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Haasts Bluff, where Wintjiya was first involved in art

Wintjiya Napaltjarri (c. 1923–1934 – 2014) was an Indigenous artist from Australia'sWestern Desert region. Wintjiya's involvement incontemporary Indigenous Australian art began in 1994 atHaasts Bluff(pictured) when she participated in a group painting project and in the creation ofbatik fabrics. She was also a printmaker, usingdrypoint etching. Her paintings typically use aniconography that represents the eggs of the flying ant (waturnuma) and hair-string skirts (nyimparra). Her palette generally involves strong red or black against a white background. A finalist in the 2007 and 2008National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards, Wintjiya's work is held in several of Australia's public collections, including theArt Gallery of New South Wales, theMuseum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, theNational Gallery of Australia, and theNational Gallery of Victoria. Her work is also held in theKluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of theUniversity of Virginia. (Full article...)

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The14th Dalai Lama (born 6 July 1935), also known by the spiritual nameTenzin Gyatso, is the incumbentDalai Lama, the highest spiritual leader and head ofTibetan Buddhism. He served as the resident spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet before the1959 Tibetan uprising against theChinese annexation of Tibet, when he escaped from Tibet to India. Subsequently, he led the Tibetangovernment-in-exile, represented by theCentral Tibetan Administration inDharamshala, India. A belief central to the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, as well as the institution of the Dalai Lama, is that he is a livingbodhisattva, specifically an emanation ofAvalokiteśvara (in Sanskrit) or Chenrezig (in Tibetan), the Bodhisattva of Compassion. This photograph of the Dalai Lama was taken in 2012.

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