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What happens when pilfered paintings come back to market?

The Australian Financial Review (AFR) •
November 11, 2026 • 03:36 AM
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Efforts to authenticate hundreds of works by Indigenous artist Sally Gabori that were “sold” through the back door are delivering in the saleroom and to the artist’s family.

What happens when pilfered paintings come back to market?

It’s a Sally Gabori painting in vivid saffron, black and white, and it’s on the cover of the catalogue for a glamour Indigenous art auction in Sydney on November 17.

Sally Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Gabori, to credit the late artist with her full name, is one of Australia’s biggest artistic success stories. How many others have been afforded a full-scale exhibition at the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain in Paris, as she was in 2022?

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