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Special exhibition in Sydney: ‘Dangerously Modern’ – interview with Japanese guides

Hilda Rix Nicholas ‘An Australian (Une Australienne)’ 1926, oil on canvas, 103 x 81 cm, National Gallery of Australia, purchased 2014 © Bronwyn Wright Credit: © Bronwyn Wright

We interviewed Kaoru Morioka, Nobuko Matsuda, Midori Furze, and Chie Hamada, all Japanese volunteer guides at the art gallery. Each of these four women has ventured overseas from Japan to pursue new lives.

Ethel Carrick ‘Rue Mouffetard’ 1910, oil on canvas, 38.1 × 45.6 cm, Kerry Stokes Collection, Perth Credit: Jessica Maurer/Kerry Stokes Collection

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