Research
What is Kluge-Ruhe exploring today? Find out here.
We are committed to a robust program of academic research and publication on artworks in our collection and artworks by visiting artists. This research is authored by:
- Indigenous and non-Indigenous art scholars, usually writing commissioned essays for exhibition publications
- UVA or other university students taking courses in Aboriginal art and culture or curatorial studies
- High school students enrolled in our Young Art Historians program developing college and career readiness skills
- Kluge-Ruhe staff
To learn about collaborations we’ve done with artists, art centers and other museums and cultural institutions, including past exhibitions and residencies, please visit the Collaboration Archive.
If you are an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander artist, curator, arts worker, or you work in our field and you would like physical copies of one of our publications, please email ldm3d@virginia.edu and we will send it/them to you!
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Research Highlights
“Aesthete and Scholar: Two complementary influences on the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia.” by Margo Smith AM
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“Aesthete and Scholar: Two complementary influences on the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia.” by Margo Smith AM
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“Water Dreaming by Johnny Warangkula” by Laura Bendick and Gauri Prakash
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“Water Dreaming by Johnny Warangkula” by Laura Bendick and Gauri Prakash
“Jackson Jacob and Bun Bun” by Helen Geiger and Hayley Owens
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“Jackson Jacob and Bun Bun” by Helen Geiger and Hayley Owens
Yhonnie Scarce: “What They Wanted” by Tess Allas
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Yhonnie Scarce: “What They Wanted” by Tess Allas
Tony Albert: “Hear and Now” by Franklin Sirmans
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Tony Albert: “Hear and Now” by Franklin Sirmans
Songs of a Secret Country, with essays by India Ferguson, Caitlyn Keeve, Rosalba Ponce, Jake Martin, Imani Williford, Macario Garcia and Lee Bloch
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Songs of a Secret Country, with essays by India Ferguson, Caitlyn Keeve, Rosalba Ponce, Jake Martin, Imani Williford, Macario Garcia and Lee Bloch
Ricardo Idagi: “Gurari – Saltwater Drinker” by Kira Randolph
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Ricardo Idagi: “Gurari – Saltwater Drinker” by Kira Randolph
Reko Rennie: “Patternation” by Stephen Gilchrist
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Reko Rennie: “Patternation” by Stephen Gilchrist
Papunya Tjupi Arts: “New Narratives” by Vivien Johnson
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Papunya Tjupi Arts: “New Narratives” by Vivien Johnson
Nici Cumpston: “having-been-there” by Una Rey
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Nici Cumpston: “having-been-there” by Una Rey
Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri: “Namarari in Focus” by Alec O’Halloran
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Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri: “Namarari in Focus” by Alec O’Halloran
Loongkoonan: “Soley Nyikina: The Art of Loongkoonan” by Henry F. Skerritt
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Loongkoonan: “Soley Nyikina: The Art of Loongkoonan” by Henry F. Skerritt
Julie Gough: “Julie Gough’s Forensic Archaeology of National Forgetting” by Joseph Pugliese
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Julie Gough: “Julie Gough’s Forensic Archaeology of National Forgetting” by Joseph Pugliese
Jilamara and Munupi Arts: “The Art of the Tiwi” by Julie Harvey
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Jilamara and Munupi Arts: “The Art of the Tiwi” by Julie Harvey
Jason Wing: “People of Substance” by Liz Nowell
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Jason Wing: “People of Substance” by Liz Nowell
Janet Fieldhouse: “The Sensibility of Ritual” by Joanna Bosse
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Janet Fieldhouse: “The Sensibility of Ritual” by Joanna Bosse
Judy Watson: “experimental beds” by Noreen Grahame
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Judy Watson: “experimental beds” by Noreen Grahame
Djambawa Marawili AM: “Change Agent” by Kimberley Moulton
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Djambawa Marawili AM: “Change Agent” by Kimberley Moulton
Damien Shen: “Being Ngarrindjeri: The Artistic Machinations of Damien Shen” by Franchesca Cubillo
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Damien Shen: “Being Ngarrindjeri: The Artistic Machinations of Damien Shen” by Franchesca Cubillo
Black Prints from Cicada Press with Artist Statements
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