April 1989 Issue 19

1 opening shots

2 biennale mon amour: nick waterlow

3 corporate sponsorship of the visual arts in australia: biron valier

4 russian avant-garde and architecture: deanna petherbridge, london

5 the arts for tv or civilization and its discontents: kevin gough-yates

6 silver bags & wallpaper cows: memory holloway, new york

7 trans-tasman: wystan curnow, new zealand

8 send me more paint!: andrew sayers, canberra

9 humorous expressions: christopher heathcote, melbourne

10 looby, watkins & mcdonald’s duck project: jacques delaruelle, sydney

11 artnotes - a weekend of desire at pica 3 to 5 march, discussing psychoanalysis, sansom for indian triennale, ralph balson touring show, incidental intelligence, june wayne lecture programme, malevich at last, art fair news, artspace loses chair

12 correspondence

13 gauguin apotheosis: deke dusinberre

14 make space for art: nava

15 salerooms: australian art in london: colin gleadell

16 book review: varo: julie ewington

17 book review: a vision of hope: thancoupie

18 The politics of space from ‘alternative’ spaces to artist-run initiatives: peter anderson

19 Arts law: contracts for the commissioning of art works: william morrow

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