Sturgeon was a publishing initiative of Artbank that sought to further promote the value of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian contemporary art to both the public and private sectors nationally and internationally.

For the inugural issue of Sturgeon, edited by Daniel Mudie Cunningham, the content broadly addressed concepts of time and history – looking at the future through the past – in part through the lens of Artbank's history. Clemens Habicht's commissioned cover image was a portrait of Graeme Sturgeon (1936–1990), Artbank’s inaugural director, whose name inspired the publication’s title and 'big fish' concept.

Sturgeon was launched at a party held in East Sydney on 26 November 2013 with a set from The Mumps (Tina Havelock Stevens, Liberty Kerr, Adele Pickvance).

Contributors: Kate Bernauer, David Capra, George Egerton-Warburton, Tim Flannery, Andrew Frost, Brad Haylock, Emma A Jane, Lou Klepac, Catharine Lumby, Jacqueline Millner, Daniel Mudie Cunningham, Djon Mundine, Patricia Piccinini, Kenny Pittock, Caroline Rothwell, Peter Timms, Garry Trinh, John Tsiavis.

Cover: Clemens Habicht, Graeme Sturgeon, 2013

Sturgeon issue 2, edited by Daniel Mudie Cunningham, presented a broad range of conversations around the ideas of signposts and language.

Contributors: Giovanni Bietti, Vicky Browne, Mitch Cairns, Bec Dean, Alice Feiring, Tony Garifalakis, Anna Gibbs, Shaun Gladwell, Sebastian Goldspink, Agatha Gothe-Snape, Helen Grace, Matthew Hunt, Linda Jaivin, Caleb Kelly, Miriam Kelly, Paul Knight, Anthony Lister, Tara Marynowsky, Archie Moore, Patrick Pound, Reko Rennie, Matthew Robertson, Nicola Smith, Giselle Stanborough, Mark Talbot, Jelena Telecki.

Cover: Teo Treloar, The Kingdom IV, 2014

Sturgeon issue 3, guest edited by Tony Stephens with Daniel Mudie Cunningham as managing editor, broadly located its discussions around the idea of mark making and the shaping and re-shaping of surfaces and skin. 

Contributors: Aileen Sage Architects, Glenn Barkley, Rebecca Baumann, Vanessa Berry, Sarah Contos, Thea Costantino, Stephen Crafti, eX de Medici, Saskia Doherty, Helen Ennis, Sebastian Goldspink, Angie Hart, Megan Hicks, Odette Kelada, Miriam Kelly, Juz Kitson, Fiona McGregor, Dean Manning, Daniel Mudie Cunningham, Ramesh Mario Nithyendran, Kenny Pittock, Anna Plunkett, Luke Sales, Quentin Sprague.

Cover: eX de Medici Backjob for an Oil Executive, 2014. Collection: Artbank

Sturgeon issue 4, edited by Daniel Mudie Cunningham, considered two perennial themes important to cultural life: truth and beauty. 

Contributors: Stephen Bush, Zoë Coombs Marr, Daniel Mudie Cunningham, Kieran Finnane, Adam Jasper, Chris McAuliffe, Miriam Kelly, Veronica Kent, Jacqueline Millner, Katherine Moline, Sean Peoples, Julie Rrap, Lee Serle, Greg Sindel, Sam Spurr, John Tsiavis, William Yang, Zan Wimberley.

Cover: Tricky Walsh, Playable Conjunctions: Because, 2015. Collection: Artbank

Sturgeon issue 5, guest edited by Miriam Kelly with Daniel Mudie Cunningham as managing editor, considered various ideas and forms of collaborative consumption in material and virtual worlds.

Contributors: David Broker, Raquel Caballero, Deborah Clark, Sean Cordeiro, Ann Finegan, Andrew Frost, Reuben Gates, Alison Gill, Amelia Holliday, Claire Healy, Emily Hunt, Anneke Jaspers, Miriam Kelly, Danni McGrath, Greg Semu, Lisa Slade, Michelle Tabet, Isabelle Toland, Oliver Watts.

Cover: Leo Coyte, Into the Night, 2015. Collection: Artbank

Sturgeon issue 6, edited by Daniel Mudie Cunningham.

Contributors: Kate Britton, Clothilde Bullen, Benjamin Chadbond, Rebecca Gallo, Samuel Hodge, Alex Keirs, Miriam Kelly, Patrick Mason, Gina Mobayed, Daniel Mudie Cunningham, Jason Phu, Sean Rafferty, Macushla Robinson, Eddie Sharp, Mark Shorter, Paul Williams, Eleanor Zeichner.

Cover: Tom O’Hern, Damaged Gods, 2016. Collection: Artbank