Obsession

Cover of Obsession
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Bodies of Work Online Program

Bus Projects

Review
Amelia Wallin

Published 12 October 2020
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If the future is to be worth anything: 2020 South Australian Artist Survey

ACE Open

Review
Suzanne Close

Published 09 October 2020
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Older Than Language

Salamanca Arts Centre

Review
Seán Kelly

Published 07 September 2020
Amended 2020
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Cognitive Dissidents: Reasons to be Cheerful

Griffith University Art Museum

Review
Louise R. Mayhew

Published 04 September 2020
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Connected online: New art for new times
Review
Julianne Pierce

Published 14 August 2020
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The virtual world of the Aboriginal art market in 2020
Review
Kieran Finnane

Published 12 August 2020
NAVA
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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

Exhibition review Emergence: Arthur Russell 15 October - 12 November 1995 Greenhill Galleries, Perth, WA

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