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Dispatch Review

Candid art criticism

Dispatch Review respectfully acknowledges the Whadjuk people as the traditional owners and custodians of the lands upon which we live and work. We pay deep respect to Elders past and present. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.
Reviews:

  1. Jack Ball, Mystery Solved, by Siân McIntyre.
  2. 2026 Power 100, by Dispatch Review.
  3. Patches in a Glowing Landscape: A Reading Gregory Pryor’s Huddle Exhibition, by Jonathan W. Marshall.
  4. Pure Intention: Singapore Biennale 2025–26  by Marco Marcon.
  5. Gemma Weston, WITNESSING by Sam Beard and Francis Russell.
  6. Painting Itself: Artist Interviews by Felicity Ostergaard and William Bromage.
  7. Flooding The Zone by Paul Sutherland.
  8. Something Old, Something New by Duncan McKay.
  9. Theo Koning by Marco Marcon.
  10. Jacob Kotzee: Stimela by Grace Coppola.
  11. Feel Bad Hit of the Summer Pt. 2 by Francis Russell.
  12. Isn’t there someone you forgot to ask? by Amy Hickman.
  13. Isabel Bereczky: Outsole by Chelsea Hopper.
  14. On Dreaming by Stirling Kain.
  15. Feel Bad Hit of the Summer Pt. 1 by Francis Russell.
  16. Lucas “Granpa” Abela at _____g.s by Nalinie See.
  17. Alana Hunt, A Deceptively Simple Need, PICA by Marco Marcon.
  18. Wang Qingsong’s Everlasting Inscription by Sam Beard.
  19. Dispatch Review's 2025 Wrap-up.
  20. Ripairian: Imprinting the Living Landscape by Annette Peterson.
  21. Corpse-Watching Comes to Perth by Riley Landau.
  22. Queering Kin: Amos Gebhardt’s Family Portrait by Riley Landau.
  23. Forget AI by Francis Russell.
  24. Acid Utopia: Judgment Day by Aimee Dodds.
  25. Mollescent Irritant: Liam Gillick at Disneyland Paris by Aimee Dodds.
  26. Kieron Broadhurst and Ash Tower: Border Chronicle by Soph Grey.
  27. Nan Goldin, Voyeurism, and the NGA by Jess van Heerden.
  28. Bombard the Headquarters: An Interview with Linda Jaivin by Sam Beard.
  29. Hatched Dispatched 2025, by Maraya Takoniatis, Riley Landau, Nalinie See, Kye Fisher, and Jess van Heerden.
  30. Sneak Out by Tara Heffernan.
  31. By Chance, Li Gang by Sam Beard.
  32. Nazila Jahangir, Immigration by Sam Beard.
  33. Regenerative Strategies: A Celestial Reflection by Jess van Heerden.
  34. Cast in (Mostly) Bronze at AGWA by Riley Landau.
  35. Missed Shows and Mini Reviews by Darren Jorgensen, Riley Landau, Amelia Birch, and Sam Beard.
  36. 2025 Power 100, by Dispatch Review.
  37. Dan Bourke, Keywords, AVA by Francis Russell.
  38. Revivification at AGWA by Angus Bowskill.
  39. The Australian Dream and other Fictions by Jess van Heerden.
  40. The Vessel Report by Sam Beard.
  41. Jacob Kotzee’s flowerfield by Scott Price.
  42. Jeff Gibson: False Gestalt by Francis Russell.
  43. Skyward, or Boonji Spaceman and the Giant Kebab by Nick FitzPatrick.
  44. Sam Bloor and Jesse Marlow: Street Posters 2020–2025 by Sam Beard.
  45. Mervyn Street: Stolen Wages by Darren Jorgensen.
  46. 100 Sculpture Ideas for Sculptures by the Sea by Rainy Colbert.
  47. Kate Mitchell’s Idea Induction by Amelia Birch.
  48. Mai Nguyễn-Long’s Doba Nation by Sam Beard.
  49. A conversation with Jo Darbyshire, by Stirling Kain.
  50. Dispatch Review’s 2024 Wrap-up.
  51. The people yearn... by Max Vickery and Erin Russell.
  52. An invitation to dance by Sam Beard.
  53. We Talk, We Discuss: An Interview with Taring Padi by Max Vickery.
  54. AGWA x PrideFEST by Felicity Bean.
  55. Tim Meakins, Body Mould by Sam Beard.
  56. Nick FitzPatrick, Hero Image by Francis Russell.
  57. Jacob Kotzee, Arrangements by Dan Glover.
  58. Hollow Icons: Desmond Mah at Mossenson by Darren Jorgensen.
  59. Pilgrimage: An interview with Vedika Rampal.
  60. The UnAustralian: Doubling Double Nation – An interview with Rex Butler.
  61. Negative Criticism: A Year of Dispatch Review by Tara Heffernan.
  62. Custodians as Reverse Monument by Darren Jorgensen.
  63. End of History – LWAG by Francis Russell.
  64. Hatched Dispatched 2024 by Dan Glover, Jess van Heerden, Nalinie See & Sam Beard.
  65. David Bromfield: A critic at large and ‘Where did the artists go?’
  66. Me, Also Me by Sam Beard.
  67. Paper Trails Between Lion and Swan by Sam Beard.
  68. Ceramically Speaking by Ben Yaxley. 
  69. The Strelley Mob by Sam Harper.
  70. Rone: The Mighty Success by Leslie Thompson.
  71. Paper Trails: An interview with Yeo Chee Kiong by Sam Beard.
  72. 2024 Power 100 by Dispatch Review.
  73. Foresight & Fiction by Ben Yaxley.
  74. Twin Peaks Was 30 by Matthew Taggart.
  75. Breaking News: It’s Rone! by Sam Beard.
  76. Look, looking at Anna Park by Amelia Birch.
  77. The Fan by Francis Russell.
  78. Follower, Leader by Maraya Takoniatis.
  79. Wanneroo Warholamania by Sam Beard.
  80. Death Metal Summer by Sam Beard.
  81. Players, Places: Reprised, Renewed, Reviewed by Aimee Dodds.
  82. Scholtz: Two Worlds Apart by  Corderoy, Fisher, Flaherty, Wilson, Fletcher,  Jorgensen, & Glover.
  83. Partial Sightings by Sam Beard.
  84. True! Crime. by Aimee Dodds.
  85. The Human Condition by Rex Butler.
  86. Rebecca Baumann’s Light Event by Sam Beard.
  87. Rejoinder: Archival / Activism by Max Vickery.
  88. Access and Denial in The Purple Shall Govern by Jess van Heerden.
  89. 4Spells by Sam Beard.
  90. Abstract art, DMT capitalism and the ugliness of David Attwood’s paintings
    by Darren Jorgensen.
  91. Unearthing new epistemologies of extraction by Samuel Beilby.
  92. Seek Wisdom by Max Vickery.
  93. Something for Everyone by Sam Beard.
  94. Violent Sludge by Aimee Dodds.
  95. State of Abstraction by Francis Russell.
  96. Double Histories: Special Issue, with texts by Ian McLean, Terry Smith, and Darren Jorgensen & Sam Beard.
  97. Six Missing Shows by Sam Beard.
  98. What We Memorialise by Max Vickery.
  99. At the End of the Land by Amelia Birch.
  100. The beautiful is useful by Sam Beard.
  101. ām / ammā / mā maram by Zali Morgan.
  102. Making Ground, Breaking Ground by Maraya Takoniatis.
  103. Art as Asset by Sam Beard.
  104. Cactus Malpractice by Aimee Dodds.
  105. Sweet sweet pea by Sam Beard.
  106. COBRA by Francis Russell.
  107. PICA Barn by Sam Beard.
  108. Gallery Hotel Metro by Aimee Dodds.
  109. A Stroll Through the Sacred, Profane, and Bizarre by Samuel Beilby.
  110. Filling in the Gaps at Spacingout by Maraya Takoniatis.
  111. Disneyland Cosmoplitanism by Sam Beard.
  112. Discovering Revenue by Amelia Birch.
  113. Uncomfortable Borrowing by Jess van Heerden.
  114. It’s Not That Strange by Stirling Kain.
  115. Hatched Dispatched 2023 by Sam Beard & Aimee Dodds.
  116. Fuck the Class System by Jess van Heerden, Jacinta Posik, Darren Jorgensen, et al.
  117. Wild About Nothing by Sam Beard.
  118. Paranoiac, Peripatetic: Pet Projects by Aimee Dodds.
  119. An Odd Moment for Women’s Art by Maraya Takoniatis.
  120. Transmutations by Sam Beard.
  121. The Post-Vandal by Sam Beard.
  122. Art Thugs and Humbugs by Max Vickery.
  123. Disneyland, Paris, Ardross and the artworld by Darren Jorgensen.
  124. Bizarrely, A Biennale by Aimee Dodds.
  125. Venus in Tullamarine by Sam Beard.
  126. Weird Rituals by Sam Beard.
  127. Random Cube by Francis Russell.
  128. Yeah, Nah, Rockpool by Aimee Dodds.
  129. Towards a Blind Horizon by Kieron Broadhurst.
  130. Being Realistic by Sam Beard.
The annual ranking of the most influential people in West Australia’s art world, according to Dispatch Review.
Thursday, 9 July 2026

  1. Robert Buratti, Artist and editorial director, Art Collector Magazine.

  2. Mervyn Street, Artist.

  3. Jessyca Hutchens, Academic, curator, and AAANZ WA rep.

  4. Margaret Moore, Founder and director, Moore Contemporary.

  5. Jana Braddock, Creative Lead, Goolugatup Heathcote.

  6. Colin Walker, Director, AGWA.

  7. Hannah Mathews, Director, PICA.

  8. Wendy Hubert, Artist.

  9. Ricky Arnold, Executive director, Art on the Move.

  10. Nina Juniper, Co-director, Vessel Contemporary.
     
  11. Robert Cook, Curator, AGWA.

  12. Rachel Ciesla, Curator, AGWA.

  13. Penny Tassone, Deputy director & marketing director, AGWA.

  14. Clothilde Bullen, Manager, collections, ECU.

  15. Sarah Wilkinson, Manager of Arts, Walyalup Fremantle Arts Centre.

  16. Zali Morgan, Curator and chairperson, Community Arts Network.

  17. Kamilė Burinskaitė, Founder and director, Kamilė Gallery.

  18. Clarissa Ball, Board Member, AGWA.

  19. Tabitha McMullan, CEO, FORM.

  20. Shannon Lyons, Artist and public programs coordinator, Walyalup Fremantle Arts Centre.

  21. David Attwood, Artist and Disneyland Paris.

  22. Ron Bradfield Jr, Cultural consultant, independent curator, and artist.

  23. Theo Constantino, Director, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery.

  24. John Prince Siddon, Artist.

  25. Matthew Brown, Artist and Bill's PC.

  26. Simon Lee, Philanthropist, Simon Lee Foundation for Contemporary Asian Art.

  27. Jack Morellini, Artist and Light Works.
       
  28. Helen Carroll, Curator, Wesfarmers Collection.
     
  29. Amy Mukherjee, Manager, Martumili Artists.

  30. Susanna Castleden, Director, John Curtin Gallery.

  31. Olivier David, Consultant, art collector, and founder of OFFMARKET Gallery.

  32. Ainslie Gatt, Art consultant.
     
  33. Paul Boyé, Writer and co-curator, Goolugatup Heathcote.
       
  34. Samuel Beilby, Artist and co-founder, underscore.

  35. Brent Harrison, Curator, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery.

  36. Chandler Abrahams, Artist and co-founder, underscore.

  37. Dan Bourke, Artist and General Manager, Cool Change Contemporary.

  38. Janet Holmes à Court, Chair of AGWA Board and Director, Janet Holmes à Court Gallery.

  39. Terri-Ann White, Upswell Publishing.

  40. Ilona McGuire, Artist and curator, AACHWA.

  41. Carly Lane, Curator, AGWA.

  42. Abdul-Rahman Abdullah, Artist.

  43. Yabini Kickett, Artist.

  44. Adam Jorlen, Futurist and lead at The Naval Store.

  45. Emilia Galatis, Curator.

  46. Tim Burns, Artist and nuisance.

  47. Chad Creighton, CEO, AACHWA.

  48. Nick FitzPatrick, Artist.

  49. Mummy's Plastic (aka Rose Kingdom-Barron), Perthonality.

  50. Lia McKnight, Curator, John Curtin Gallery.

  51. Jack Ball, Artist.

  52. Andrew Varano, Artist and Gallery Director of AVA.

  53. Grace Connors, Performance artist, impresario, and DJ.

  54. Guy Louden, Artist and Collections Officer, Artbank.

  55. Annika Kristensen, Curator and Vessel Contemporary board member.

  56. Bennett Miller, Artist and head of operations, Artsource.

  57. Ben Yaxley, Writer and critic.

  58. Kate Hulett, Photographer and failed Teal candidate.

  59. Peter McKenzie, Director, McKenzie's Auctioneers.

  60. Gary Dufour, Curator and writer.

  61. Lyn Di Ciero, Founder and editor, Artist's Chronicle.

  62. Mia Palmer-Verevis, Hatched curatorial associate, PICA.

  63. Gemma Weston, Artist.

  64. Ron Nyisztor, Artist and gallerist, Nyisztor Studio.

  65. Anna Reece, Artistic director, Perth Festival.

  66. Georgia Hayward, Curator.

  67. Corine van Hall, Public art consultant, Indarra Public Art.

  68. Mark Stewart, Curator, Murdoch University Collection.

  69. Joe Landro, Printing and framing, Joe's Printing.

  70. Louise Dickmann, Collections co-ordinator, Janet Holmes à Court Gallery.

  71. Pete Stone, Director of creative arts, Fremantle Council.

  72. Rebecca Baumann, Artist.

  73. Predrag Delibasic, Gallery Central.

  74. Paul Chamberlain, Chair, AGWA Foundation.

  75. Helen Curtis, Save the Kebab campaign.

  76. Kieron Broadhurst, Artist.

  77. Anna Louise Richardson, Artist.

  78. Will Ek Uvelius, Co-director, Vessel Contemporary.

  79. Sam Bloor, Artist.

  80. Lee Kinsella, Curator, Lawrence Wilson Gallery.

  81. Greg Molloy, Artist and Rook ARI.

  82. Minali Gamage, PICA board member and collector.

  83. Isobel Wise, Curator, AGWA.

  84. David Handley, Founder/CEO/Artistic Director, Sculpture by the Sea.

  85. Naomi Mossenson, Mossenson Galleries.

  86. Wal Kolbusz, Artist and gallerist, Kolbusz Space.

  87. Jude van der Meer, Consultant and curator.

  88. Emma Cornwall, Foundation manager, AGWA.

  89. David Doyle, Founder, executive director DADAA.

  90. Kit Messham-Muir, Academic, Curtin University.

  91. Andrew Nicholls, Artist and curator.

  92. Paul Gullotti, Director, Gullotti Galleries.

  93. Joseph Cook, Editor, ARTERY Magazine.

  94. Tristen Harwood, Writer.

  95. Felicity Johnston, Director, Art Collective WA.

  96. Delwyn Everard, Arts lawyer, board member of The Lester Prize and Perth Festival.

  97. Liam Kennedy, Mangkaja Artists.
      
  98. Glenn Iseger-Pilkington, Consultant.

  99. Bradley Innes, Church of the Cactus.

  100. Joshua Webb, Artist.