'Superstar' Indigenous artist and activist dies aged 67

The artist used ephemera to convey how white Australia failed to come to terms with the country's Indigenous peoples

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Destiny Deacon, the trailblazing First Nations artist and activist known for her works using Koori Kitsch" to subvert colonial interpretations of Indigenous culture, has died aged 67.

Deacon's death was announced on Friday by Sydney's Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, which has represented the artist for more than two decades.

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