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The artist used ephemera to convey how white Australia failed to come to terms with the country’s Indigenous peoples

This major new show pays homage to Kngwarray, an Indigenous Australian who, though she only began painting in her later years, produced a prodigious amount of work and became internationally acclaimed

The fifth National Visual Art Education Conference (NVAEC) saw teachers, artists and curators gathering to share ideas, inspire each other and enjoy the latest exhibitions at the National Gallery.

Curators of new exhibition say decision was made in consultation with artist’s family and dismiss claims move is ‘paternalistic’

Starting today, this survey exhibition celebrates the timeless art of Emily Kam Kngwarray – pre-eminent Australian artist and one of the world&#1

The National Gallery of Australia’s exhibition contextualises Kngwarray away from the western market, bringing us the artist through the prism of her Country, her culture and her community

A rethinking of the work of Emily Kam Kngwarray reminds us that Country and Community come first.

Plus, the life and work of the pioneering Indigenous Australian artist Emily Kam Kngwarray, and a revealing manuscript by Paul Gauguin

The Indigenous painter, whose survey opens at the National Gallery of Australia this week, only started her artistic career in her mid-70s

The exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia singles the artist out as one of the great painters of the late 20th century