Emily Kam Kngwarray at Tate Modern — Aboriginal Stories in Explosive Colour

Emily Kam Kngwarray at Tate Modern — Aboriginal stories in explosive colour

The artist’s first major European show is a riotous expression of the traditions, myths and rituals of her homeland

Indigenous artist's works on show at celebrated London gallery

The works of Australian indigenous artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye are now on display the Tate Modern.

Emily’s art travels from Canberra to Tate Modern

Emily Kam Kngwarray’s work hanging at Tate Modern. Photo: Kathleen Arundel The National Gallery of Australia has joined Tate Modern to present Europe’s first major solo exhibition dedicated to artist Emily Kam Kngwarray, who died in 1996. The exhibition, to open on Friday, draws international attention to an artist know around Australia as simply “Emily,” known for her work based on the cultural, spiritual and environmental connections of the An…

‘She Didn’t Come from Modernism. She Came from Dreaming’: The Rise of Emily Kam Kngwarray

With her work under the global institutional and commercial spotlight with concurrent exhibitions at Tate Modern and Pace Gallery, Ocula spoke with Emily Kam Kngwarray's collaborators and artistic custodians about safeguarding her creative legacy.

Tate Modern presents Europe’s first major solo exhibition of Emily Kam Kngwarray

Kngwarray translated her ceremonial and spiritual engagement with her ancestral Country, Alhalker, into vivid batik textiles and monumental acrylic paintings on canvas.

Emily Kam Kngwarray Defined What Aboriginal Art Could Be

The self-taught, octogenarian artist’s rise was meteoric, and so a narrative formed that was by turns mythological and frankly racist. It’s time to take it back