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Sidney Nolan: Myth Rider Heather B Swann: Leda and the Swan

While the ancient Trojan War leads logically to the ANZACs Gallipoli campaign that happened just across the water 3,000 years later, it’s not at all obvious how the myth of Leda and the Swan fits into the story.

But Sidney Nolan saw all three as inextricably linked – producing 500 related studies in just a few weeks. And now, contemporary Canberra-based artist Heather B Swann has brought the linkage up to feminist date at the invitation

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