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Ngayulu Nguraku Ninti | The Country I Know: Barbara Moore & Sharon Adamson

September 19, 2019 - February 2, 2020
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Reception with artists Barbara Moore and Sharon Adamson

November 14, 20195:30 pm - 7:30 pm
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With Her Hands: Women’s Fiber Art from Gapuwiyak

July 18, 2019 - April 5, 2020
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Now Open Until 8 pm on Thursdays

On View

Madayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Bark Painting from Yirrkala, Australia

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Mapa Wiya (Your Map's Not Needed): Australian Aboriginal Art from the Fondation Opale

September 13, 2019 - February 2, 2020 The Menil Collection | Houston TX

A World of Relations

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

Meeting Places: Mangkaja and Creative Growth

October 4, 2019 - November 15, 2019 Creative Growth | Oakland, CA

Beyond Time

October 24, 2019 - February 2, 2020 Booker-Lowe Gallery | Houston, TX

Papunya Tula Artists (2007-2012)

October 24, 2019 - December 21, 2019 Harvey Art Projects | Ketchum, ID

Aboriginal Art Exhibitions in the United States

  • September 13, 2019 - February 2, 2020

    Mapa Wiya (Your Map's Not Needed): Australian Aboriginal Art from the Fondation Opale

  • January 26, 2019 - December 8, 2019

    A World of Relations

  • October 4, 2019 - November 15, 2019

    Meeting Places: Mangkaja and Creative Growth

  • October 24, 2019 - February 2, 2020

    Beyond Time

  • October 24, 2019 - December 21, 2019

    Papunya Tula Artists (2007-2012)

A Truly Unique Collection

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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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