Episode 14: The Fake Art Campaign with Arts Law

NAVA: in conversation

For this episode, we discuss the Fake Art Harms Culture campaign. The Fake Art campaign is being run by Arts Law, the Indigenous Art Code and Copyright Agency, to introduce policy to protect Indigenous artists against Fake Art being made and sold in Australia. We speak with Gabrielle O'Sullivan, BiBi Barber and Judy Grady about why this campaign is so important and how artists and arts workers can get involved with the current Parliamentary Inquiry. The Fake Art campaign suggests over 80% of Aboriginal products sold in Australia are not authentic – meaning they are not made by or credited to Australia's Indigenous peoples. It is important that Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander people’s rights are protected and this means stopping the fake art and holding companies, individuals and dealers to more transparent and ethical processes. The campaign is encouraging artists to make a submission to the enquiry, for more information go to www.aph.gov.au/inauthenticart This discussion was part of the NAVA Book Club, held during Artspace’s Volume Another Art Book Fair 2017. Stay tuned for the next podcast from this event that will discuss Indigenous protocols and policies and critical methodologies.