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Beware red flags and fakes: how to buy authentic First Nations designs that benefit creators and communities

  • Written by Nicola St John, Lecturer, Communication Design, RMIT University
Beware red flags and fakes: how to buy authentic First Nations designs that benefit creators and communitiesWarlukurlangu Artists, Author provided

From souvenir shops to art galleries, First Nations designs are big business. Australia’s Productivity Commission estimates about $250 million of Indigenous-style art and consumer products are sold annually. But just 16% of that ends up in the hands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists.

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