Like a Chant

Cover of Like a Chant
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Agatha Gothe-Snape: Trying to find comfort in an uncomfortable chair

Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts

Review
Alana Hunt

Published 15 September 2019
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Other Suns: Cult Sci-fi Cinema and Art

Fremantle Arts Centre

Review
Francis Russell

Published 23 August 2019
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Angela Valamanesh: About Being Here

Jam Factory

Review
Liv Spiers

Published 23 August 2019
Riddoch
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FEM-aFFINITY

Arts Project Australia

Review
Jacqueline Millner

Published 23 August 2019
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Rachel O'Reilly: The Gas Imaginary | Material Place: Reconsidering Australian Landscape

UNSW Galleries

Review
Ann Finegan

Published 23 August 2019
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The Housing Question

Penrith Regional Gallery

Review
Chloé Wolifson

Published 23 August 2019
PICA
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Noriko Nakamura: The force that the warrior adopts during the evolution of the pale pink rose

CAVES

Review
Amelia Wallin

Published 11 July 2019
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The Hidden Garden: Travis de Vries

Gallery Lane Cove

Review
Djon Mundine

Published 03 July 2019

Exhibition review Recent Work: Hossein Valamanesh 4-29 October 1995, Greenaway Gallery, Adelaide SA

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