It runs contrary to the interests of the entire arts establishment that the NGA’s review gets anywhere close to the bottom of this.
On Wednesday, the National Gallery of Australia finally got around to announcing an independent inquiry into the provenance of Indigenous artworks in its upcoming exhibition’s revelations of white studio managers painting on the canvases of Aboriginal artists in South Australia’s APY Lands.
This is the biggest scandal to hit the Australian art world since the NGA’s last provenance scandal, when its previous directorNGA director Nick Mitzevich with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Arts Minister Tony Burke., is faced with a real test of its judgement and merit. One member,era, so has had the benefit of a practice scandal.
, are based on the statements of five Indigenous artists and six former studio managers, and includes published video footage of a white studio manager painting on the artwork of Aboriginal artistAdvertisementand her APY Collective, which took off like a rocket during his tenure as director of the Art Gallery of South Australia .
AGSA now has approximately 80 APY artworks in its collection, including a touring exhibition. Deputy directorAGSA has been derelict in its incuriosity, saying: “We are not concerned. We stand by the artists and the methods that the art centres undertake.” Hey, we’re totes cool with juicing them up a bit!
This is South Australia, after all, a hamlet of tragic credulity, where the premier will still voyage across the state to cut ribbons on never-never investments by
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