Tagged: Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters

January 17, 2022

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Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters is an exhibition organized in Australia, now travelling to Europe and the US. It looks a lot like an exhibition of paintings, and it would command close attention and...

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