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 National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina