14 OCTOBER 1922, Page 21

We have received the second issue of the new series

of Art in Australia, a quarterly magazine at 6s. The London publishers are Constable and Co., Ltd. We do not gather from the paper that Australian art is as yet very important. The reproductions of Chinese paintings and figurines from the Hardy Wilson col- lection make the most interesting part of the issue. We must, however, welcome every effort to encourage art in the colonies. Art is necessary to civilization, and it is worth some exertion to make it flourish on new soil. •