Lopes, photography by Tony Lopes
PROFILES
KERRIE HUGHES by Bridget Macleod
JUSTINE VARGA by Anna Johnson
BRUCE ARMSTRONG by Ashley Crawford
KAREN MILLS by Sara Sweet
ROSS LAURIE by Joe Frost
CATHERINE O’DONNELL by Lucy Stranger
PAUL BOSTON by Kon Gouriotis
DANELLE BERGSTROM by Chloe Mandryk
NICK MOURTZAKIS by Owen Craven
PREVIEW
Review: Miriam Stannage, by Laetitia Wilson
Archive: Paul Partos, by Guy Stuart
Essay: SAM, by Joe Kinsela
Process: Evan Salmon
Process: Stephen Armstrong
Process: Naomi Hobson
Book Review: Ngarra, by Lucy Stranger
Preview: Visons of Utopia, by Kon Gouriotis
View Australia
Discovery: Adam Stone
The rise of China’s private museum sector emerged from a particular historical moment. Following the global financial crisis of 2008, sustained economic growth, rapid urbanisation...
This morning at 8.35 am, Elizabeth Ann Macgregor joined 702 ABC Radio’s Hamish Macdonald to discuss the ongoing controversy surrounding Lisa Havilah and the Powerhouse,...
Mona reveals itself slowly. Unlike classical museum architecture that conveys authority through monumental facades and grand, towering entranceways, visitors enter the Nonda Katsalidis-designed building through...
Tarr may not be a household name but he is an arthouse-hold name, known primarily for his mature, signature works as director—Damnation, 1987, Sátántangó, 1994,...
We call on the NSW Government to lift Lisa Havilah’s suspension and reinstate her as Chief Executive of Powerhouse, allowing her to lead the opening...
Two years ago, Macleod returned to his hometown of Christchurch, New Zealand, to be with his mother during the final phase of her life. At...
Edwards was born on Kaurna Yarta in 1998 and raised on Nauo Country in the small seaside community of Tulka, on the Lower Eyre Peninsula....
Under the auspices of Geelong Gallery’s director, Humphrey Clegg, and co-curated by Marianne Mathieu, former scientific director of the Musée Marmottan Monet, and Claire Durand-Ruel...
Nike Savvas: Purple Haze presents intimate screen prints and immersive large-scale installation and video work by Savvas from 2005–2026, each evocative of different places and...