Susan Hiller: Being Rational about the Irrational

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David Smerdon: Duchamp's Opposition
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Rex Butler and David Smerdon

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Nagesh's recipe for Biryani
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Nagesh Seethiah

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Geological pit stops: Kate Hill and Isadora Vaughan
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Abbra Kotlarczyk

Published 01 March 2020
The Torch
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Duchamp and Australia: In opposition
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Rex Butler and A.D.S. Donaldson

Published 01 March 2020
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The Brazilian moment: A picture gallery in transformation
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John Mateer

Published 01 March 2020
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Crafty prepping
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Sera Waters

Published 01 March 2020
City of Melville
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2019: The year of our cyberpunk future
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Darren Jorgensen

Published 01 March 2020
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Art in the time of the burning
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Ian Milliss

Published 01 January 2020

Visitors to the Adelaide Festival will be able to see From the Freud Museum and Wild Talents. at the Experimental Art Foundation from 26 February recent works by visiting London-based artist Susan Hiller. Cath Kenneally spoke to her in London about her history and her art.

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