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New museums, new agendas

New museums, new agendas

Vol 22 no 4


A nation's museums are an index of its understanding of itself. We examine the controversies and debates surrounding new museums in Canberra and Melbourne which have challenged the conventional wisdom. Charles Esche proposes that a new breed of less tightly prescriptive art institutions can be catalysts for changing societal attitudes. Also new practice in digital media, fashion as art, profiles of Peter Callas, Lawrence Daws, Julia Ciccarone, Kate Breakey, and Robin Best. Reviews of Documenta and Site and Sight in Singapore.


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Small Deaths

Sarah Thomas, feature

Australian artist Kate Breakey, who now resides in Tucson, Arizona, caught up with Sarah Thomas to discuss the impact of growing up in the coastal town of Port Lincoln and the impact her childhood upbringing is having on her recent work. "I think my childhood proximity to nature turned me into a naturalist...Growing up around animals you learn that life is complicated, survival is a struggle, death usually isn't quick or clean, and nature doesn't make any allowances for love and attachment".



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