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From today's featured article Daisy Jugadai Napaltjarri (c. 1955 – 2008) was a Pintupi-Luritja-speaking artist of the contemporary Indigenous Australian art movement that originated in the Western Desert region. The sister of artist Molly Jugadai Napaltjarri, she lived and painted at Haasts Bluff, Northern Territory, playing a significant role in the establishment of the Ikuntji Women's Centre, where many artists of the region have painted. Influenced by the Hermannsburg School, Jugadai's paintings reflect her Tjuukurrpa, the complex spiritual knowledge and relationships between her and her landscape. Her paintings also reflect fine observation of the complex structures of the vegetation and environment. Jugadai's works were selected for exhibition at the National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards five times between 1993 and 2001, and she was a section winner in 2000. Her paintings are held in major collections including the National Gallery of Victoria, the National Gallery of Australia and the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory. (Full article...) Recently featured: John the bookmaker controversy Cosmic Stories and Stirring Science Stories Battle of Barnet Did you know... The Ninth Wave (1850) by Ivan Aivazovsky ... that the painter Ivan Aivazovsky (work pictured) threw away his Ottoman medals to protest large-scale massacres of Armenians? ... that the Atari 2600 game Adventure contained the first well-known instance of a video game Easter egg? ... that despite indicating willingness to renew his contract with a Portuguese club, Portuguese footballer Rúben Fernandes signed with a newly promoted Belgian one instead? ... that Octaware Technologies is India's first company claiming Sharia compliance that has been approved for listing on the Bombay Stock Exchange? ... that early in her career, Emma Stone won the Young Hollywood Award for Exciting New Face? ... that the New York City Subway is the largest rapid transit system in the world by number of stations, with 469 stations in operation? ... that Li Ye, a Taoist nun and courtesan renowned for her beauty and talent in poetry, was executed for treason? ... that St Mary's Church forms part of the name of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwll­llantysiliogogogoch?

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