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Private splendours

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September 2008, no. 304

Empires & Splendour: The David Roche collection by Christopher Menz and Robert Reason

Art Gallery of South Australia, $120 hb, 276 pp

Private splendours

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September 2008, no. 304

The art gallery of South Australia has assembled a cast of expert contributors for the catalogue that accompanied its recent exhibition of European decorative arts. Empires & Splendour: The David Roche Collection, is the most expensive publication to date from AGSA and was published with assistance from David Roche.

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Elisabeth Holdsworth

Elisabeth Holdsworth won the inaugural Calibre Essay Prize in 2007 for her essay ‘An Die Nachgeborenen: For Those Who Come After’. She was born in the Netherlands and migrated to Australia with her parents in 1959. Educated in Melbourne, she had a long career in the Department of Defence. Her most recent novel is Those Who Come After (Picador, 2011). Her ABR Raft Fellowship essay ‘If This Is a Jew’ was published in November 2017.

Elisabeth Holdsworth reviews 'Empires & Splendour: The David Roche collection' by Christopher Menz and Robert Reason

Empires & Splendour: The David Roche collection

by Christopher Menz and Robert Reason

Art Gallery of South Australia, $120 hb, 276 pp

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