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Ko wai Koe (Who Are You) 2005 from the series The Odyssey of Captain Cook by Marian Maguire

22 October 2016

9:00 AM

22 October 2016

9:00 AM

When colourful Tasmanian identity David Walsh announced his intention to build an art gallery in Hobart, open to the public but entirely privately funded, few would have imagined the impact or quality of the enterprise. MONA – Museum of Old and New Art – is serious, fun and hugely successful.

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