Exploitation in the Aboriginal art world

There are about seven communities and several homelands in the huge swathe of land known as the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara lands in the far northwest of South Australia.

In many of these remote Indigenous communities, the arts centre is the cultural and social hub of the community.

We travel to three art centres in the APY Lands to hear about the role that art centres play in remote communities of Ernbella, Amata and Mimili.

Artists and art centre managers also voice their concerns about the closure of remote communities in Western Australia, and about unscrupulous art dealers, or carpetbaggers, who are preying on vulnerable Aboriginal artists.

Our producer Georgia Moodie travelled to the APY lands courtesy of the Art Gallery of South Australia, in partnership with the South Australian Tourism Commission.

You can find out more about the Tarnanthi Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art here.