Where Two Worlds Meet: Curating Aboriginal Australian Art in the United States
Join leading Indigenous artists and curators for a dialogue on curating with, and for, Indigenous Australian communities. Listen as they share insights on influential exhibition projects and upcoming opportunities for the interpretation and international display of Indigenous Australian art and consider its global impact.
The panel coincides with the Asia Society Museum opening for Madayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala, a collaborative project conceived, developed, and curated by Yolŋu artists and knowledge holders.
The program is supported by the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia and the Asia Society Museum.
Free, though advance registration is required. Please note: Space is limited; first come, first served.
Panelists: Yinimala Gumana (Dhaḻwaŋu clan, Yolŋu), artist and member of the curatorial team for Madayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala
Gunybi Ganambarr (Ŋaymil clan, Yolŋu), artist and member of the curatorial team for Madayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala
Brenda L. Croft (Gurindji, Malngin, Mudburra, Anglo-Australian/Chinese/German/Irish/Scottish heritage), Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser Chair of Australian Studies, Harvard University
Kelli Cole (Warumungu and Luritja), Director, Curatorial and Engagement, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Gallery of Australia (ATSIAGA)
Moderated by Jami Powell (Osage), Associate Director of Curatorial Affairs and Curator of Indigenous Art, The Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
Introduction by Maia Nuku (Ngai Tai), Evelyn A. J. Hall and John A. Friede Curator for Oceanic Art, The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, The Met
Image: Detail of Gunybi Ganambarr, Garraparra, 2018, Natural pigments on bark, 64 x 21 x 2 in. Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection. Museum purchase with funds provided by Lilla and Chris Ohrstrom, 2023, 2023.0013.001