June 2015 Issue 280

1 Dispatches: gabriella coslovichArtspace, sydney; image courtesy artspace and dunn & hillam architects; photo: brett boardman — **1 Dispatches: gabriella coslovich**
Artspace, sydney; image courtesy artspace and dunn & hillam architects; photo: brett boardman

2 On audiences, artists and connectivity: A NSW roundtable: Michael FitzgeraldFrom left: Michael Dagostino, Brett Adlington, Elizabeth Ann Macgregor, Lisa Havilah, Suhanya Raffel and Talia Linz at Carriageworks, Sydney, 22 April 2015; image courtesy… — **2 On audiences, artists and connectivity: A NSW roundtable: Michael Fitzgerald**
From left: Michael Dagostino, Brett Adlington, Elizabeth Ann Macgregor, Lisa Havilah, Suhanya Raffel and Talia Linz at Carriageworks, Sydney, 22 April 2015; image courtesy and © Bob Newman

3 reflections on the ‘regional’: joe eisenberg in conversation: anna waldmannjoe eisenberg at his ‘director’s choice’ exhibition, maitland regional art gallery (mrag), 2014; image courtesy the maitland mercury; photo: stuart scott — **3 reflections on the ‘regional’: joe eisenberg in conversation: anna waldmann**
joe eisenberg at his ‘director’s choice’ exhibition, maitland regional art gallery (mrag), 2014; image courtesy *the maitland mercury*; photo: stuart scott

4 channelling a chameleon: ‘bungaree: the first australian’: larissa behrendtkarla dickens, life like liquid, 2015, video still; image courtesy the artist and mosman art gallery, sydney — **4 channelling a chameleon: ‘bungaree: the first australian’: larissa behrendt**
karla dickens, *life like liquid*, 2015, video still; image courtesy the artist and mosman art gallery, sydney

5 a total creative force: the ‘sydney 6’: christine francemargo lewers, orange with white, 1971, plexiglass construction, 31 x 51.5 x 12.3cm; collection penrith regional gallery & the lewers bequest collection, gift of tanya crothers and darani … — **5 a total creative force: the ‘sydney 6’: christine france**
margo lewers, *orange with white*, 1971, plexiglass construction, 31 x 51.5 x 12.3cm; collection penrith regional gallery & the lewers bequest collection, gift of tanya crothers and darani lewers 1979

6 an untold story: how three artistic couples became the ‘sydney 6’: cassi platecarl and jocelyn plate, 1946; image courtesy cassi plate — **6 an untold story: how three artistic couples became the ‘sydney 6’: cassi plate**
carl and jocelyn plate, 1946; image courtesy cassi plate

7 the big picture: locust joneslocust jones, several months in the life of the world, 2015, detail; ink, pencil, oil and pigment on paper (saunders waterford 300gsm), 150 x 1000cm; image courtesy the artist and dominik mersch gallery, sydney, and ka… — **7 the big picture: locust jones**
locust jones, *several months in the life of the world*, 2015, detail; ink, pencil, oil and pigment on paper (saunders waterford 300gsm), 150 x 1000cm; image courtesy the artist and dominik mersch gallery, sydney, and karen woodbury gallery, melbourne; photo: silversalt

8 nigel milsom: surface tension: rachel kentnigel milsom, judo house part 6 (the white bird), 2014-15, oil on linen, 230 x 195cm, yuill/crowley, sydney; image courtesy the artist and yuill/crowley, sydney — **8 nigel milsom: surface tension: rachel kent**
nigel milsom, *judo house part 6 (the white bird)*, 2014-15, oil on linen, 230 x 195cm, yuill/crowley, sydney; image courtesy the artist and yuill/crowley, sydney

9 the elephant in the room: uses and misuses of animals in curatorial practice: janine burkeanastasia klose, the farnsworth series, 2014, detail; mixed-media, dimensions variable; image courtesy the artist and tolarno galleries, melbourne — **9 the elephant in the room: uses and misuses of animals in curatorial practice: janine burke**
anastasia klose, *the farnsworth series*, 2014, detail; mixed-media, dimensions variable; image courtesy the artist and tolarno galleries, melbourne

10 dark poet: trent parke’s ‘the black rose’: pedro de almeidatrent parke, cemetery, adelaide, 2007; © trent parke/magnum photos — **10 dark poet: trent parke’s ‘the black rose’: pedro de almeida**
trent parke, *cemetery, adelaide*, 2007; © trent parke/magnum photos

11 Margaret west 1936-2014: eva czernis-rylmargaret west, august 2011; image courtesy vincent west — **11 Margaret west 1936-2014: eva czernis-ryl**
margaret west, august 2011; image courtesy vincent west

12 vernon treweeke 1939-2015: rhonda davisEffy Alexakis, vernon treweeke, 2014, digital photograph; image courtesy the artist and the estate of vernon treweeke — **12 vernon treweeke 1939-2015: rhonda davis**
Effy Alexakis, *vernon treweeke*, 2014, digital photograph; image courtesy the artist and the estate of vernon treweeke

13 Betty Churcher 1931-2015: alan dodgebetty churcher, 2008; photo: adam knott — **13 Betty Churcher 1931-2015: alan dodge**
betty churcher, 2008; photo: adam knott

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