Emily Kam Kngwarray, Tate Modern review – glimpses of another world

Sarah Kent | the arts desk | 11th July 2025

London’s Tate is broadening its view of the art canon and holding a solo show of the Indigenous artist Emily Kngwarreye. It seems likely to further boost her already escalating reputation, with one critic calling it a “total knockout”.  The linked piece gets clunky where it tries to view her works too literally. One comment, though, is spot on: “a mesmerising overlay of dots in pinks, yellows, ochres, oranges, greens and lilac … the paintings are in a sense landscapes, they are not about looking at a view but being immersed in a place.” [Ed. I am currently writing a book about the art career of Kngwarreye}