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NO ART
EDITION 11, 2026
GUEST EDITORS JESSICA CARMODY, EMMA LIVESEY-GREEN AND SARAH MOULD
“The only way to grow healthy, robust social fibre is through building an independent and confident culture. And the only way to build a confident culture is through encouraging the arts, in all their forms, by creating the conditions to tell our own stories” – Ben Quilty (2026)
Since the publication of our call for submissions in 2025, the debate around art-making and arts research in Australia has only grown louder. As a guest editorial team made up of Higher Degree Researchers and creative practitioners in the arts and humanities, this was not surprising for us. The writing was on the metaphoric gallery wall even as we titled our edition: No Art.
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