May 1989 Issue 20

1 Art fest shock horror!: john mcdonald2 what do you require of critics?: Peter Fuller, julie ewington, David Bromfield, Julie Rigg3 Two views on ‘the necessity of australian art’, Part one: humphrey mcqueen4 two views on ‘the necessity of australia… — **1 Art fest shock horror!: john mcdonald**
**2 what do you require of critics?: Peter Fuller, julie ewington, David Bromfield, Julie Rigg**
**3 Two views on ‘the necessity of australian art’, Part one: humphrey mcqueen**
**4 two views on ‘the necessity of australian art’, part two: Robin Wallace-crabbe**
5 bit of a flop: marco Marcon, *perth*
6 art and nature: christopher allen, *sydney*
7 orr, hearman and kruger: christopher heathcote, *melbourne*
8 artnotes - controversial choice, perspecta artists, perspecta preview, mystery, south east asian visitors, best design, in canberra, touring prints, moet et chandon itinerary, europe’s cultural capital, baselitz knighted, cartier-bresson prize, foreign gallery in shanghai, peter fuller’s visit
9 artists no longer in residence: isobel johnston, *london*
**10 art london 89: jonathan watkins**
**11 book review: kathleen o’connor: artist in exile: angela philp**
**12 the first national print symposium held over easter at the australian national gallery, Canberra: helen maxwell**
**13 art, work and the economic realities of staying alive: david throsby**
**14 salerooms: melbourne buyers go for sydney paintings: Tony palmer**
**15 arts law: copyright in aboriginal artworks: ‘a flash in the pan’: david shannon**

Art Monthly Australasia

Art Monthly Australasia is Australasia’s flagship visual arts publication, providing a critical platform for its artists. Published since 1987 under six full-time editors (Peter Townsend, Peter Timms, Philippa Kelly, Deborah Clark, Maurice O’Riordan and, from 2014, Michael Fitzgerald), it is Australasia’s only monthly visual arts magazine placing visual arts in a contemporary, historical and regional context.

Based at the ANU School of Art in Canberra since 1992, Art Monthly Australasia is a non-profit charitable organisation whose income is derived from sales of the magazine, advertising, sponsorship and government funding. Its board comprises leaders in their fields of visual arts scholarship, practice and curating, along with business and finance.

Since 2015, Art Monthly has also fostered critical discourse across the Asia-Pacific region with a new International Council, which, along with increased participation at international art fairs and biennales, is helping to provide a meaningful new context for its artists.