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Aretha Brown has been in the public eye since she was 16 years old when a speech she gave at an Invasion Day rally made national headlines. Last year, she became one of the youngest artists ever selected for the National Indigenous Triennial at the National Gallery and her art collective, Kiss My Art, has painted more than 65 murals around the world. Now Aretha is preparing for her first solo show, Born Romantic. In this week's long listen, Aretha tells Ali why she is leaning into joy, why she describes the relationship between artists and some galleries as 'parasitic' and how it feels to be…
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