Tate Acquires work by Maxie Tjampitjinpa
Image: Maxie Tjampitjinpa, Bushfire Dreaming, 1994
Tate Modern has acquired a work by Maxie Tjampitjipa for its permanent collection, further strengthening its holdings of contemporary Indigenous Australian art.
The acquisition sees reflects Tate's ongoing commitment to representing major figures associated with Western Desert painting and the Papunya Tula Artists, which has played a central role in the development of contemporary Aboriginal art since the 1970s.
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