<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A major solo exhibition of works by renowned Aboriginal Australian artist Emily Kam Kngwarray has opened at one of London's most esteemed galleries, the Tate Modern. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The exhibition, the first of its kind in Europe, is showcasing more than 70 of Kngwarray's paintings and batiks almost three decades after her death.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We've collaborated with the community of the Sandover region, so Emily Kam Kngwarray's family members, a lot of work has got into it, selecting these beautiful paintings," lead curator Kelli Cole said.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/erin-patterson-guilty-the-timeline-of-events-that-led-to-the-verdicts/8af7134e-ea24-41e2-a55c-46d114949195"><strong><span>The timeline of events that led to Erin Patterson being found guilty</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"She's had quite a few solo exhibitions in Australia, and then also in Japan, but this is the first European exhibition."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Many of the pieces in the exhibition were transported to the UK all the way from Australia.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Sometimes the logistics complexity dazzles me - but they all arrived safely and carefully to be presented to the UK public which is a joy," Tate Modern director Maria Balshaw said.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/emily-kam-kngwarray-exhibition-tate-modern-london/04ff260d-d859-46ea-bbcc-c429b1aa2d33" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/feels-like-temperature-vs-actual-what-is-the-difference-explained/ad93cb4f-9d11-4dd4-ba19-df84bdb25971"><strong><span>Do you rely on the 'feels like' temperature or the actual one? Here's how it works</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We want to broaden people's understanding of art, we also want to be presenting to them work that we think is genuinely extraordinary," she added.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The exhibition has been five years in the making, and Tate Modern is anticipating more than 200,000 visitors during its six-month run.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I'm an Aboriginal woman from central Australia," Cole said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"For us right now, having the Kngwarray exhibition shows that we are strong, we are a living culture and that we are very proud people."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span>This article was produced with the assistance of</span></em><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/technology/9express/16480c33-636a-461f-9c4f-d0e2522c722a"><em><span>9ExPress</span></em></a><em><span>.</span></em></div></div>