OZ ARTS Magazine was launched in 1991 by Rodney Hall, renowned Australian author and then chairman of the Australia Council for the Arts. Published by Carolynne Skinner and edited by April Hersey, the new magazine commissioned articles by the best known arts writers of the day. It offered ‘a positive feast for the eyes and a great meal for the mind’ and covered the widest spectrum of Australian arts, from East to West coasts and where Australian artists were flying the flag overseas, in London, New York, Hong Kong and Chicago.

The original OZ ARTS ceased publication in 1996 but today, thanks to the University of Technology Sydney's Shopfront project, Rose Thomas has updated our website to include features from the early issues — readers are able to enjoy again Gay Bilson, Peter Rushforth, Ken Done, Charles Blackman, Margaret Olley...

In 2013 OZ ARTS was relaunched and published three times a year until issue 22 in 2021. All articles are available on this website. We invite you to enjoy and share the stories of our Australian artists and craftspeople as they reflect the pleasures and pain we have been going through in these times of change and challenge.