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Chloé Wolifson PR EV IEW
Jelena Telecki: Kaput
Rhianna Melhem
F E AT U R E
A Moveable Feast
Lee Tran Lam STUDIO
Justene Williams
RITA 3: Fit for People
Bree Di Mattina
Gok-Lim Finch
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Bett Gallery 40 Year Celebration
Victoria Hynes Izabela Pluta: Cavitation
A Constellation of Ideas: the Vayeda Brothers
Jo Higgins
Emma-Kate Wilson
20 QUE STIONS
Robert Malherbe: Almost the Sun
Sally Gearon
Sophia Halloway Sarah Rhodes: The inner sky
Rhianna Melhem National Photographic Portrait Prize
Sophia Halloway Robert Fielding: Melting Point
Victoria Hynes IncarcerNation
Gok-Lim Finch Lily Trnovsky: Preventative Measures: Ride Like No One Can See You
Emma-Kate Wilson
Michael Lindeman
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Material Possibilities: Janet Kalidjan Marawarr
Camilla Wagstaff Who’s That Girl?: Micheila Petersfield
Briony Downes Other Dimensions: Melbourne Sculpture Biennale
Oliver Giles On Seeing and Unseeing Hockney
Joseph Earp Busting Down the Doors of Isolation: Regional Arts Triennial
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WILLIAMS Justene Williams, Australia b.1970 / She has no beginning or end (detail) / Installation view, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney 2022 / © Justene Williams; Justene Williams, Australia b.1970 / Radium Girl – Fan Fingernails 2013–14 / Single-channel HD video: 4:40 minutes, colour, sound / Commissioned by Artbank 2014 / © Justene Williams
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Jade Townsend, Milk Run Boy, 2025, acrylic on linen in hand-carved sapele frame by Emile Drescher, 85 x 80 cm; 33 ¼ x 21 ⅜ in
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William Kentridge, Sapling, 2026, bronze 152.5 x 138.4 x 46.3 cm, edition of 5