Aboriginal art returns to Sotheby’s New York two years after pioneering dealer Tim Klingender's death

Two years after the death of pioneering Aboriginal art dealer Tim Klingender in a boating accident, his widow Skye McCardle-Klingender is organizing a multi-owner auction at Sotheby’s New York on 20 May. The sale includes 65 lots from Klingender's personal collection and other owners, featuring works by leading Aboriginal artists such as Emily Kam Kngwarray, Ginger Riley Munduwalawala, Rover Thomas, Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri, and Richard Bell. McCardle-Klingender is working with former National Gallery of Australia curator Wally Caruana to assemble the auction, which aims to continue Klingender's legacy of elevating Indigenous Australian art on the global stage.