Artworks by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are being bought at well below market value, with a new report detailing unethical practices faced by creators.
, visiting remote Indigenous communities to buy original works well below market value before marking up prices for wealthy clients in Australia and overseas.
But the report also includes revelations of predatory fine art buyers, including one who tricked noted artist and Anmatyerre woman Barbara Mbitjana Moore into posing with works she did not create.“I did not make these paintings but they tricked me and offered me a little bit of money to have my photo taken with these paintings and to sign my name,” she said.
The commission said Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists received about $41 million from the sales of their artwork in 2019-20, about 30 per cent of the total value of original sales.On average, the price of works by 7300 artists who sold art through an Indigenous art centre in 2019-20 was slightly more than $3200. For artists not working through art centres, the average income was about $6000.
The report recommended state and national art institutions better engage with Indigenous creators, including providing skills development, career pathways, and culturally safe workplaces.
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