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An interview with conceptual artist Joseph Kosuth is presented. When asked about the conceptual underpinnings of his early work, he said that he wanted to show that one could make an art that had life in the culture and not by established theoretical ideas of the medium's form. He describes his exhibition at the Anna Schwartz Gallery in Sydney, New South Wales. Kosuth adds that he also presented a show in Australia in 1970 at the Bruce Pollard's Pinacotheca Gallery in Melbourne, Victoria.

The article comments on the vice installation of Barbara Kruger at the Australian Center for Contemporary Art in Melbourne, Victoria. The central component of the exhibition was a video projection titled Twelve. It is comprised of twelve looped conversations between couples, friends, families and colleagues. In the exhibition, Kruger has maintained her outsider's view and her ability to observe from a distance and extract potent phraseology.

Critiques the Australian art exhibition NEW05, described as a psychological spree towards subjectivity; Inflection of the exhibit with the artists' personal history and memory; Psychotic episodes, fantasies and self-portraits; Featured artists Stuart Ringholt, James Lynch, Kathy Temin, Destiny Deacon, Virginia Fraser, Mutlu Cerkez and Mira Gojak.

Highlights the art exibition “Peter Booth: Human/Nature,” at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne from November 29, 2003 to February 29, 2004. Profile on the artist; Career highlights; Artistic style; Famous works; Artworks featured in the exhibit.

Reviews the art exhibit by Jon Cattapan at the Sutton Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, on August 2-27, 2003.