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Indigenous art sector says sales have dropped after allegations of interference by white staff at Tjala Arts

Cecilia Alfonso and Gloria Morales manage Warlukurlangu Artists in the NT. (Supplied: Warlukurlangu Art Centre)

The Indigenous art sector has experienced an immediate drop in sales after footage surfaced of non-Indigenous staff at a major art centre painting on the canvas of an award-winning Indigenous artist.

A video published by The Australian over Easter depicted an art centre worker at Tjala Arts, in South Australia's far north, appearing to make decisions and painting on Yariltji Young's painting of the Tjukurpa — the spiritual and sacred law that governs culture.

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