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OPENING THIS MONTH | BETTY KUNTIWA PUMANI: MAḺATJA-MAḺATJA (THOSE WHO COME AFTER), BUNDANON ART MUSEUM, SHOALHAVEN
Betty Kuntiwa Pumani presents her first major museum survey, maḻatja-maḻatja (those who come after), at Bundanon Art Museum, from 28 June - 5 October 2025. Curated by Bundanon CEO Rachel Kent in collaboration with Pumani and Mimili Maku Arts, this outstanding exhibition will include a specially commissioned large-scale painting as well as major loans from public and private galleries, including the National Gallery of Australia. These works will be shown alongside early works, drawn from Mimili Maku Arts Cultural Collection, shown here for the first time.
To celebrate the launch of this landmark exhibition, Bundanon present a free weekend-long celebration featuring artist talks and live music from Saturday 28 June - Sunday 29 June.
OPENING THIS MONTH | ECHOES UNVEILED: ART BY FIRST NATIONS WOMEN FROM AUSTRALIA, ARTIZON MUSEUM, TOKYO
From 24 June - 21 September 2025, ARTIZON Museum, Tokyo, Japan, will present the major exhibition, Echoes Unveiled: Art By First Nations Women From Australia, which will showcase work by significant First Nations Women artists from Australia, including the late Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori (c.1924-2015).
YOLNGU ARTISTS IN NEW YORK!
Alcaston Gallery was excited to see a powerful representation of Yolŋu artists opening the new wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Michael C. Rockefeller, with an unforgettable performance.
Reopened after a multiyear renovation, the wing presents The Met's collections of the arts of Africa, the ancient Americas and Oceania.
OPENING THIS MONTH | YOLNGU POWER: THE ART OF YIRRKALA, AGNSW
Opening this month at the Art Gallery of New South Wales is the highly anticipated exhibition, Yolŋu power: the art of Yirrkala, presented from 21 June - 6 October 2025. The exhibition showcases the extraordinary artists of Yirrkala in north-east Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, and the power of their art from the 1940s to the present.
OPENING EVENT SHIRLEY MACNAMARA IN 'OUR STORIES: CONTEMPORARY INDIGENOUS WEAVING' AT CAIRNS ART GALLERY
We are thrilled to share the opening of Our Stories: Contemporary Indigenous Weaving, featuring Alcaston Gallery represented artist Shirley Macnamara. Presented from 28 June- 14 September 2025, this exhibition explores the styles, purposes and materiality of the woven form and how it is influenced by the locality, the land and Country of its creators.
Our Stories: Contemporary Indigenous Weaving is one of four exhibition by First Nations artists celebrating their launch at Cairns Art Gallery, on Wednesday 9 July from 6-8 PM.
Cairns Art Gallery welcome you to opening celebrations on Wednesday 9 July from 6-8 PM and for a morning of discussion with exhibiting artists Shirley Macnamara, Christopher Bassi, Melanie Hava and Malja Cathy Snow on Thursday 10 July from 10-11AM. RSVP essential.
