The Australian Art Field

Introduction: The Australian Art Field — Fractures and Frictions
Deborah Stevenson, Tony Bennett, Fred Myers and Tamara Winikoff

Part 1: Framing the Arts

Introduction: Tony Bennett

1. The Australian Visual Arts Exhibitionary Complex - Terry Smith

2. Mona and the Political-Cultural Economy of Independent Galleries - Adrian Franklin

3. On the Possibility of Another Australian Art History - Rex Butler and A.D.S. Donaldson

4. ‘Craftsperson’, ‘Artist’, ‘Designer’: Problematising the ‘Art Versus Commerce’ Divide Within Australian Creative Fields Today - Susan Luckman

5. Feminist Effects: Australian Visual Artists Past, Present, Future - Julie Ewington

6. Australian Working-Class Art Field: Its Making and Unmaking - Tony Moore

7. Liking Australian Art, Liking Australian Culture - Tony Bennett and Modesto Gayo

Part 2: Governance, Institutions and the Social

Introduction: Deborah Stevenson

8. Cultural Policy in Australia: Key Themes in the Governance of the Arts - Deborah Stevenson

9. Experiments with Arts Institutions: The Kandos School of Cultural Adaptation and Frontyard - Laura Fisher and Alexandra Crosby

10. Art Education and the Maker Movement: Identity, Wellbeing, Community, and Entrepreneurship - Kylie Budge

11. Why We Need to Talk about Race in the Arts or the Limits of Aspirational Diversity - Rimi Khan

12. Artist Activism in a Cultural Policy Void - Cecelia Cmielewski

13. Gaming the Data: The Evaluation of Cultural Activities and the Tensions for Public Policy - Hilary Glow and Katya Johanson

14. Arguing Value: Attitudes and Activism - Tamara Winikoff

Part 3: Indigenous Art

Introduction: Fred Myers

15. The Work of Art: Hope, Disenchantment and Indigenous Art in Australia - Fred Myers

16.Indigenising the Australian Artworld: National Culture and State Sovereignty - Ian McLean

17.Approaching the Sovereign: From Art Centres to Art Fairs - Jennifer Biddle

18.Indigenous Curatorial Interpellations: Insistence and Refusal - Stephen Gilchrist

Part Four: Artist's Voices

Introduction: Tamara Winikoff

19.Danie Mellor: Speaking of an Unquiet Country

20 Julie Gough: Testing the Ground: Art and ‘Difficult’ Histories

21 Hossein Valamanesh: In Between

22 Julie Shiels: Cultural Democracy in Action

23 Julie Rrap: Body Disclosures

24 Ben Quilty: Labour and Ritual

25 Deborah Kelly: Futile Fighting, Fanciful Folly