Tag: Indigenous art

Art Dealer Tim Klingender Found Dead in Sydney Harbour

Tributes are pouring in for leading Indigenous art dealer Tim Klingender, who was killed in a suspected boating accident in Sydney Harbour. Friends and associates confirmed a body found in the water at Watsons Bay, in Sydney’s east, on Thursday morning was that of the 59-year-old. Melbourne gallerist D’Lan Davidson said Mr. Klingender was “the architect of the market…


Australia Needs to Crack Down on Fake Indigenous Art: Report

Visual arts and crafts have been an integral part of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture for tens of thousands of years, and while in recent years, this has grown into a significant industry, providing income for artists and creating opportunities for Indigenous communities, fake Indigenous art is undermining these benefits and new measures…