Matthew Bax (Issue Eleven) has a cocktail bar, it’s called Der Raum, and once again it’s been nominated for a record number of awards. To be named as a finalist in any national bar award is quite something, so four nominations has to be quite something else!
If you’re keen to see (drink?) what all […]

Some of you might remember an article we published in Issue 8 titled ‘When Art meets Science’ which was about a number of artists using science, or scientists using art in their work. One of which was Christopher Lansell of Wolf Rayet who had built a to-scale model of the solar system in St Kilda, […]

at Dumbo feather HQ, in subscribers’ letterboxes and in stores.
Cover photography Jan von Holleben
[*Spoiler warning* If you want the five people in Issue 12 to remain a surprise until you receive your copy - read no further]Issue 12 features these remarkable individuals…
Photography by Susan Grdunac

Julia deVille: is a taxidermist, jeweller and artist all at […]

We’re not usually huge advocates for watching TV, but this Sunday (10 June) two Dumbo featherites are going to be on the box. First up is Apolline Kohen (Issue 11) on the ABC’s Message Stick program at 1:30pm. Then Robyn Beeche (Issue 9) is on the ABC’s Arts program between 5-6pm. There’s going to be […]

In 2006 Matt Butler (Issue 6) travelled to India to work with artists trained in traditions that are being lost due to India’s rapid modernisation. He set up a temporary studio in a village hall in Samparc outside of Mumbai, and Matthew invited religious, tribal, Bollywood, sign-writing artists and schoolchildren to paint on sheets of […]

of Dumbo feathers (Issues 1-11) is now available at Mag Nation in Melbourne (88 Elizabeth St) and Auckland (100 Queen St, St Lukes, and Sylvia Park).

The crew at Mag Nation are seriously passionate about magazines… and Dumbo feather, which we love. Unlike newsagents and bookstores Mag Nation only sells mags and mooks… and fine coffees. […]