National Gallery of Australia to halt promotion of Aboriginal art exhibition over authenticity concerns
by Tory Shepherd from World news | The Guardian on (#6B6X5)
Review under way to determine if Indigenous artists exercised effective creative control over the creation of the paintings'
The National Gallery of Australia will stop promoting a major Aboriginal art exhibition as it investigates the alleged role non-Aboriginal people may have played in the works' creation.
Paintings by Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) artists were scheduled to go on show from 3 June for the Ngura Pulka - Epic Country exhibition.
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