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While her blue artworks can fetch up to $60,000, the prolific Yolŋu artist is known for giving them away – with Julia Gillard at the top of her gift list

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By Myles Russell-Cook The colour blue is dominant in the work of Yolŋu artist Dhambit Munuŋggurr, who first discovered the hue in 2005, when she was left wheelchair bound after a car accident. Her installation for the NGV Triennial Can we all have a happy life?, 2019–20, is generously supported by Orloff Family Charitable Trust. Perhaps more so than any other colour, blue has fascinated artists, giving it a unique place in the art world. In all human material culture t...

Copy What might be called the Art Fair Industrial Complex has been an ambivalent force on both art markets and art itself in recent years: in one view, fairs offer their attendees chances to see international work they wouldn’t otherwise have access to; in another, the vast mall of it all dulls context into commerce. Such questions were put on hold with COVID-19 but as signs of life return—the Istanbul Design Biennale takes place through May 2021, overlapping with the projected return o...