Breaking the Toy

Cover of Breaking the Toy
1.126
Weaving the Way

University of Queensland Art Museum

Review
Kay Lawrence

Published 11 October 2019
1.13
Julie Gough: Tense Past

Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

Review
Craig Judd

Published 11 October 2019
1.126
Desert Mob 2019

Araluen Arts Centre

Review
Kieran Finnane

Published 07 October 2019
NAVA
1.122
Louise Haselton: like cures like

Samstag Museum of Art

Review
Elle Freak

Published 27 September 2019
1.116
Agatha Gothe-Snape: Trying to find comfort in an uncomfortable chair

Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts

Review
Alana Hunt

Published 15 September 2019
1.122
Other Suns: Cult Sci-fi Cinema and Art

Fremantle Arts Centre

Review
Francis Russell

Published 23 August 2019
Artlink Subs Promo
1.126
Angela Valamanesh: About Being Here

Jam Factory

Review
Liv Spiers

Published 23 August 2019
1.166
FEM-aFFINITY

Arts Project Australia

Review
Jacqueline Millner

Published 23 August 2019

Exhibition review Zerospace at the Experimental Art Foundation Adelaide South Australia 1990

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