When news broke that several artists at an APY Lands art centre had accused their art centre’s non-Indigenous staff of painting parts of their sacred stories and altering their works, the response from the sector was horror and dismay. But a recent Aboriginal art fair has allayed some of the fears about ongoing ramifications of the scandal.
Most recently, the art tampering allegations have sparked an SA Government-led investigation into the APY Lands art centre processes to determine exactly what happened, and to help uphold the integrity of First Nations art in future.
