Podcasts Culture Heart of Artness Ep6: Aboriginal Art: Is It A White Thing?

Ep6: Aboriginal Art: Is It A White Thing?

Published: Oct. 10, 2019, 5:38 a.m.

b'In 2003, Brisbane artist Richard Bell lambasted the white anthropologists, art historians, dealers and curators who presumed to judge Aboriginal art. Here he discusses Bell\\u2019s Theorem (Aboriginal Art: It\\u2019s A White Thing), racism and his rise from fringe-dweller to renowned contemporary artist, collected by London\\u2019s Tate Modern. His gallerist, Josh Milani, salutes Bell\\u2019s provocations: \\u2018The more he offends people, the more I put his prices up\\u2019.'