Investigation finds no ‘improper interference’ in paintings made by APY Art Centre Collective

Acclaimed Indigenous art group says attack on their integrity has been thrown into the rubbish bin'

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The National Gallery of Australia's independent investigation into allegations of non-Indigenous interference in the works of First Nations artists scheduled for a mid-year exhibition has cleared the APY Art Centre Collective of wrongdoing.

The NGA postponed its mid-year Ngura Pulka - Epic Country exhibition featuring 28 works by the APY artists, following a series of allegations made by The Australian newspaper that white assistants were painting works attributed to acclaimed desert artists at the collective.

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