Shifting Ground

March 9, 2024 - March 2, 2025 Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection

Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri: Mysteries that Remain

May 21, 2024 - January 12, 2025 Cummer Museum

Our Unbroken Line: The Griffiths Family

July 14, 2024 - December 8, 2024 Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection

Madayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala

September 17, 2024 - January 5, 2025 Asia Society New York

Creative Australia Artist Residency 2025-27 Application

October 2, 2024 - November 12, 2024 Apply Online

Air-Dry Clay Workshop with Visiting Artists

11:00 am - 1:30 pm Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection

Artist-Led Tour

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection

Artists in Conversation: Dora Griffiths and Jan Griffiths

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection

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

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Madayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala

September 17, 2024 - January 5, 2025 Asia Society New York | New York, NY

Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri: Mysteries that Remain

May 21, 2024 - January 12, 2025 Cummer Museum | Jacksonville, FL

Aboriginal Art Exhibitions in the United States

  • September 17, 2024 - January 5, 2025

    Madayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala

  • May 21, 2024 - January 12, 2025

    Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri: Mysteries that Remain

A Truly Unique Collection

We care for more than 3600 artworks, the most significant collection of this kind outside Australia.

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