Preview Adorn Adorn explores how items we put on our bodies are invested with meaning – not only by their creators, but by the people who wear them. The result is a series of stories as varied as the individuals who wear the objects. By Andrew Stephens
Preview Escher X nendo | Between Two Worlds A master of optical illusion, M.C. Escher (1898–1972) was known for his mathematically inspired prints, which explore perspective, reflection, symmetry and tessellation. By Laura Couttie
Preview Curiouser and Curiouser Curiouser and Curiouser takes that classic of absurdity and perceptual play, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, as its starting point. By Rebecca Shanahan
Opinion Is the Art World Full of Posers? It was blunt but to the point: is the art world full of posers? I had to think about that for a second… By Andrew Frost
Feature John Mawurndjul: I am the old and the new Building on traditional knowledge and aesthetics, John Mawurndjul has established a thoroughly contemporary practice. By Anna Dunnill
Feature Truth and Beauty The truth is often a bitter pill. As Australian history is re-examined, Judy Watson brings her artistic sensitivity and intimate knowledge to it. By Tracey Clement
Feature Looking through old boxes with William Wegman Wegman’s portraits are more than just uncanny curios. He treats each of his subjects with the kind of respect that is typically afforded to a human sitter, and the kind of candour that is only afforded to man’s best friend. By Tai Mitsuji
Feature Inherited Histories Family and national history are tied up for Phuong Ngo, who has amassed an archive tracing Vietnam’s tumultuous past. By Andy Butler
Interview Pablo Ortiz Monasterio talks about Frida Kahlo’s photos Both Frida and Diego were productive and intensive artists, so they collected photographs as iconography to paint from. By Steve Dow
Preview In These Hands: Mara nyangangka In These Hands expands into a broad survey, marking out the diverse practices of some 28 living Ernabella painters, ceramicists, punu (timber) workers and weavers working with tjanpi desert grass. By Sheridan Coleman
Feature Podcast: Gunybi Ganambarr on creating, building and etching Since embarking on a creative path only a mere 15 years ago, Yolŋu artist Gunybi Ganambarr has been continuously praised for his weaving of Indigenous forms and traditional stories with a contemporary sensibility. By Tiarney Miekus
Preview Robyn Sweaney: Backwards looking forwards “In this new body of work my paintings focus on houses that were influenced by the trend of modernism that crept into the suburbs, mainly in the 1960s,” says Sweaney. By Barnaby Smith