‘The liveliness of Country’ – Emily Kam Kngwarray | Tate

Renowned Australian artist Emily Kam Kngwarray (c.1914–1996) created compelling, powerful works that reflect her extraordinary life as an Anmatyerr woman born in Alhalker in the Sandover region of the Northern Territory of Australia.

Created in collaboration with the National Gallery of Australia (NGA), this will be the first large-scale presentation of Kngwarray’s work ever held in Europe and a celebration of her extraordinary career as one of Australia’s greatest artists.

‘If you close your eyes and imagine the paintings in your mind’s eye, you will see them transform. They are real—what Kngwarray painted is alive and true.’

—Jedda Kngwarray Purvis and Josie Petyarr Kunoth, June 2023

Exhibition organised by Tate Modern, and the National Gallery of Australia based on an exhibition curated by Kelli Cole, Warumungu and Luritja peoples and Hetti Perkins, Arrernte and Kalkadoon peoples. Emily Kam Kngwarray at Tate Modern is curated by Kelli Cole.