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Alcaston Gallery and Iwantja Arts are delighted to announce that Nellie Ngampa Coulthard has won the prestigious $50,000 acquisitive Len Fox Painting Award 2024 presented at Castlemaine Art Museum from 27 September 2024 – 2 March 2025. ⁠

Coulthard’s win is a landmark achievement in her career and cements her practice amongst the most important contemporary painters in Australia. ⁠

Reflecting on her work, she says "I paint the trees and flowers of the Country where I grew up - Yankunytjatjara Country near Oodnadatta. After the rain and before the summer starts, the landscape here changes colour with lots of wattle blossoms.”⁠

Please contact art@alcastongallery.com.au to enquire about available works by Nellie Ngampa Coulthard.⁠

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Portrait of Nellie Ngampa Couthard by Meg Hansen Photography⁠

© The Artist, Iwantja Arts and Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne, 2024⁠

Beverly and Anthony Knight, Adriana Del Medico and the team at Alcaston Gallery deeply mourn the sad and sudden passing of KUNMANARA (TIGER) YALTANGKI (1973 - 2024) on Friday 13 September 2024. 

A genius artist loved by so many across the universe, his electric musical interpretations of his beloved AC/DC and all things Rock n Roll; and his deep knowledge of culture and love of his people reverberated through his artworks.

Please be advised that Alcaston Gallery will be closed this Friday 27 September 2024 for the Grand Final Public Holiday. We will re-open with our regular hours of operation, Monday 30 September 2024. 

Congratualtions to both teams, Sydney Swans and Brisbane Lions - here's to a great 2024 AFL Grand Final at the MCG!

This September sees the launch of Protecting Indigenous Art: From T-Shirts to the Flag by Colin Golvan AM KC- a personal account of how copyright protects Indigenous art, published by Melbourne University . 

"There is the country non-Indigenous people can see, and then there is the country Indigenous people see that the rest of us can barely comprehend, but glimpse through the vivid colours, shapes and imagery of their artworks, and their visual recounting of ancient stories and settings..."

- Colin Golvan AM KC

Colin Golvan AM KC is a long-time member of the Victorian Bar, with extensive involvement in the arts as an author, legal adviser and counsel, as a board member and supporter of arts organisations.

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The Victorian Government has announced the First Nations name of the new, forthcoming 18,000 square metre public urban garden at the centre of the Melbourne Arts Precinct Transformation project.

Laak Boorndap is a Wurrundjeri Woi-Wurrung name bestowed by Traditional Owner, Aunty Gail Smith. This expansive public garden reflects First Peoples' long tradition of gathering by and caring for Birrarung (the Yarra river), the garden will feature a prominent waterway that people can sit near and take in the sounds of trickling water. 

Construction begins 2026!

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