Margaret Preston is one of Australia's most renowned modernist artists. This collection of texts includes full features on Preston and also charts her connection to interior design, the market and artists she has been historically associated with. Comprised of reviews, discussions and long form articles this reading list provides an essential foundation for understanding Preston's impact and role in the development of Australian art. 

Hal Missingham, ‘Margaret Preston’, Art and Australia, Vol. 1 Issue 2, 1963.

James Mollison, ‘Printmaking in Australia’, Art and Australia, Vol. 1 Issue 4, 1964.

Daniel Thomas, ‘Aboriginal Art as Art’, Art and Australia, Vol. 13 Issue 3, 1976.

Arthur McIntyre, ‘The Art of Margaret Preston’, Art and Australia, Vol. 18 Issue 3, 1981.

Sue Smith, ‘Prints, drawings and photography’, Art and Australia, Vol. 20 Issue 4, 1983.

Daniel Thomas, ‘The Mervyn Horton collection’, Art and Australia, Vol. 21 Issue 1, 1983.

Sasha Grishin, ‘Canberra review’, Art and Australia, Vol. 25 Issue 1, 1987.

Helen Topliss, ‘The Printed Image in Australia Australian National Gallery’, Art and Australia, Vol. 27 Issue 1, 1989.

Nancy D.H. Underhill, ‘A Queensland Song: Songs of color: The art of Vida Lahey’, Art and Australia, Vol. 27 Issue 2, 1989.

Caroline Jordan, ‘Designing Women: Modernism in Art in Australia and The Home’, Art and Australia, Vol. 31 Issue 2, 1993.

Margaret Plant, ‘The painted garden’, Art and Australia, Vol. 32 Issue 1, 1994.

Sarah Thomas, ‘In Print Out of Fashion: WOMEN ARTISTS AND PRINTMAKING 1950-64’, Art and Australia, Vol. 32 Issue 3, 1995, pp372-379

Michael Bogle, ‘The art of the Cover Up’, Art and Australia, Vol. 33 Issue 2, 1995.

Jennifer Isaacs, ‘INDIGENOUS DESIGNS ON AUSTRALIA’, Art and Australia, Vol. 37 Issue 1, 1999.

Roger Dedman, ‘Market profile, Margaret Preston’, Art and Australia, Vol. 43 Issue 1, 2005.

Rhonda Davis, ‘Margaret Preston's RUGS’, Art and Australia, Vol. 43 Issue 1, 2005.

Denise Mimmocchi and Deborah Edwards, ‘Margaret Preston’, Art and Australia, Vol. 43 Issue 1, 2005.

Laura Murray Cree, ‘The Story of Australian Printmaking 801-2005’, Art and Australia, Vol. 45 Issue 1, 2007.

Tracey Lock-Weir, ‘The sound of silence: Twentieth-century Australian tonalism’, Art and Australia, Vol. 46 Issue 3, 2009.

Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev with Wes Hill, ‘The place where thought and action meet: dOCUMENTA (13)’s’, Art and Australia, Vol. 49 Issue 4, 2012.

Julie Ewington, ‘Painting Then, Art Now: 1963-2016’, Julie Ewington, Art and Australia, Vol. 53 Issue 1, 2016.