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Kent Morris: Unvanished

January 12, 2019 - May 5, 2019

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Knit at the Museum

March 21, 20195:30 pm - 7:30 pm

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Hoos Down Under

April 19, 20195:00 pm - 11:00 pm

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

April 20, 2018 - July 7, 2019

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“There is no real distinction for us between art and life.” Yolngu artist Wandjuk Marika

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

Visit Kluge-Ruhe

Shane Pickett: Djinong Djina Boodja (Look at the Land that I have Traveled)

October 9, 2018 - March 2, 2019 Embassy of Australia | Washington, D.C.

Yukultji Napangati

January 18, 2019 - March 2, 2019 Salon 94 Bowery | New York, New York

Woven: Jenni Kemarre Martiniello and Regina Pilawuk Wilson

February 8, 2019 - March 10, 2019 Harvey Art Projects | Ketchum, Idaho

Claiming Country: Western Desert Painting from the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection

January 24, 2019 - March 1, 2019 Truman State University | Kirksville, Missouri

A World of Relations

January 26, 2019 - December 8, 2019 Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College | Hanover, New Hampshire

The Inside World: Contemporary Aboriginal Australian Memorial Poles from the Debra and Dennis Scholl Collection

January 19, 2019 - June 23, 2019 Nevada Museum of Art | Reno, Nevada

APY LANDS: Yaritji Young + Tjala Arts

March 6, 2019 - April 14, 2019 Olsen Gruin Gallery | New York, New York

Aboriginal Art Exhibitions in the United States

October 9, 2018 - March 2, 2019
Shane Pickett: Djinong Djina Boodja (Look at the Land that I have Traveled)
January 18, 2019 - March 2, 2019
Yukultji Napangati
February 8, 2019 - March 10, 2019
Woven: Jenni Kemarre Martiniello and Regina Pilawuk Wilson
January 24, 2019 - March 1, 2019
Claiming Country: Western Desert Painting from the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection
January 26, 2019 - December 8, 2019
A World of Relations
January 19, 2019 - June 23, 2019
The Inside World: Contemporary Aboriginal Australian Memorial Poles from the Debra and Dennis Scholl Collection
March 6, 2019 - April 14, 2019
APY LANDS: Yaritji Young + Tjala Arts

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 Binyinyiwuy
Title Baijini Figure
Date before 1966
Language Group Yolngu, Northern Australia

Artist Bardayal Nadjamerrek AO
Title Lambalk the Sugar Glider
Date c. 1970
Language Group Kunbarllanjnja

Artist Carol McGregor
Title A Sense of Place
Date 2018
Language Group Wathaurong, Victoria

Artist Ngarralja Tommy May
Title Yuwanpungu
Date 2016
Language Group Wangkajunga/Walmajarri, Western Australia

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