Sotheby's London to Hold Major Aboriginal Art Auction After Abramovic Gaffe

Following Marina Abramovic's controversial remarks comparing Australian Aboriginals to dinosaurs, Sotheby's has announced a landmark auction of Aboriginal Australian art in London this autumn. The sale, one of the first of its kind in the Northern Hemisphere in years, features works from European, American, and Australian collections. Highlights include 19th-century decorated shields and boomerangs from a French collection, estimated at £20,000–30,000, and major contemporary pieces: Michael Nelson Jagamara's 1.8-meter painting "Five Stories" (1984) with an estimate of £150,000–200,000, and Ronnie Tjampitjinpa's "Tingari" cycle (1994), valued at £100,000, previously exhibited at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in 2000. The auction responds to indigenous backlash on social media, where Aboriginal users posted dinosaur images ironically titled "Self-portrait" after Abramovic's comments in her memoir "Walk Through Walls."