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The Shahnameh: Persian miniatures

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Hew Locke: Horseman of the apocalypse

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An installation view of a large work composed of many smaller drawings and collages on a white gallery wall, with three seated visitors looking on.
BOSS DROVERS

ESSAY: MacPherson’s BOSS DROVERS

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An installation view in a dark room with gallery walls painted black; an empty gold frame on the wall, in the centre of the photo, frames the darkness; beneath it, a rifle is displayed in a glass cabinet.

ESSAY: ‘Plenty’

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A pink abstract Euclidean design on a black background (detail)
LIVING PATTERNS

ABSTRACT CINEMA: Colour Box

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In the foreground of this photo is a detail view of a marble sculpture; in the background, a woman wearing a white blouse looks at the sculpture.

ESSAY: Anna Schwartz on Elenberg’s Totem

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‘TONY ALBERT: Visible’

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An oil painting of a ship on the ocean, near smaller boats and land, with a cloudy blue sky behind.
ISAAC WALTER JENNER

ESSAY: A feeling for light

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A painting made in natural pigments depicting abstract waterways.
GONE FISHING

ESSAY: ‘Gone Fishing’

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A photograph of a bald man in glasses, a black sweater and dark jeans sitting and looking away, as if in thought.
BOSS DROVERS

VALE: Remembering MacPherson

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An MRI view of a body, viewed in a 'slice' from above.
LOOKING OUT, LOOKING IN

ESSAY: 'Exploring the self-portrait'

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A painting made in polymer paint and mud on canvas featuring white ants traveling in concentric circles on a brown background.
APT8

ESSAY: Kalpa Vriksha

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A woman in a well-lit room sits on the floor working on a textile-based artwork.
APT9

Islamic Republic of Iran

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A close-up photo of hands weaving a black-and-white mat with geometric patterns.
APT9

Republic of the Marshall Islands

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A close-up photograph of a woman's hands holding a pot that she is building.
APT9

Bougainville and the Solomon Islands

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A photograph of crowds outside Ahsan Manzil, a bright pink palace.
APT9

Bangladesh

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An installation inside a bright gallery space with a glass ceiling.
APT9

South Korea and Japan

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A photograph of a garden adjacent to a building with white walls; in the distance, a person is walking away.
APT9

Thailand

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An etching of the ocean into a shiny metal surface -- a detailed view of a larger artwork.
APT10

Djirrit: A Macassan sail dhawu

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A person with short hair and wearing futuristic clothes faces away from the camera and points towards a lake.
APT10

ESSAY: Navigating new futures

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My Collection favourite: CA Brown's Inkwell 1874

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Of Women: A new International Collection display

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Wakartu Cory Surprise’s Mimpi 2011

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Wunjayi (Today): Sonja and Elisa Jane Carmichael

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Grace Cossington Smith’s modern world

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Jewel Box and other treasures: a gift of Australian works of craft

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A detail view of a work on copper depicting silhouettes of people emerging from bamboo shoots.
Interview

Paradise revisioned: Paje’s oil-on-copper paintings

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A girl in a forest sleeping in forest, wearing white lace, with crows on her feet
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Boyd's Sleeping bride

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Kunmanara (Nellie) Stewart’s Punu wara

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A photograph of QAGOMA's Collection of ku' (camp dog) sculptures
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Ku’ (camp dogs)

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