Artnet News's "Work of the Week" highlights Emily Kam Kngwarray's painting *Desert Storm* (1992), currently on view at Pace London as part of the exhibition "My Country." Painted midway through her career, the work marks a stylistic shift from intricate dotting to broader strokes and expansive color fields. The piece is priced between $1 million and $1.5 million, aligning with the artist's auction record of $1.3 million (AUD $2.1 million) for *Earth's Creation I* (1994), sold at Cooee Art Gallery in 2017. The exhibition is organized with D'Lan Contemporary, which has branches in New York, Melbourne, and Sydney, and 10 percent of proceeds will support the Utopia community, in addition to the Artist Resale Right returned to Kngwarray's estate.
This article matters because it underscores the growing international market for Indigenous Australian art, nearly 30 years after Kngwarray's death. A major retrospective at Tate Modern this July further cements her legacy as one of Australia's most celebrated artists. The collaboration between Pace London and D'Lan Contemporary, along with the community contribution, highlights how commercial galleries are increasingly engaging with provenance and ethical practices in the secondary market.