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Chick Chick Boom
What:
Chick Chick Boom
Where:
Joshua Levi Galleries, 4 Ipswich Rd, Woolloongabba
When:
Opens tonight, 7pm
How much:
Free
More info:
Here
Description:
You could be forgiven for thinking that an exhibition titled ‘Chick Chick Boom' was some kind of abstract artistic homage to that chick in Sydney who became famous for about two days too long last year. Fortunately for society at large, it's actually a new show at Joshua Levi Galleries dedicated to unearthing some of the best female emerging artists in Australia.
Event: Exhibition
Stimulus: Girls girls girls
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