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Joan Kerr

A Singular Voice: Essays on Australian art and architecture by Joan Kerr edited by Candice Bruce, Dinah Dysart, Jo Holder

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March 2010, no. 319

Although it is regrettable that A Singular Voice: Essays on Australian art and architecture by Joan Kerr, first proposed in 2003, when Kerr was still alive, has taken so long to appear, it has been worth the wait. The handsomely produced book displays Kerr’s writings to advantage, and the sparing but judicious use of images enhances and reinforces the egalitarian kind of art history that Kerr espoused.

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Heritage: The national women’s art book edited by Joan Kerr

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May 1995, no. 170
Bernard Smith reviews 'Heritage: The national women’s art book' edited by Joan Kerr

This is nothing less than a magisterial achievement. Joan Kerr and her collaborators (some 128 women and forty-eight men) have documented ‘500 works by 500 Australian Women Artists from Colonial Times to 1955’ to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of International Women’s Year. Simultaneously with its publication exhibitions of Australian women’s art are being held at 127 venues throughout Australia. Both the book and the exhibitions are a monument to the energy, enthusiasm, and efficiency of Joan Kerr and her team of honorary fellow workers.

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