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Venus: A Victorian scandal

By Catlin Langford & The Adelaide City Explorer Team
Venere di Canova, or Venus as she is known, was the first public artwork to be erected in the city. It is a direct copy of a work by the 18th-century Italian sculptor Antonio Canova. (The title Venere di Canova means “Canova’s Venus”). The statue is…
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