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16 hours ago

How Emily Kam Kngwarray show at Tate Modern reveals fraught market dynamics of Aboriginal art

Emily Kam Kngwarray's rise to fame in the late 1980s and early 90s in her native Australia was swift and meteoric-but with it came enormous demand from dealers and others, some of whom took advantage of the artist and members of her community, according to the two curators behind Kngwarray's major solo exhibition currently at Tate Modern in London. The show was first presented at the National Gallery of Australia (NGA) in Canberra two years ago.
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