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| Art & Australia | |
|---|---|
| Title | Art & Australia |
| Founded | 1963 |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Category | Art magazine |
Art & Australia is a long-running Australian art periodical established in 1963 that has chronicled visual culture across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and regional centres. It has documented exhibitions at institutions such as the National Gallery of Australia, the National Gallery of Victoria, the Art Gallery of New South Wales and the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, while engaging debates sparked by events including the Venice Biennale, the Documenta cycle, the Whitney Biennial and the Biennale of Sydney. The magazine has published writing by critics and curators connected to organisations such as the Australian Council for the Arts, the National Gallery of Victoria Foundation and the Art Gallery of South Australia.
Founded in 1963 by editor and publisher Harry Wellington, the magazine emerged amid debates involving figures like John Olsen, Sidney Nolan, Brett Whiteley and institutions such as the Art Gallery of New South Wales and the National Gallery of Victoria. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s it addressed exhibitions at the Tate Modern predecessor institutions, engaged with international movements represented by artists such as Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, Marcel Duchamp and curators from the Museum of Modern Art circle, and responded to national exhibitions like the Archibald Prize and the Blake Prize. In the 1980s and 1990s editorial shifts reflected dialogues involving the Sydney Biennale, the Australian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, and debates around public collections at the National Gallery of Australia. The 21st century saw the title navigate changing publication models, digital platforms linked to the National Library of Australia digitisation initiatives, and partnerships with universities including University of Melbourne and University of Sydney.
Coverage has ranged from modernist practices associated with Modernism-era figures like Arthur Boyd, Russell Drysdale and Grace Cossington Smith to postmodern tendencies articulated by artists who exhibited alongside Jeff Koons, Damien Hirst, Cindy Sherman and Gerhard Richter. The periodical has traced the influence of international movements such as Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, Minimalism and Conceptual Art on Australian practitioners including Imants Tillers, Rex Battarbee and Howard Arkley. It has also charted regional cross-currents, linking exhibitions at the Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art to practices in Tokyo, Beijing, Seoul, Jakarta and Singapore.
The magazine has foregrounded work by Indigenous artists and communities, engaging with Yolŋu, Anangu, Noongar and Kija artists who have shown at venues such as the National Museum of Australia, the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia and community-run centres like the Jirrawun Arts and the Papunya Tula Artists. Coverage has addressed landmark presentations including exhibitions related to the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, debates involving Native Title contexts such as the Mabo case ramifications for cultural heritage, and the international reception of artists shown alongside figures represented at the Venice Biennale and the National Gallery of Victoria.
Regular reporting has engaged with governing bodies and cultural organisations such as the National Gallery of Australia, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the National Gallery of Victoria, the Art Gallery of South Australia, the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art and university galleries at the University of New South Wales and Monash University. The magazine has reviewed programs at biennales and triennials including the Biennale of Sydney, the Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art and the Asia Pacific Triennial, and covered collection initiatives by trusts like the Art Gallery of New South Wales Foundation and the National Gallery of Victoria Foundation.
Profiles and feature essays have highlighted artists such as Sidney Nolan, Brett Whiteley, Arthur Boyd, Grace Cossington Smith, Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Albert Namatjira, Rover Thomas, Imants Tillers, Howard Arkley, Tracey Moffatt, Patricia Piccinini, Julia Margaret Cameron, William Dobell, John Brack, Fiona Hall, Gordon Bennett, Yhonnie Scarce and Mervyn Bishop. Coverage of landmark works and exhibitions has discussed pieces displayed at the National Gallery of Australia and the National Portrait Gallery, as well as site-specific commissions at the Sydney Opera House and public sculptures in Canberra, Melbourne and Adelaide.
Critical discourse in the magazine has included voices linked to institutions such as the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, the Powerhouse Museum, the Sullivan+Strumpf gallery and academic contributors from University of Melbourne, Australian National University and University of Sydney. Debates have examined acquisition policies at the National Gallery of Australia, controversies around curatorial choices at the Art Gallery of New South Wales and the politics of representation highlighted in exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia and international contexts like the Tate Modern and the Guggenheim Museum.
In recent decades the magazine has tracked trends including expanded media practice, socially engaged projects linked to community-run centres such as Campbelltown Arts Centre and non-profit initiatives like Blacktown Arts Centre, digital art shown at festivals such as Vivid Sydney, cross-disciplinary collaborations involving composers and choreographers from Sydney Dance Company and curatorial projects tied to global networks including the Asia Pacific Triennial and the Venice Biennale. It continues to document institutional shifts, artist residencies at centres like Bundanon Trust and international exchanges with organisations in London, New York, Tokyo and Beijing.
Category:Australian art magazines