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Christine Judith Nicholls

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Dr Christine Nicholls is a writer, curator and senior lecturer in Australian Studies at Flinders University.,

Articles by Christine Judith

Kathleen Petyarre: a brilliant artist whose life was rudely interrupted

The artist Kwementyaye (Kathleen) Petyarre (c. 1938 – 24 November 2018) has died in Alice Springs, surrounded by family and loved ones, at about the age of 80. Alhwarrpe.

Starstruck charts Australia's story via a century of film stills

A major exhibition in Adelaide showcasing more than 280 film stills, costumes and casting books testifies to the dramatic transformations that have taken place in Australian society over the past century, writes Christine Judith Nicholls.

Detail of Hoda Afshar's 'Westoxicated'.

Exhibition explores the diversity of Muslim Australian identities

The beguiling works in a new exhibition showing as part of the Adelaide Festival are grounded in the realities of Muslim artists’ daily lives in Australia, writes Christine Judith Nicholls.

All fired up: Clay Stories

Clay Stories, showing at JamFactory’s Seppeltsfield Gallery, is a triumphant display of contemporary Indigenous ceramics which are grounded in everyday living but are also connected to country and to narrative, writes Christine Judith Nicholls.