Art in Australia

For other uses, see Australian art.

Art in Australia was an Australian magazine that was published between 1916 and 1942. The founders were Sydney Ure Smith and Bertram Stevens. It was published by Angus & Robertson in 1917–1918, Art in Australia Ltd in the years 1918–1934, and in the final decade (1934–1942) was published by the Sydney Morning Herald.

Publication was semi-annual 1916–1920, quarterly 1921–1930, bimonthly 1930–1933, and back to quarterly 1934–1942.

Some editions were specifically devoted to individual artists, or had featured artists.

It came out in four series:

• No.1. 1916 – No.11. 1921
• New Series Vol.1. No.1. (February 1922) – Vol.1. No.2 (May 1922)
• Third Series No.1. (August 1922) – No.81 (November 1940)
• Series 4, No.1. (March 1941) – No.6 (June 1942)

The editors were:

• 1916–1938 Sydney Ure Smith
• 1916–1922 Bertram Stevens
• 1916–1921 Charles Lloyd Jones
• 1922–1938 Leon Gellert
• 1938–1940 Kenneth Wilkinson
• 1941–1942 Peter Bellew

Art & Australia

First published by Sam Ure Smith in May 1963, Art & Australia was the successor to his father Sydney Ure Smith’s Art in Australia, and is still in print.

See also

• Australian Art: a Monthly Magazine & Journal