The sentiment of 'having something to say' rings true throughout this issue. We get to know Gunditjmara artist Millar Baker, from her art crushes to her process of creating. We largely say things through language and for Robert Andrew, a descendant of the Yawuru people, art is a way to reveal the colonial power structures of language.
A mix of personal and political is found in the work of Djapu artist Dhambit Munungurr who creates famously blue paintings. History also speaks. Artist and curator Brenda Croft tells the tremendous story behind a photograph from the 1990s. A profile on influential artist Susan Norrie chronicles her visits to disaster areas and the Iraq War. This issue also looks at the hundreds of millions of philanthropic and government funding funnelled into museum and gallery buildings in the last few years. Does this come at the cost of supporting artists or is this the investment we need?
