upcoming Exhibitions
Betty Kuntiwa Pumani•2024
Alcaston Gallery is honoured to present Betty Kuntiwa Pumani's seventh solo exhibition with Alcaston Gallery, exhibiting significant new paintings by the revered artist and ngangkari (traditional healer).
Pumani is amongst Australia’s most distinctive and sophisticated painters, renowned for her breathtaking large-scale compositions and refined palette.
Pumani’s extraordinary rise in the Australian contemporary art world includes successive wins of both the 2015 and 2016 General Painting Award at the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards at the Museum Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin and a major commission for the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Sydney, as part of The National 2021: New Australian Art. Pumani’s work is currently on exhibition in The Power of Colour at the Bendigo Art Gallery.
© The Artist, Mimili Maku and Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne 2024
HERMANNSBURG POTTERS | AFL Footy in Aranda Country Award • 2024
Alcaston Gallery is delighted to present the AFL Footy in Aranda Country Award 2024, an exhibition of new pots by the HERMANNSBURG POTTERS, coinciding with the highly anticipated annual Dreamtime at G AFL football match; the Indigenous Round clash between Australian Football League greats, Essendon and Richmond.
Showcasing new hand bulit ceramic pots, the exhibition is a celebration of the love and passion for AFL in Aranda ...
ARANDA COUNTRY•PAINTINGS ON PAPER | AN ARCHIVAL RELEASE BY THE HERMANNSBURG POTTERS
Alcaston Gallery presents a series of framed paintings on paper by Hermannsburg Potters that exemplify the diverse and exciting art of the Western Aranda people.
These paintings of flora, birds, bush tucker and landscapes of West Aranda Country in the Northern Territory give context and connection to iconic Ntaria/Hermannsburg art movements. Painted in 1995 by several of the emerging Hermannsburg Potters, this archival release from Alcaston Gallery celebrates Aranda Country and the renowned Hermannsburg School of artists founded by ...
Adrian Jurra Tjungurrayi •Yunala Tjukurrpa
Alcaston Gallery is excited to introduce Pintupi artist Adrian Jurra Tjungurrayi in his debut solo exhibition Yunala Tjukurrpa, presented at the Alcaston Gallery Exhibition Space, 84 William Street Melbourne/ Naarm from 26 June - 13 July 2024.
Tjungurrayi is the son of renowned Pintupi artist Joseph Jurra Tjapaltjarri, a respected ceremonial and community leader of the Pintupi people recognised for his meandering linear compositions depicting the desert flora and landscapes of his ...
