Largest Aboriginal art exhibition travels to Europe, despite pandemic mahem

Despite international borders remaining closed, it is the Aboriginal arts sector that is demonstrating how to work around the barriers, with two major exhibitions being toured to Europe this month.

30 Oct 2020 12:00

Gina Fairley

Visual Arts

Taylor Cooper and Witjiti George working on a collaborative painting under the watchful eye of Matjangka Norris and Tjangali George; Courtesy the artists and Kaltjiti Arts; photo: Meg Hansen.

Major Aboriginal art exhibition tours Europe! It is a headline worthy of celebration at any time, let alone when a world is frozen into gridlock from a pandemic.

It suggests that the Aboriginal arts sector is demonstrating how to work around the closure of international borders, with two major exhibitions being toured to Europe.

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina