CAMA Conference: An Overview

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The Stranger Artist: Life at the edge of Kimberley painting
Review
John Kean

Quentin Sprague
Hardie Grant, Melbourne, 2020

 

Published 29 June 2020
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Desert Aboriginal art centres adapt to the pandemic
Review
Kieran Finnane

Published 14 May 2020
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2020 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Monster Theatres

Art Gallery of South Australia | Adelaide Botanic Garden

Review
Gemma Weston

Published 05 April 2020
NAVA
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2020 Adelaide//International

Samstag Museum of Art

Review
Chloé Wolifson

Published 29 March 2020
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Cementa19

Kandos, New South Wales

Review
Marco Marcon

Published 05 February 2020
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Therese Ritchie: Burning Hearts

Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory

Review
Chips Mackinolty

Published 05 February 2020
UNSW
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Kulinmaya! Keep Listening Everybody!

Mumu Mike Williams

Review
Kieran Finnane

Published 01 December 2019
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OzAsia 2019

Adelaide Festival Centre and other venues

Review
Anna O'Loughlin

Published 29 November 2019

Conference review CAMA Something for Everyone: Access to Museums held at the University of Adelaide October 1991.

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