CURRENT ISSUE

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ON THE COVER: J Davies, S & T in the Window, 2023. 35mm film on Canson semi gloss, dimensions variable. Courtesy: the artist and James Makin Gallery, Melbourne.

UPFRONT

Previews
The notable exhibitions to be staged this quarter across the region.

Cultural Capital
Ingrid Periz asks if connoisseurship really is dead.

PHOTO 2024
What to look out for at the International Festival of Photography, Melbourne.

Art Fair Report
Art Fairs for your 2024 travel planner.

50 THINGS COLLECTORS SHOULD KNOW

Cool Hunter Predictions
The artists we’re keeping an eye on.

Curator’s Radar
These artists have recently garnered significant attention from curators.

Notable Accolades
These artists took out major prizes during the year.

Debutantes
Premier gallerists have recently thrown their weight behind these artists by staging their debut exhibitions.

Collectors Love
With sell-out or near sell-out shows in 2023, these artists were collector favourites.

New Directions
These artists have recently taken their practice somewhere notably different.

Sad Farewells
The 2023 art world losses we’re lamenting.

Standout Shows
The most talked about exhibitions last year.

Remarkable Collectors
Two collectors and a philanthropist, each carving their own path.

Agenda Setters
The artists, curators and directors set to influence the art world in 2024.

Tastemakers
The curators and gallerists to put on your watch-list.

Zeitgeist
The 2023 art world trend we’ve noted.

REGULAR FEATURE

Seen, Heard, Read
The book, podcast and film you might like to know about.

CONTRIBUTORS +

Tina Baum holds the position of Curator, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art at the National Gallery of Australia. She is a Gulumerrgin (Larrakia)/Wardaman/Karajarri woman.

Janet Bayly is currently the Director/Curator at Toi MAHARA Kāpiti Coast District Gallery, Waikanae. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Master of Fine Arts in photography, film and art history from Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland, and has worked for numerous galleries and museums around New Zealand.

Lucinda Bennett works out of  Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland as a writer, editor and teacher. She holds an MA (First Class Honours) in Art History from The University of Auckland.

Judith Blackall is a curator and writer with extensive experience in Australian and international contemporary art.

Sophia Cai works as a curator, arts writer and lecturer based in Melbourne. She is the Artistic Director of Bus Projects, and teaches at the Victorian College of Arts, University of Melbourne and Monash Art Design & Architecture, Monash University.

Benjamin Clay has held positions at the Museum of Contemporary Art, White Rabbit Gallery, and Olsen Gallery, Sydney. He completed a Masters of Art Curating at The University of Sydney in 2022.

Nick De Lorenzo is a Sydney-based photographer.

Briony Downes studied Art History at the University of Oxford and Australian Aboriginal Art at Curtin University, Perth. She has worked in the arts for 20 years as a writer.

Gina Fairley currently holds the position of National Visual Arts Editor of ArtsHub. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across South East Asia. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years.

Dr Andrew Frost works as an art critic, broadcaster and lecturer. Since 2004 he has been the editor of The Art Life and since 2013 an art critic for The Guardian Australia.

Jirra Lulla Harvey is a Yorta Yorta and Wiradjuri woman. She founded Kalinya Communications in 2012, specialising in communications strategy, brand development and event design, and has written for platforms such as The Guardian and Koori Mail.

Jo Higgins works as an art writer, researcher and museum public programmer who has worked for organisations including Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, the National Gallery of Australia, the Biennale of Sydney, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, South London Gallery and Kaldor Public Art Projects.

Prof. Peter Hill works as an artist, writer, and independent curator. He is an Honorary Enterprise Professor at the Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne.

Jessica Hromas is a Sydney-based photographer.

Duro Jovicic is a writer currently completing his Associate Degree in Professional Writing and Editing at RMIT, Melbourne.

Anita King currently holds the position of Project Manager for ACCA Beyond Walls Australian Centre for Contemporary Art.

Joanna Kitto is a curator and writer in Naarm (Melbourne). She currently holds the position of Director at West Space, an independent contemporary visual arts organisation in Collingwood Yards.

Chloe Lane was the 2022 recipient of the Todd New Writer’s Bursary and a 2021 Grimshaw Sargeson Fellow. She completed a Masters of Arts at the International Institute of Modern Letters, Wellington and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland.

Luke Létourneau is the lead of the Curatorial and Collections team at Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre.

Jacquie Manning is a Sydney-based photographer.

Tess Maunder is a writer, editor and a curator. She has a decade of experience working in the cultural sector both in Australia and overseas; with a focus on programming contemporary visual art practice.

Emil McAvoy works as an artist, art writer, educator, gallery professional and consultant.

Francis McWhannell works out of Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland as a writer and curator. He is curator of the Fletcher Trust Collection, a major private collection of Aotearoa art founded in 1962.

Joanna Mendelssohn is an art historian and writer at the University of Melbourne specialising in Australian art.

Nanci Nott completed a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and is currently undertaking an MA in Creative Writing. She regularly writes reviews for ArtsHub, and is creative director at Defy Reality Entertainment.

Eloise Lindeback currently works as Manly Art Gallery & Museum Business Coordinator. She has previously held positions at Tangentyere Council Aboriginal Corporation and Papunya Tjupi Arts.

Maurice O’Riordan has worked in the arts sector for 25 years as an art writer, curator and editor. He currently holds the position of Director at Northern Centre for Contemporary Art, Darwin.

Ingrid Periz works out of New York as a critic and curator.

Jenna Price is a prolific arts journalist and current Visiting Fellow at The Australian National University, Canberra. She has been a columnist at The Sydney Morning Herald and The Canberra Times for 25 years.

Judith Ryan AM currently holds the position of Senior Curator, Art Museums at The University of Melbourne, Victoria.

Olivia Senior works out of Fremantle, WA as a photographer, journalist and content producer.

Jack Wilkie-Jans works as an Indigenous affairs advocate, Indigenous arts worker, arts writer, and emerging multimedia artist. Born in Gimuy/Cairns, he hails from Weipa and Mapoon (Teppathiggi and Tjungundji), Cape York Peninsula.

Ashleigh Wilson has been a journalist for almost two decades and has written several books including Brett Whiteley: Art, Life and the Other Thing, 2016 and A Year with Wendy Whiteley, 2022.

Emma-Kate Wilson is an arts writer who has been published in Art Almanac, Artist Profile, Art Monthly and The Sydney Morning Herald.

Chloé Wolifson currently works from Sydney as an independent arts writer, researcher and curator whose published work includes reviews, catalogue essays, and reports on exhibitions and art fairs throughout the Asia-Pacific.