The art of Australian painting icon, Lesley Dumbrell, pulsates across our July/August cover — coupled with a lively conversation between Dumbrell and writer Kelly Gellatly. Meanwhile Neha Kale untangles the links between hair, gender, freedom and control via a new show at Heide Museum of Art. Briony Downes chronicles the story behind Lillian O’Neil’s art, capturing the experience of new motherhood; and Wendy Sharpe reflects on that famous painting of Magda Szubanski. We delight in the fashion designs of Iris van Herpen (who’s dressed everyone from Björk to Beyonce), and celebrate the milestone anniversaries of two pivotal, much-adored institutions in Australian art: Arts Project Australia and Araluen Arts Centre.
