As an Emily Kam Kngwarray survey opens at Tate Modern this week, contemporary Indigenous artists are finally taking centre stage in the UK

Tate Modern focuses on Indigenous practices as its top collecting and programming priority. The launch of an Indigenous fund marks its commitment to expanded displays and inspiration from these practices, emphasizing community and sustainability. A significant exhibition opens featuring Indigenous Australian artist Emily Kam Kngwarray, showcasing over 70 works including batiks and dynamic paintings. These works reflect Kngwarray's community traditions and the flora and fauna of her homeland, Alhalker, in Australia's Northern Territory.

"We are not only going to display more, we are also going to see ways to be inspired by the Indigenous practices, in terms of thinking of community, thinking of sustainability."

"The tactility of [Kngwarray's] work, particularly in the paintings as well as in the batiks, stems from the gesture of painting on the body, using ochres for awely [ceremonies]."

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