Sally Gabori's Vibrant Abstraction at Triennale Milano

Triennale Milano presents 29 large-scale works by late Aboriginal Australian artist Mirddingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori (1924–2015), who began painting at age 80. Organized with Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, which hosted a solo show for Gabori in Paris in 2022, the exhibition traces her intuitive, memory-driven practice. Gabori, a member of the Kaiadilt people from Bentinck Island, started using brushes and paints after returning to her native island under Australia's land rights legislation of the 1990s, which established an outstation at Nyinyilki. Her canvases burst with layered colors, abstract forms, and geometric motifs, reflecting both hardship and joy. Over her career, she produced more than two thousand works, often collaborating with her daughters later in life. The show runs at Triennale Milano, with installation view credit to Andrea Rossetti.