In this issue, Adam Ford’s essay on Warraba Weatherall reminds us that looking is never passive. Ford positions Weatherall as a leading thinker of explication and visual experience, where conceptual rigor intensifies perception. Archival and museological fragments are not simply displayed; they are activated, exposing structures of omission and power. In Weatherall’s hands, history becomes material, and material becomes argument. Such intellectual and sensorial depth is increasingly endangered. The Job-Ready Graduates scheme has rendered arts degrees among the most expensive in Australia, shrinking enrolments and narrowing opportunity. Market logic continues to erode studio culture, mentorship, and research-led pedagogy. As Minister for the Arts, Tony Burke must address this decline. The warnings issued by Brad Buckley and John Conomos about managerial consolidation now feel urgent and prescient. Throughout Artist Profile issue 74, writers and artists sustain a vital balance between analysis and immersion.