Art Collector Magazine

Issue 117 is now available
At the heart of Issue 117 is our headline feature: Under 5K — the artists you might be surprised to learn have work available for less than AU$5,000. A guide to collecting with intent, not budget.
Upfront
Previews maps the notable exhibitions to see across the region this quarter, while Artworld Analysis turns to LACMA's reimagined David Geffen Galleries, how Albert Barnes and Donald M. Hess built coherence into two singular museums, and the quiet AI tools reshaping how collectors research and manage what they own. Plus a full Art Fair Report, last quarter's major prize winners in And the Winner Was, and Michael Dagostino On the Couch.
Artists
We turn to the artists making work that matters. Zoe Young paints with the eye of a director. After two decades behind the scenes, Hendrik Kolenberg emerges as an artist in his own right. Tarntanya/Adelaide ceramicist Sam Gold turns the pinch into a meditation on surrender, Kathy Temin returns to Surry Hills for her first show at Ames Yavuz, and Ngaroma Riley is reshaping wāhine Māori carving through "time on the tools". Plus Adam John Cullen, Alethea Richter, J Davies, Katy Woodroffe, Hilary Finch, Lucy Yarawanga and Jon Tarry.
Collecting
Sue Cramer writes a personal portrait of John Nixon — true believer in art, one of the most generous figures of his generation — in our Collector's Dossier. For four decades Bett Gallery has built a culture of collecting founded on friendship and trust, while Carey Lyon and Jo Crosby reflect on a decade quietly assembling an exceptional collection of early Papunya painting. And Maningrida Arts & Culture shows us a model of supporting artists inseparable from the work of staying on Country.