On View

Night at the Museum with Adar

August 16, 20185:00 pm - 9:00 pm
On View

Ngunguni: Old Techniques Remain Strong

May 24, 2018 - September 9, 2018
On View

Beyond Dreamings: The Rise of Indigenous Australian Art in the United States

April 20, 2018 - July 7, 2019
On View

JUDY WATSON: experimental beds

January 18, 2018 - September 30, 2018 UVA Rotunda Upper West Oval Room
On View

Jenni Kemarre Martiniello: Freshwater Saltwater Weave

September 20, 2018 - January 7, 2019

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The only museum in the United States dedicated to Indigenous Australian art.

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Marking the Infinite: Contemporary Women Artists from Aboriginal Australia

June 2, 2018 - September 9, 2018 The Phillips Collection | Washington, D.C.

Regina Pilawuk Wilson | Ngerringkrrety: One Voice Many Stories

May 25, 2018 - July 27, 2018 Second Street Gallery | Charlottesville, Virginia

Ancestral Modern: Australian Aboriginal Art from the Kaplan Levi Collection

June 3, 2018 - September 9, 2018 Blanton Museum of Art | Austin, Texas

Pintupi

June 22, 2018 - July 28, 2018 Harvey Art Projects | Ketchum, Idaho

Power of Place: Our Lands/Our Dreamings by the Warlpiri Artists of Australia's Central Desert

April 21, 2018 - August 31, 2018 Booker-Lowe Gallery | Houston, Texas

Tracey Moffatt: The Travellers

June 7, 2018 - July 27, 2018 Tyler Rollins Fine Art | New York, New York

Art from Down Under: Australia to New Zealand

July 6, 2018 - December 8, 2018 Turchin Center for the Visual Arts| Boone, North Carolina

Aboriginal Art Exhibitions in the United States

  • June 2, 2018 - September 9, 2018

    Marking the Infinite: Contemporary Women Artists from Aboriginal Australia

  • May 25, 2018 - July 27, 2018

    Regina Pilawuk Wilson | Ngerringkrrety: One Voice Many Stories

  • June 3, 2018 - September 9, 2018

    Ancestral Modern: Australian Aboriginal Art from the Kaplan Levi Collection

  • June 22, 2018 - July 28, 2018

    Pintupi

  • April 21, 2018 - August 31, 2018

    Power of Place: Our Lands/Our Dreamings by the Warlpiri Artists of Australia's Central Desert

  • June 7, 2018 - July 27, 2018

    Tracey Moffatt: The Travellers

  • July 6, 2018 - December 8, 2018

    Art from Down Under: Australia to New Zealand

A Truly Unique Collection

The only museum dedicated to Indigenous Australian art outside of Australia, with a permanent collection of more than 1900 artworks.

Search our world-class collection
  • Artist Djambawa Marawili
  • Title Dhankandjali
  • Date 2015
  • Language Group Yolngu, Northern Australia
  • Artist Ricky Maynard
  • Title Wik Elder, Gladys
  • Date 2000
  • Language Group Ben Lomond, Tasmania
  • Artist Charles Boyun
  • Title Untitled (Freshwater Tortoise and Water Snake)
  • Date 1978
  • Language Group Dhambukawumirri, Northern Territory
  • Artist Janet Fieldhouse
  • Title Memory Series 2
  • Date 2017
  • Language Group Meriam Mir, Torres Strait Islands
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