Don't look it might bite: censoring the visual arts

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The five phases of Aboriginal art in Australia
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Djon Mundine

 

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palawa kani: Expressing the power of language in art and the museum context
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Zoe Rimmer and Theresa Sainty

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Reconnecting the Yaghan community to cultural belongings 90 years on
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Looking for murnong
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Kin‑dling and other radical relationalities
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Making Inuit art in the moment
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asinnajaq

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Weaving memory, living embodiment
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Freja Carmichael

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Executive Director of the National Association for the Visual Art (NAVA) Tamara Winikoff looks at the recent situation in Australia regarding censorship, art, politics and the law.

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