Art Guide Australia is a print and online magazine exploring contemporary Australian art. Our editors and our team of writers and contributors know the local art scene and keep you informed through engaging and thoughtful articles.

We speak with artists, curators and gallerists to learn more about their ideas and share them with an audience who want to know more about Australian art and what to see.

 We’re here to support a vibrant and diverse arts community and our aim is to provide independent, considered editorial coverage alongside a comprehensive picture of what’s happening in the visual arts across Australia.

In this issue:

The art of Australian painting icon, Lesley Dumbrell, pulsates across our July/August cover — coupled with a lively conversation between Dumbrell and writer Kelly Gellatly. Meanwhile Neha Kale untangles the links between hair, gender, freedom and control via a new show at Heide Museum of Art. Briony Downes chronicles the story behind Lillian O’Neil’s art, capturing the experience of new motherhood; and Wendy Sharpe reflects on that famous painting of Magda Szubanski. We delight in the fashion designs of Iris van Herpen (who’s dressed everyone from Björk to Beyonce), and celebrate the milestone anniversaries of two pivotal, much-adored institutions in Australian art: Arts Project Australia and Araluen Arts Centre.