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Zaachariaha Fielding's art is boundless 💫See it up close at Ngura Puḻka – Epic Country.On until 23 Aug 2026Level 1, Gall...
05/06/2026

Zaachariaha Fielding's art is boundless 💫
See it up close at Ngura Puḻka – Epic Country.
On until 23 Aug 2026
Level 1, Galleries 2–7
Free

https://nga.gov.au/exhibitions/ngura-pulka-epic-country/

1. Zaachariaha Fielding, Pitjantjatjara people, in the APY Art Centre Collective studio on Kaurna Country/Adelaide, South Australia, 2022, with his work Inma 2022

2. Quote courtesy the artist and APY Art Centre Collective.

3. Zaachariaha Fielding, Pitjantjatjara people, Inma 2022 © the artist / APY Art Centre Collective, image courtesy APY Art Centre Collective, photo: Andy Francis

05/06/2026

ART BELONGS EVERYWHERE 😌
We warmly invite you to donate to the 2026 Art Cases Appeal.

Art Cases bring tactile art experiences to schools, libraries, community centres, galleries and aged-care facilities across Australia.
With your support, the program will reach even more people across generations, expanding access to hands-on learning and engagement with art. 👐

Your fully tax-deductible donation will:
✨ tour art cases far and wide
✨ introduce a new Country art case
✨ deliver first nations art & dementia initiatives
✨ reprint learning resources
✨ and create digital learning assets

Donate now!
https://connect.nga.gov.au/donate/q/44?promo=2436

Marking Mabo Day and the close of National Reconciliation Week. Today, we acknowledge the High Court’s landmark ruling t...
03/06/2026

Marking Mabo Day and the close of National Reconciliation Week. Today, we acknowledge the High Court’s landmark ruling that overturned terra nullius, honouring the truth of Indigenous land ownership and the ongoing work of reconciliation across Australia.

Ellen Jose, Australian Print Workshop (print workshop), R.I.P. terra nullius., December 1995, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, australian Print Workshop Archive 2, purchased with the assistance of the Gordon Darling Australasian Print Fund 2002

READ | Art Springs Eternal – The Kuprilya ProjectLisa Slade tells the story of how, in the early 1930s, artists came tog...
02/06/2026

READ | Art Springs Eternal – The Kuprilya Project

Lisa Slade tells the story of how, in the early 1930s, artists came together to bring water to the drought-stricken community of Ntaria/Hermannsburg — home to Albert Namatjira.

Dr Lisa Slade is the Hugh Ramsay Chair in Australian Art History at the University of Melbourne.

📸 Albert Namatjira in Mparntwe/Alice Springs, 1958, image courtesy and by Sun News

https://nga.gov.au/stories-ideas/art-springs-eternal/

30/05/2026

Today is a good day to wander through the gallery and enjoy our vast collection of First Nations Art.

1. The Aboriginal Memorial
2. Hermannsburg Collection Display
3. Ngura Puḻka – Epic Country

Ramingining artists (artist), Djon Mundine (conceptual curator), Djon Mundine (artist), The Aboriginal Memorial, 1987-88, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased with the assistance of funds from National Gallery admission charges and commissioned in 1987, © Ramingining artists/Copyright Agency

Judith Pungarta Inkamala, Nturite, 2002, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 2002, © Judith Pungarta Inkamala/Copyright Agency

Judith Pungarta Inkamala, Echidna, 2008, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 2009, © Judith Pungarta Inkamala/Copyright Agency

Carol Rontji, Arrernte people, Errarnta pmare nuka nha-la (Black cockatoos in my country)
1995, Hermannsberg, Central Australia, Northern Territory, Education Lending Collection

APY Women's Regional Collaborative, Ngura Puḻka – Epic Country 2022 © the artists / APY Art Centre Collective, image courtesy APY Art Centre Collective

Mimili Minyma Women's Collaborative, Kapi (Water) (detail) 2022 © the artists / Mimili Maku Arts / APY Art Centre Collective, image courtesy APY Art Centre Collective

This is Kuru Ala. These are creeks and rock holes everywhere, and many trees. There is puli (rocks) and apu (rocky hills...
29/05/2026

This is Kuru Ala. These are creeks and rock holes everywhere, and many trees. There is puli (rocks) and apu (rocky hills). This is Minyma Tjuta Tjukurrpa (Seven Sisters Creation Story). This area is close to Tjuntjuntjarra [in Western Australia, near the South Australian border].

Maringka Baker, 2007

This artwork is on view, gallery 6

Maringka Baker, Kuru Ala, 2007, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 2007, © Maringka Baker - Tjungu Palya

READ | Honouring the Legacy – The Namatjira ProjectSally Brand, Coordinator, 5th National Indigenous Art Triennial, dis...
29/05/2026

READ | Honouring the Legacy – The Namatjira Project
Sally Brand, Coordinator, 5th National Indigenous Art Triennial, discusses the complex story of Albert Namatjira's paintings and the case for perpetual copyright.

Sally Brand was Coordinator of the 5th National Indigenous Art Triennial: After the Rain, working alongside longtime collaborator and Artistic Director Tony Albert. She is currently Curatorial Manager, Australian Art, at the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art.

Albert Namatjira at the mission in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory, on 24 September 1958, photographer: Sun News staff, courtesy Fairfax Media, FXJ364167

https://nga.gov.au/stories-ideas/honouring-the-legacy/

Women working together 💫Anangu artists periodically undertake large-scale paintings where multiple artists work in colla...
28/05/2026

Women working together 💫
Anangu artists periodically undertake large-scale paintings where multiple artists work in collaboration. Tjatu (together) was initiated by Betty Muffler and Maringka Burton, who in addition to being senior artists, are also both Ngangkari (traditional healers), highly regarded for their skill and knowledge. Fellow senior woman Kunmanara (Nellie Ngampa) Coulthard was also a project leader, encouraging and guiding the younger women’s’ contributions to the painting. Other contributors include Beverly Brumby, Judith Walkabout, Kaylene Whiskey, Priscilla Singer, Raylene Walatinna, and Rosalind Tjanyari.

Now showing at Ngura Puḻka – Epic Country.
On until 23 Aug 2026
Level 1, Galleries 2–7
Free

https://nga.gov.au/exhibitions/ngura-pulka-epic-country/

I. Maringka Burton, Pitjantjatjara people, and Betty Muffler, Pitjantjatjara people at Iwantja Arts, Indulkana, 2021 with their collaborative work Tjatu (Together) 2021 © the artists / Iwantja Arts/ APY Art Centre Collective, image courtesy Iwantja

II. Biography and quotes courtesy the artists and APY Art Centre Collective.

III. Rosalind Tjanyari, Yankunytjatjara peoples, in Indulkana, 2023, with Ngura Wiru (Good Country) 2023 © the artist / Iwantja Arts / APY Art Centre Collective, image courtesy APY Art Centre Collective, photo: Rohan Thomson

IV. Priscilla Singer, Yankunytjatjara people, in Indulkana, 2023, with Ngura - Country 2023 © the artist / Iwantja Arts / APY Art Centre Collective, image courtesy APY Art Centre Collective, photo: Rohan Thomson

V. Maringka Burton, Pitjantjatjara people, at Iwantja Arts, Indulkana, 2023, with Anumara Piti 2023 © the artist / Iwantja Arts / APY Art Centre Collective, image courtesy APY Art Centre Collective photo: Rohan Thomson

VI. Betty Muffler, Pitjantjatjara people, at Iwantja Arts, Indulkana, 2023 - image courtesy APY Art Centre Collective Iwantja Arts, photo Rohan Thomson

VII. Iwantja Arts Women's Collaborative, Tjatu (Together) 2021 © the artists / Iwantja Arts / APY Art Centre Collective, image courtesy APY Art Centre Collective

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