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Open Image ModalPeople talk about the painting 'Minna Minna' by Lady Gordon Napanangka of Australia in the exhibition 'PRO COMMUNITY Warlayirti Artists - Aboriginal Art of Balgo Hills' during the press preview in Leipzig, central Germany, Thursday, July 12, 2012. Warlayirti Artists of Balgo Hills, the third major art centre together with Papunya Tula and Warlukurlangu Artists, have been wowing the Australian art world since the late 80s. The exhibition starts on July 13, 2012 and last until Aug. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer) (credit:PA)
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Open Image ModalPeople walk in the exhibition 'PRO COMMUNITY Warlayirti Artists - Aboriginal Art of Balgo Hills' during the press preview in Leipzig, central Germany, Thursday, July 12, 2012. Warlayirti Artists of Balgo Hills, the third major art centre together with Papunya Tula and Warlukurlangu Artists, have been wowing the Australian art world since the late 80s. The exhibition starts on July 13, 2012 and last until Aug. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer) (credit:PA)
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Open Image ModalA woman admires the painting 'Kukatja' of Helecopter Tjungurrayi of Australia, in the exhibition 'PRO COMMUNITY Warlayirti Artists - Aboriginal Art of Balgo Hills' during the press preview in Leipzig, central Germany, Thursday, July 12, 2012. Warlayirti Artists of Balgo Hills, the third major art centre together with Papunya Tula and Warlukurlangu Artists, have been wowing the Australian art world since the late 80s. The exhibition starts on July 13, 2012 and last until Aug. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer) (credit:PA)
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Open Image ModalA woman stands behind the painting 'Yurna' by Miriam Baadjo Nangala of Australia, in the exhibition 'PRO COMMUNITY Warlayirti Artists - Aboriginal Art of Balgo Hills' during the press preview in Leipzig, central Germany, Thursday, July 12, 2012. Warlayirti Artists of Balgo Hills, the third major art centre together with Papunya Tula and Warlukurlangu Artists, have been wowing the Australian art world since the late 80s. The exhibition starts on July 13, 2012 and last until Aug. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer) (credit:PA)
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Open Image ModalA woman stands behind the painting 'Winpurpula' (2011) by Christine Yukenbarri Nakamarra of Australia, in the exhibition 'PRO COMMUNITY Warlayirti Artists - Aboriginal Art of Balgo Hills' during the press preview in Leipzig, central Germany, Thursday, July 12, 2012. Warlayirti Artists of Balgo Hills, the third major art centre together with Papunya Tula and Warlukurlangu Artists, have been wowing the Australian art world since the late 80s. The exhibition starts on July 13, 2012 and last until Aug. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer) (credit:PA)
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Open Image ModalChristie's employee Bettina Braunwalder of Switzerland walks past an Aboriginal painting by Australian artist Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri entitled 'Emu Dreaming' at the auction house's offices in the Kensington area of London, Thursday July 21, 2005. The 1995 piece by the Aboriginal artist will feature in Christie's auction of Australian Aboriginal Art scheduled in Melbourne on August 30. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) (credit:PA)
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Open Image ModalBritain's Queen Elizabeth II inspects an Aboriginal art exhibit at the National Museum of Australia construction site in Canberra. 2000 (credit:PA)
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Open Image ModalSotherby's Director of Aboriginal Art, Tim Klingender positions a painting by Aboriginal artist Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri called "Love (sun) Dreaming, on display at Sotheby's Melbourne auction house. The painting is expected to sell for between $60,000-$80,000 and is part of Sotherby's June 24 auction of Aboriginal art . (credit:PA)
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Open Image ModalOlympic sprinter Cathy Freeman became the face of a campaign to get Australians to recognise the international appeal of their "unique" Aboriginal culture at a launch at the Victorian National Gallery of Art. 2003 (credit:PA)
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Open Image ModalPrince Charles looks at paintings by aboriginal artists. 2005 (credit:PA)
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Open Image ModalClaire Cohen from Christie's sits beneath Lundari (Baramundi Dreaming), a 1985 work by the Australian Aboriginal artist Rover Thomas which has gone on display at the central London auction house, ahead of it's sale at Christie's in Melbourne on August 30. The painting depicts an Aboriginal legend and is one of the most significant of its kind to be offered at auction. 2005 (credit:PA)
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Open Image ModalClaire Cohen from Christie's stands in front of Aiyippa Grass of Entibera by Australian Aboriginal artist Lily Sandover Kngwarreye, which has gone on display at the central London auction house.2005 (credit:PA)
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Open Image ModalChristie's Aboriginal Art Specialist Shaun Dennison looks at an Aboriginal painting by Australian artist Rover Thomas entitled 'Ruby Plains Massacre' at the auction house's offices in the Kensington area of London, Thursday July 21, 2005. The 1985 piece by the Aboriginal artist, which is expected to fetch AUD $400,000 to $500,000 (US $305,244 to US $381,918 / 250,757 to 313,436), will be for sale in Christie's Australian Aboriginal Art auction scheduled in Melbourne, Australia on August 30. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) (credit:PA)
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Open Image ModalPrince Harry, the younger son of the Prince of Wales, stands May 12, 2003, in the Drawing School with two of the works of art he has done while at Eton College. His work, as yet untitled, involves a mixture of painting and printing, and reflects his habit of using animals as his starting point. In this case, the original study of lizards has been influenced by an interest in Aboriginal art. This is one of a series of picture released ahead of the Prince completing his studies at Eton. (credit:PA)
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Open Image ModalChristie's employee Rhiannon Broomfield poses for photographs beside the untitled painting by Aboriginal artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye which features in the forthcoming Modern and Contemporary Australian Art auction at the auction house's offices in London, Friday, Dec. 7, 2007. The piece is estimated to fetch 60,000 to 80,000 pounds (US$121,733 to 162,311; 83,162 to 110,883 euro) in the sale, which takes place on Dec. 12, and is the first ever sale of it's kind in Europe. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) (credit:PA)