Distilling Poetry

Cover of Distilling Poetry
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SALA Festival: Gerry Wedd, Julia McInerney, Aldo Iacobelli
Review
Eve Sullivan

Published 11 September 2018
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Brenda L. Croft: Heart-in-Hand | Amala Groom: Does She Know the Revolution is Coming?

Canberra Contemporary Art Space

Review
Virginia Rigney

Published 01 September 2018
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My Monster: The Human-Animal Hybrid

RMIT Gallery

Review
Djoymi Baker

Published 21 August 2018
NAVA
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No Common Ground

Victoria University of Wellington

Review
Bruce E. Phillips

Published 31 August 2018
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John Mawurndjul: I Am the Old and the New

Museum of Contemporary Art | Art Gallery of South Australia

Review
Ian McLean

Published 20 August 2018
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Khaled Sabsabi: A Self Portrait

Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts

Review
John Mateer

Published 20 August 2018
UTS
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Imants Tillers: Journey to Nowhere

Latvian National Museum of Art

Review
Ian McLean

Published 13 August 2018
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From Here to There: Australian Art and Walking

Lismore Regional Gallery

Review
Wes Hill

Published 06 August 2018

Exhibition review Fremantle Print Awards 8 September - 15 October 1995 Fremantle Arts Centre, WA

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