Social Conscience, Migration, Rivers and Oceans: Virginia King

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Unfettered actions: Sportification, playgrounds and public art
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David Cross

Published 25 August 2021
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'The work that art does': Kandos School of Cultural Adaptation
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Abigail Moncrieff

Published 25 August 2021
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Yours truly, The Department of Homo Affairs
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Jessie Boylan

Published 25 August 2021
Gallery Lane Cove
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First Nations museum memorials: Daniel Boyd and Yhonnie Scarce
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Erin Vink

Published 25 August 2021
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Counter-monuments: Challenging distorted colonial histories through public art and memorials
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Published 25 August 2021
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Transformative communities: Curation and care
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Rayleen Forester

Published 25 August 2021
Guildhouse
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Blue skies, blood moon
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Daniel Mudie Cunningham

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A close-up of Amazon Acres: Helen Grace
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Fiona Kelly McGregor

Published 25 August 2021

New Zealand sculptor Virginia King is an artist who has long recognised the changing nature of public art and the part it can play in raising awareness and social conscience.

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