How to Hold a Festival in the Cook Islands

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Writing through the archive: the art writing marathon
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Jacqueline Millner
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Ethics and aesthetics: D Harding, Luciano Benetton and Terra Incognita: inclusiveness is a good way
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Ian McLean

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In conversation: Sebastian Goldspink and Una Rey
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Sebastian Goldspink and Una Rey

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The David Roche Foundation
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The museum fell silent
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Elspeth Pitt

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Kings of wishful thinking: internet irony and its illusionary critics
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Olivia Bennett

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Damper is a language word for art
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Dominique Chen

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Goulburn Regional Art Gallery
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Someone has to be innocent: a reflection on the post-2020 art critic
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John Mateer

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A case for writing contemporary art history
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Aneta Trajkoski

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Make your moment in Pacific history and hang the cost. On 15 October 1992 Raratongans waited expectantly for their 2000 guests from 23 other Pacific countries to arrive for the 6th Pacific Festival of Arts.

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