Australian Art Field

Tony Bennett is Research Professor in Social and Cultural Theory in Western Sydney University’s Institute for Culture and Society, and a Fellow of both the Australian Academy of the Humanities and the UK Academy of the Social Sciences.Deborah Stevenson is Professor of Sociology and Urban Cultural Research in the Institute for Culture and Society at Western Sydney University. Fred Myers is the Silver Professor of Anthropology at New York University.Tamara Winikoff OAM is a cultural advocate and commentator, policy adviser and senior arts manager. Currently working as an arts consultant, Tamara was previously CEO of the national peak body for the Australian visual arts sector, the National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA).

• Introduction: The Australian Art Field — Fractures and FrictionsDeborah Stevenson, Tony Bennett, Fred Myers and Tamara WinikoffPart 1: Framing the ArtsIntroduction: Tony Bennett1. The Australian Visual Arts Exhibitionary Complex - Terry Smith2. Mona and the Political-Cultural Economy of Independent Galleries - Adrian Franklin3. On the Possibility of Another Australian Art History - Rex Butler and A.D.S. Donaldson4. ‘Craftsperson’, ‘Artist’, ‘Designer’: Problematising the ‘Art Versus Commerce’ Divide Within Australian Creative Fields Today - Susan Luckman5. Feminist Effects: Australian Visual Artists Past, Present, Future - Julie Ewington6. Australian Working-Class Art Field: Its Making and Unmaking - Tony Moore7. Liking Australian Art, Liking Australian Culture - Tony Bennett and Modesto GayoPart 2: Governance, Institutions and the SocialIntroduction: Deborah Stevenson8. Cultural Policy in Australia: Key Themes in the Governance of the Arts - Deborah Stevenson9. Experiments with Arts Institutions: The Kandos School of Cultural Adaptation and Frontyard - Laura Fisher and Alexandra Crosby10. Art Education and the Maker Movement: Identity, Wellbeing, Community, and Entrepreneurship - Kylie Budge11. Why We Need to Talk about Race in the Arts or the Limits of Aspirational Diversity - Rimi Khan12. Artist Activism in a Cultural Policy Void - Cecelia Cmielewski13. Gaming the Data: The Evaluation of Cultural Activities and the Tensions for Public Policy - Hilary Glow and Katya Johanson14. Arguing Value: Attitudes and Activism - Tamara WinikoffPart 3: Indigenous ArtIntroduction: Fred Myers15. The Work of Art: Hope, Disenchantment and Indigenous Art in Australia - Fred Myers16.Indigenising the Australian Artworld: National Culture and State Sovereignty - Ian McLean17.Approaching the Sovereign: From Art Centres to Art Fairs - Jennifer Biddle18.Indigenous Curatorial Interpellations: Insistence and Refusal - Stephen Gilchrist Part Four: Artist's VoicesIntroduction: Tamara Winikoff19.Danie Mellor: Speaking of an Unquiet Country20 Julie Gough: Testing the Ground: Art and ‘Difficult’ Histories21 Hossein Valamanesh: In Between22 Julie Shiels: Cultural Democracy in Action23 Julie Rrap: Body Disclosures24 Ben Quilty: Labour and Ritual25 Deborah Kelly: Futile Fighting, Fanciful Folly

Winner of the Art Association of Australia and New Zealand (AAANZ)'s 2021 Best Anthology!Winner of the Art Association of Australia and New Zealand (AAANZ)'s 2021 Best Art Writing by an Indigenous Australian (for a chapter by Danie Mellor)!