Arts publishing on the rise, thanks to industry chutzpah

With a slew of new artist monographs released over the past month, ArtsHub questions the recent focus on visual arts publishing and shift in trends.
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Christopher Hodges, Director, Utopia Art Sydney, and Dr Alec O’Halloran, author of the recently launched publication, The Master from Marnpi  the first authorised biography of Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri. Photo credit: Jason de Plater.

‘Depending on how you look at it, the art-book industry is either in precarious straits or the midst of a golden age,’ writes Andrew Russeth, co-executive editor at ARTnews.

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Instagram: fairleygina