Indigenous art body may face criminal investigation: Claims of white hands on black art (Watch)

​Serious claims and confronting video evidence about white involvement in the making of Indigenous art have been levelled at one of Australia’s most successful and prominent ­arts organisations - APY Arts Centre Collective (APYACC). In a four-month investigation by The Weekend Australian, five Indigenous artists who worked in the collective’s Adelaide studio, and five former white gallery ­assistants who worked alongside them, have made claims that white studio staff significantly interfered with Indigenous artworks. A video filmed two weeks ago shows Rosie Palmer, the white manager of the outback Tjala Arts, painting on the canvas of Yaritji Young, one of Australia’s most ­revered painters and a joint winner, along with her sisters, of the Wynne Prize. 📰 Read the full story: bit.ly/3pSbLym Connect With The Australian Online 🖥 www.theaustralian.com.au/ Follow Us: Facebook ► www.facebook.com/theaustralian Instagram ► bit.ly/39w5T2j Twitter ► twitter.com/australian LinkedIn ► www.linkedin.com/company/1008... 🎧 Podcast ► youtube.com/@theaustralia... 🎥 Subscribe To Our YouTube Channel: bit.ly/1OT7tw4 #breakingnews #news #headlinenews

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