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Joan Murray
Confessions of a Curator [PDF ebook]
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In this witty and compelling defence of the art field itself, Joan Murray, one of the country’s most outspoken art historians, discusses the great figures of Canadian art and the rise of our national are in institutions such as the Art Gallery of Ontario.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 232 ● ISBN 9781554881352 ● Publisher Dundurn ● Published 1996 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2820401 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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