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V25 Issue 3

Oceanic art market in the time of COVID

10/09/2020 Cover Story, V25 Issue 3

This edition of the Journal features Barry Craig’s account of the Pacific collection at the new Wantok Place Museum in North Adelaide as well as Jim Elmslie’s story behind the recent sales with remarkable provenance of works from the Hermannsburg school in Central Australia. We’ve introduced a new feature, the President’s Corner, where Bill Rathmell interviewed Nick Mitzevich, Director of the National Gallery of Australia, following news reports of the deaccession of Pacific pieces from the collection.

A New Museum in Adelaide

10/09/2020 Museums, V25 Issue 3

Read Barry Craig’s account of the Pacific collection at the new Wantok Place Museum in North Adelaide.

Albert Namatjira, Rex Battarbee and the Birth of the Hermannsburg School

10/09/2020 Artists, V25 Issue 3

By Jim Elmslie | Water colour paintings of the Hermannsburg School are instantly recognizable by their subject matter, form and the delicate hues employed. These landscape paintings of the ranges of central Australia, many near the eponymous Hermannsburg Mission, are distinctively unique.

Nick Mitzevich, Director of the National Gallery of Australia

10/09/2020 Interviews, V25 Issue 3

Bill Rathmell Interviews Nick Mitzevich, Director of the National Gallery of Australia, following news reports of the deaccession of Pacific pieces from the collection.

The Warrior, the Voyager, and the Artist

10/09/2020 Book Reviews, V25 Issue 3

Margaret Cassidy reviews 'The Warrior, the Voyager, and the Artist' - Three Lives in an Age of Empire by Kate Fullagar, Yale University Press, New Haven and London.

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