PUBLICATIONS
Books
In progress
Forms of Persuasion: Art and Business in the 1960s
2007
Perils of the Studio: Inside the Artistic Affairs of Bohemian Melbourne
Australian Scholarly Press with the State Library of Victoria, ISBN 978-1-740-97149-2
Find on OCLC WorldCat
Essays and Articles
Forthcoming, ‘Art and Economics Beyond the Market’, American Art, Fall 2019, Special section on Art and Economics edited by John Ott and Robin Veder (co-authored with Sophie Cras and Maggie Cao)
Forthcoming, ‘Optics: James Rosenquist and the Politics of Vision’, James Rosenquist: Visualising the 1960s (exhibition catalogue), Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London
2019, ‘Rusting Giant: U.S. Steel and the promotional material of sculpture’, in Monica Jonanovich-Kelley and Melissa Renn (ed.), Corporate Patronage of Art & Architecture in the United States, Late 19th Century to the Present, Bloomsbury Publishing: New York, 2019, pp. 206-224. Read on Academia.edu
2019 ‘American Art Under John Rothenstein, 1938-64', Modern American Art at Tate 1945-1980, Tate Research Publication, 2019. Read on the Tate website
2019, 'Theodore Roszak’s The Unknown Political Prisoner (Defiant and Triumphant), 1952’, In Focus, Tate Research Publication, 2019. Read on the Tate website
2018, ‘Alexander Calder’s Industrial Revolution’, in Anne Grace and Elizabeth Hutton Turner (ed.), Alexander Calder: Radical Inventor (exhibition catalogue), Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 2018, pp.181-185. Read on Academia.edu
2018, ‘Sue Fuller’s String Composition #128’, In Focus, Tate Research Publication, 2018. Read on the Tate website
2017, ‘Our Synthetic Environment: The Political Landscapes of Allan D’Arcangelo’, Allan D’Arcangelo: Without Sound, 1974-1982 (exhibition catalogue), Garth Greenan Gallery, New York, pp. 4-12. Read on Academia.edu
2017, 'James Rosenquist Silo 1963-4', In Focus, Tate Research Publication. Read on Tate website
2017, 'Kenneth Noland Gift 1961-2', In Focus, Tate Research Publication. Read on Tate website
2017, ‘Transnational Transactions: Trade, Diplomacy and the Circulation of American Art’, American Art, Summer 2017, pp. 89-95. Read on Academia.edu
2016, ‘Richard Artschwager’s Table and Chair’, in Jonah Westermann (ed.), Performance at Tate: Into the Space of Art, Tate Research Publication. Read on Tate website
2016, Catalogue entries, in Christopher Riopelle (ed.), Australia’s Impressionists, National Gallery, London. Find on OCLC WorldCat
2016, In Focus: Louise Nevelson Black Wall 1959, Tate Research Publication. Read on Tate website
2015, ‘Calder’s Carnival’, in Achim Borchardt-Hume (ed.), Alexander Calder: Performing Sculpture, Yale University Press. Read on Academia.edu
2015, ‘Henry Moore and the values of business’, Henry Moore: Sculptural Process and Public Identity, Tate Research Publication. Read on Tate website
2014, ‘The Calder Problem: Mobiles, modern taste and mass culture’, Oxford Art Journal, Vol. 37, No. 1, 2014, pp. 27–45. Read on Academia.edu
2012, ‘Gumtree Diplomats’, in Lie of the Land: New Australian Landscapes, Embassy of Australia. Catalogue essay. Read on Academia.edu
2012, ‘Unstable Motives: Propaganda, politics and the late work of Alexander Calder’, American Art, Spring, Vol. 26, No. 1, March 2012, pp. 24–47. Read on Academia.edu
2011, ‘The Merchandise of Venice’, Art Monthly Australia, Issue 242, pp. 44–45
2011, ‘Father Figure: Reassessing Henry Moore and his Australian influences’, Art Monthly Australia, Issue 239, pp. 30-32
2009, ‘Wolseley’s Lines’, in Jeanette Hoorn (ed.), Reframing Darwin: Evolution and Art in Australia, The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne University Publishing. Find on OCLC WorldCat
2008, 'My Doubtful Mind' (with Jan Duffy), My Doubtful Mind, Linden Centre for Contemporary Art. Catalogue essay.
2007, ‘Home before dark’, Katie Jacobs, Domestic Flights (exhibition catalogue), Bus Gallery
2007, ‘What do you call good video art?’, Loop: New Australian Video Art, Hamilton Art Gallery (touring, Catalogue essay.
2007, ‘The spectacle of transcendence’, Tim Webster, Machu Picchu, Seventh Gallery, Catalogue essay.
2005, ‘Inside the Australian Artist’s Studio’, National Library of Australia News, pp. 10-13.
2005, ‘Tapping the Drip: Noel Skrzypczak and Guy Benfield’, Eyeline, No. 56, p. 9.
2004, ‘Life is Very Long’, Life is Very Long, Yarra Sculpture Space. Catalogue essay.
2004, ‘Flatness Packed’, Artlink, Vol. 24 no. 2, pp. 22-25.
2004, ‘120 Degrees of Separation’, 120 Degrees of Separation, Linden Centre for Contemporary Art. Catalogue essay.
2003, Experimenta House of Tomorrow, Victorian Arts Centre. Exhibition catalogue.
2003, ‘Drama is Conflict’, Drama is Conflict, Linden Centre for Contemporary Art. Exhibition catalogue.
2002, Experimenta Prototype, Victorian Arts Centre. Exhibition catalogue.
Reviews
2017, ‘Andy Warhol: My Perfect Body’, Art News, Summer 2017, pp. 130-2. Exhibition review.
2017, ‘Modern Art in America’ The Burlington Magazine. Book review of William C. Agee, Modern Art in America 1908-68.
2015, ‘Impure Modernism’, Art History, v.38, no.1, February 2015, pp. 230–233. Book review of Nancy J. Troy, The Afterlife of Piet Mondrian. Read on Academia.edu
2008, ‘Dale Hickey: Life in a Box’, Eyeline, No. 66, p. 64. Exhibition review.
2006, ‘Dark, Shiny: Noel Skrzypczak’, Eyeline, No. 62, p. 10. Exhibition review
2003, ‘Habitat: Callum Morton’, Artlink, Vol. 23 no. 3, pp. 86-87. Exhibition review.
2003, ‘Jan Flook: Recycology’, Artlink, Vol. 23 no. 1, p. 88. Exhibition review.
In progress
Forms of Persuasion: Art and Business in the 1960s
2007
Perils of the Studio: Inside the Artistic Affairs of Bohemian Melbourne
Australian Scholarly Press with the State Library of Victoria, ISBN 978-1-740-97149-2
Find on OCLC WorldCat
Essays and Articles
Forthcoming, ‘Art and Economics Beyond the Market’, American Art, Fall 2019, Special section on Art and Economics edited by John Ott and Robin Veder (co-authored with Sophie Cras and Maggie Cao)
Forthcoming, ‘Optics: James Rosenquist and the Politics of Vision’, James Rosenquist: Visualising the 1960s (exhibition catalogue), Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London
2019, ‘Rusting Giant: U.S. Steel and the promotional material of sculpture’, in Monica Jonanovich-Kelley and Melissa Renn (ed.), Corporate Patronage of Art & Architecture in the United States, Late 19th Century to the Present, Bloomsbury Publishing: New York, 2019, pp. 206-224. Read on Academia.edu
2019 ‘American Art Under John Rothenstein, 1938-64', Modern American Art at Tate 1945-1980, Tate Research Publication, 2019. Read on the Tate website
2019, 'Theodore Roszak’s The Unknown Political Prisoner (Defiant and Triumphant), 1952’, In Focus, Tate Research Publication, 2019. Read on the Tate website
2018, ‘Alexander Calder’s Industrial Revolution’, in Anne Grace and Elizabeth Hutton Turner (ed.), Alexander Calder: Radical Inventor (exhibition catalogue), Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 2018, pp.181-185. Read on Academia.edu
2018, ‘Sue Fuller’s String Composition #128’, In Focus, Tate Research Publication, 2018. Read on the Tate website
2017, ‘Our Synthetic Environment: The Political Landscapes of Allan D’Arcangelo’, Allan D’Arcangelo: Without Sound, 1974-1982 (exhibition catalogue), Garth Greenan Gallery, New York, pp. 4-12. Read on Academia.edu
2017, 'James Rosenquist Silo 1963-4', In Focus, Tate Research Publication. Read on Tate website
2017, 'Kenneth Noland Gift 1961-2', In Focus, Tate Research Publication. Read on Tate website
2017, ‘Transnational Transactions: Trade, Diplomacy and the Circulation of American Art’, American Art, Summer 2017, pp. 89-95. Read on Academia.edu
2016, ‘Richard Artschwager’s Table and Chair’, in Jonah Westermann (ed.), Performance at Tate: Into the Space of Art, Tate Research Publication. Read on Tate website
2016, Catalogue entries, in Christopher Riopelle (ed.), Australia’s Impressionists, National Gallery, London. Find on OCLC WorldCat
2016, In Focus: Louise Nevelson Black Wall 1959, Tate Research Publication. Read on Tate website
2015, ‘Calder’s Carnival’, in Achim Borchardt-Hume (ed.), Alexander Calder: Performing Sculpture, Yale University Press. Read on Academia.edu
2015, ‘Henry Moore and the values of business’, Henry Moore: Sculptural Process and Public Identity, Tate Research Publication. Read on Tate website
2014, ‘The Calder Problem: Mobiles, modern taste and mass culture’, Oxford Art Journal, Vol. 37, No. 1, 2014, pp. 27–45. Read on Academia.edu
2012, ‘Gumtree Diplomats’, in Lie of the Land: New Australian Landscapes, Embassy of Australia. Catalogue essay. Read on Academia.edu
2012, ‘Unstable Motives: Propaganda, politics and the late work of Alexander Calder’, American Art, Spring, Vol. 26, No. 1, March 2012, pp. 24–47. Read on Academia.edu
2011, ‘The Merchandise of Venice’, Art Monthly Australia, Issue 242, pp. 44–45
2011, ‘Father Figure: Reassessing Henry Moore and his Australian influences’, Art Monthly Australia, Issue 239, pp. 30-32
2009, ‘Wolseley’s Lines’, in Jeanette Hoorn (ed.), Reframing Darwin: Evolution and Art in Australia, The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne University Publishing. Find on OCLC WorldCat
2008, 'My Doubtful Mind' (with Jan Duffy), My Doubtful Mind, Linden Centre for Contemporary Art. Catalogue essay.
2007, ‘Home before dark’, Katie Jacobs, Domestic Flights (exhibition catalogue), Bus Gallery
2007, ‘What do you call good video art?’, Loop: New Australian Video Art, Hamilton Art Gallery (touring, Catalogue essay.
2007, ‘The spectacle of transcendence’, Tim Webster, Machu Picchu, Seventh Gallery, Catalogue essay.
2005, ‘Inside the Australian Artist’s Studio’, National Library of Australia News, pp. 10-13.
2005, ‘Tapping the Drip: Noel Skrzypczak and Guy Benfield’, Eyeline, No. 56, p. 9.
2004, ‘Life is Very Long’, Life is Very Long, Yarra Sculpture Space. Catalogue essay.
2004, ‘Flatness Packed’, Artlink, Vol. 24 no. 2, pp. 22-25.
2004, ‘120 Degrees of Separation’, 120 Degrees of Separation, Linden Centre for Contemporary Art. Catalogue essay.
2003, Experimenta House of Tomorrow, Victorian Arts Centre. Exhibition catalogue.
2003, ‘Drama is Conflict’, Drama is Conflict, Linden Centre for Contemporary Art. Exhibition catalogue.
2002, Experimenta Prototype, Victorian Arts Centre. Exhibition catalogue.
Reviews
2017, ‘Andy Warhol: My Perfect Body’, Art News, Summer 2017, pp. 130-2. Exhibition review.
2017, ‘Modern Art in America’ The Burlington Magazine. Book review of William C. Agee, Modern Art in America 1908-68.
2015, ‘Impure Modernism’, Art History, v.38, no.1, February 2015, pp. 230–233. Book review of Nancy J. Troy, The Afterlife of Piet Mondrian. Read on Academia.edu
2008, ‘Dale Hickey: Life in a Box’, Eyeline, No. 66, p. 64. Exhibition review.
2006, ‘Dark, Shiny: Noel Skrzypczak’, Eyeline, No. 62, p. 10. Exhibition review
2003, ‘Habitat: Callum Morton’, Artlink, Vol. 23 no. 3, pp. 86-87. Exhibition review.
2003, ‘Jan Flook: Recycology’, Artlink, Vol. 23 no. 1, p. 88. Exhibition review.