Indigenous Australia

Masterworks from the National Gallery of Australia

Exhibition
17 Nov 2017 – 26 Aug 2018
A painting of a figure

Alec Mingelmanganu, Wunambal people, Wandjina, c.1980, purchased 1990. © the estate of the artist, licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency Ltd.

About

This exhibition showcases the very best work produced by Australian Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people from the late 1800s through to today. It presents the development of this diverse art practice, including works by many of our greatest Indigenous artists and will include works considered to be some of the best Indigenous art works from this country, drawn exclusively from the National Gallery of Australia’s extensive collection.

Curator: Franchesca Cubillo, Yanuwa/Larrakia/Bardi/Wardaman peoples, Executive Director of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts at the Australia Council

The content on this page has been sourced from an archived version of the National Gallery website.

touring dates and venues

  • me Collectors Room Berlin, Germany
    17 November 2017 – 2 April 2018
  • National Gallery of Modern Art, India
    15 June – 26 August 2018

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