In light of recent events
The (Incomplete) FIELD GUIDE to the SMOKERS of AUSTRALIA

By Oslo Davis

In light of recent events

Oslo Davis

Oslo Davis is an illustrator and artist.


In This Issue

‘Being Here: The Life of Paula Modersohn-Becker’ by Marie Darrieussecq

Helen ElliottTrans. Penny Hueston; Text Publishing; $24.99

Illustration

Not-so-Tasmanian tiger

Anthony HamThe thylacine is thought be extinct. Might it still be found in mainland Australia?

‘Bennelong’ by Bangarra Dance Theatre

Fiona McGregorSydney Opera House (touring Canberra, Brisbane, Melbourne)

Crashing the party

Paddy ManningThe Greens should be celebrating their 25th birthday

Online exclusives

Image of Australian Army Cadets on parade. Image via Alamy

Ghosts in the war machine

Martin McKenzie-MurrayDoes the military attract violent misanthropists, or are they forged in murky theatres of war?

Composite image showing John Hughes (image via Giramondo Publishing) and the cover of his novel The Dogs (Upswell Publishing)

A dog’s breakfast

Russell MarksNotes on John Hughes’s plagiarism scandal

Image of Erin Doherty as Becky Green in Chloe. Image supplied

App trap: ‘Chloe’

Craig Mathieson‘Sex Education’ writer Alice Seabright’s new psychological thriller probing social media leads this month’s streaming highlights

Pablo Picasso, Figures by the sea (Figures au bord de la mer), January 12, 1931, oil on canvas, 130.0 × 195.0 cm, Musée national Picasso-Paris. © Succession Picasso/Copyright Agency, 2022. Photo: © RMN - Grand Palais - Mathieu Rabeau

‘The Picasso Century’ at the NGV

Miriam CosicThe NGV’s exhibition offers a fascinating history of the avant-garde across the Spanish artist’s lifetime

August 2017