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Dispatch Review aims to pin down ideas and stir up conversations about art. We publish precise, concise art criticism, opinion pieces, interviews and audio. Dispatches are dispensed spontaneously and intended to be read in one sitting.
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Editors:
Sam Beard lives on Whadjuk country and spends much of his time writing about art. He holds degrees in visual art, design, and art history. Beard has worked for several galleries and arts organisations, and is the co-founder of Dispatch Review.
Max Vickery is a bookseller and Marxist based in Whadjuk country. His interests include activism, sociology, history, folklore, and comparative musicology.
Amelia Birch is a PhD candidate in History of Art at the University of Western Australia.
Contributors:
Aimee Dodds is a Perth based arts writer and co-founder of Dispatch Review. She has written for Memo Review, Art Almanac, ArtsHub, and Artist Profile Magazine. Dodds has first class joint honours in the History of Art and English and Cultural Studies from the University of Western Australia.
Darren Jorgensen lectures in art history at the University of Western Australia. His most recent book is The Dead C’s Clyma Est Mort.
Rex Butler teaches Art History in the Faculty of Art Design and Architecture at Monash University and writes on Australian art.
Francis Russell is a former academic and trade union official. He researches contemporary art and alienation, drawing on the legacies of Marxism, Freudian psychoanalysis, and phenomenology.
Maraya Takoniatis studies and conducts research in Philosophy, Fine Arts, and History of Art at the University of Western Australia.
Zali Morgan is an emerging artist, writer and curator, currently working at The Art Gallery of Western Australia as assistant curator of Indigenous Art. She is of Ballardong, Wilman and Whadjuk descent.
Kieron Broadhurst is an artist based in Perth, WA. Through a variety of media he investigates the speculative potential of fiction within contemporary art practice.
Darren Jorgensen lectures in art history at the University of Western Australia. His most recent book is The Dead C’s Clyma Est Mort.
Rex Butler teaches Art History in the Faculty of Art Design and Architecture at Monash University and writes on Australian art.
Francis Russell is a former academic and trade union official. He researches contemporary art and alienation, drawing on the legacies of Marxism, Freudian psychoanalysis, and phenomenology.
Maraya Takoniatis studies and conducts research in Philosophy, Fine Arts, and History of Art at the University of Western Australia.
Zali Morgan is an emerging artist, writer and curator, currently working at The Art Gallery of Western Australia as assistant curator of Indigenous Art. She is of Ballardong, Wilman and Whadjuk descent.
Kieron Broadhurst is an artist based in Perth, WA. Through a variety of media he investigates the speculative potential of fiction within contemporary art practice.
Terry Smith is Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Contemporary Art History and Theory in the Department of the History of Art and Architecture at the University of Pittsburgh, and Professor in the Division of Philosophy, Art and Critical Thought at the European Graduate School.
Ian McLean is an art historian and the former Hugh Ramsay Chair of Australian Art History at the University of Melbourne. His most recent book is Double Nation: A History of Australian Art.
Samuel Beilby is a contemporary artist and researcher. He currently teaches Fine Art at the University of Western Australia.
Jess van Heerden studies History of Art, Fine Art and Curatorial Studies at the University of Western Australia.
Jacinta Posik studies Fine Arts and History of Art at the University of Western Australia.
Stirling Kain is an arts administrator with a BA in History of Art and History. She works with various arts organisations in WA.
Ian McLean is an art historian and the former Hugh Ramsay Chair of Australian Art History at the University of Melbourne. His most recent book is Double Nation: A History of Australian Art.
Samuel Beilby is a contemporary artist and researcher. He currently teaches Fine Art at the University of Western Australia.
Jess van Heerden studies History of Art, Fine Art and Curatorial Studies at the University of Western Australia.
Jacinta Posik studies Fine Arts and History of Art at the University of Western Australia.
Stirling Kain is an arts administrator with a BA in History of Art and History. She works with various arts organisations in WA.
Please note: any conflicts of interest that may arise between editors and the subject and/or topic of a review will see the affected editors forego any and all participation in the editorial process of the related text.
Designer:
Mia Davis is an arts worker and design student based in Boorloo/Perth. Davis is powered by a love of connecting audiences to art and ideas, with inclusive design being key to her practice.