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Multidisciplinary artist Ben McKeown is profiled by writer and editor Dr Una Rey in the current issue of Artlink magazine, Issue 43:3 | Warltati / Summer 2023, Indigenous_Working Voices, which explores collaborative themes between artists and explores McKeown's working relationships with the late William Kelly OAM and film maker Mark Street.

An important bark petition regarding Australian Indigenous Land Rights that has been 'missing' for decades has been returned to the Yolngu people of Arnhem Land, Northern Territory. 

Created by Yolngu elders in the 1960s to protest mining on their land of the Gove Peninsula, the petition was finally returned to Yirrkala, NT, and was placed in a prominent position at Buku-Larnnggay Mulka art centre in an important and joyous ceremony on Thursday 7 December 2023.

To read ABC news article on the subject  

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A highlight of Melbourne’s exhibition calendar the National Gallery of Victoria’s (NGV) Triennial 2023 is now officially open.

The gallery is presenting 120 national and international artists across the 4 levels of the gallery.

The Triennal is a curation of contemporary works responding to political, sociological, and environmental questions important to the future of humanity.

The very important and incredible retrospective of works by the late Emily Kam Kngwarray officially opened last week and will be on exhibition until 28 April 2024 at the National Gallery of Australia (NGA) in Canberra. Curated by Kelli Cole (Warumunga and Luritja peoples, Curator, Special Projects, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art) and Hetti Perkins (Arrernte and Kalkadoon peoples, Senior Curator-at-Large, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art).

Congratulations to Tuppy Ngintja Goodwin for winning the prestigious $50,000 Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize held biennially at the Bendigo Art Gallery for her incredible work titled Antara.