Alcaston Gallery

Alcaston Gallery Alcaston Gallery represents Contemporary Artists from Australia and the Asia Pacific Region and spec For further information please visit our website.

Established in 1989, Alcaston Gallery is based in Melbourne with a National and International focus and exhibition schedule. The gallery represents Contemporary Artists from Australia and the Asia Pacific Region and is renowned for representing and exhibiting Australian Indigenous Artists. Director Beverly Knight and her curatorial staff are proud to represent important and emerging artists, maint

ain and develop personal relationships with Collectors, Institutional Curators and art lovers both real and virtual. The Gallery’s role is building pathways for creative practice with financial reward without compromising political and cultural aspects of an artist’s oeuvre. Guidance of the international complexities of exhibiting in the 21st century of a virtual and pragmatic collecting society is the foundation of the Gallery’s business, bringing artists and collectors together.

It is the final week to view Timothy Cook: Parlingarri Jilamara, presented at Alcaston Gallery Viewing Rooms until this ...
14/06/2026

It is the final week to view Timothy Cook: Parlingarri Jilamara, presented at Alcaston Gallery Viewing Rooms until this Friday 19 June.

Timothy Cook is an esteemed Tiwi artist whose art practice is celebrated worldwide by his distinctive and highly contemporary interpretations of parlingarri jilamara – ‘old Tiwi designs’. This exceptional presentation showcases a significant Private Collection of exceptional and insightful paintings from 2003 – 2007, when the collector focused on the emerging artist and his career development at Jilamara Arts and Crafts in Milikapiti on the Melville Island.

Visit the exhibition Monday to Friday 10AM – 5PM at Level 3, 50 Market Street, Naarm/Melbourne.

© The Artist, Jilamara Arts and Crafts, and Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne

EOFY 2025-26 SALEINSTANT ASSET WRITE OFF FOR SMALL BUSINESSESBefore the End of this Financial Year for 2025-26, support ...
12/06/2026

EOFY 2025-26 SALE
INSTANT ASSET WRITE OFF FOR SMALL BUSINESSES

Before the End of this Financial Year for 2025-26, support Australian First Nations artists by acquiring an artwork from a curated presentation of highly collectable works by leading Alcaston Gallery represented and exhibiting contemporary artists to enhance your corporate and home office.

Small businesses can now claim this tax deduction for art purchased under $20,000, meaning each and every artwork, rather than a total art purchase for the tax year.

Payment for the artwork must be received in full and artworks installed in your office by end of financial year. Please consult with your accountant for further information regarding end of financial year art and tax write-offs.

Visit here to learn more: https://www.alcastongallery.com.au/ovr/eofy-2025-26-sale

Special discounts apply to each painting - contact Adriana Del Medico, Gallery Manager, [email protected] for all enquiries!

Currently presented at Alcaston Gallery Viewing Rooms is a significant Private Collection of exceptional paintings from ...
10/06/2026

Currently presented at Alcaston Gallery Viewing Rooms is a significant Private Collection of exceptional paintings from 2003 – 2007 by esteemed Tiwi artist Timothy Cook.

Cook’s celebrated practice is distinctive for its highly contemporary interpretations of parlingarri jilamara (old Tiwi designs) painted in turtiyanginari (locally sourced natural pigments) collected locally on Milikapiti on the Melville Island, north of Darwin in the Arafura Sea.

Timothy Cook: Parlingarri Jilamara is presented until 19 June. View the exhibition online: https://www.alcastongallery.com.au/melbourne-gallery/current/2220-timothy-cook-parlingarri-jilamara?gallery=gallery

© The Artist, Jilamara Arts and Crafts, and Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne

Alcaston Gallery will close for King’s Birthday public holiday Monday 8 June. We will re-open on Tuesday 9 June.For any ...
07/06/2026

Alcaston Gallery will close for King’s Birthday public holiday Monday 8 June. We will re-open on Tuesday 9 June.

For any enquiries, please email [email protected]

This long weekend, visit the Alcaston Gallery Online Viewing Rooms and immerse yourself in our current exhibition Timoth...
07/06/2026

This long weekend, visit the Alcaston Gallery Online Viewing Rooms and immerse yourself in our current exhibition Timothy Cook: Parlingarri Jilamara and major works from our diverse and exceptional stable of established and emerging First Nations Artists.

Alcaston Gallery Viewing Rooms is also open Monday to Friday 10AM – 5PM at Level 3, 50 Market Street, Melbourne where we are pleased to offer our valued clients private art viewings, bespoke presentations and installations, one-on-one client consultations with our experienced curatorial staff and exclusive glimpses into our extensive stockroom

Visit our Online Viewing Rooms here: https://www.alcastongallery.com.au/ovr

ARTWORK FOCUSRAY JAMES TJANGALA | YUNALAIn his signature bold, minimalist geometrical linework, Ray James Tjangala depic...
05/06/2026

ARTWORK FOCUS
RAY JAMES TJANGALA | YUNALA

In his signature bold, minimalist geometrical linework, Ray James Tjangala depicts designs associated with Yunala, a significant site and tjukurrpa (ancestral stories) connected to a rockhole site located west of the Kiwirkurra in the tali (sandhill) Country of the Gibson Desert.

Ancestral stories tell that a group of Tingari Men camped at Yunala, gathering the tubers of the native flora, which shares the Yunala name, ahead of their travels east to Pinari, north of Lake Makcay. Along their travels the Tingari performed rituals and created particular sites, with these events becoming enshrined in a number of song cycles which form part of the teaching of post initiatory youths today. As the events associated with the Tingari Cycle are of a secret nature, no further detail is given.

To enquire about this artwork, please email [email protected]

Ray James Tjangala, Yunala, 2024 (AK23745), synthetic polymer paint on linen, 91 x 91 cm
© The Artist, Papunya Tula Artists, and Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne

“I like painting for culture way – Kulama – that means painting culture. We teach culture. Kulama also mean yam – they e...
04/06/2026

“I like painting for culture way – Kulama – that means painting culture. We teach culture. Kulama also mean yam – they eat that one, they get it from the ground and eat it. Kulama is ceremony where they yoi [dance].” – Timothy Cook

Timothy Cook is an esteemed Tiwi artist working our of Jilamara Arts and Crafts on Milikapiti (Melville Island) since the mid-1990s. His celebrated practice is distinctive for its highly contemporary interpretations of parlingarri jilamara (old Tiwi designs).

Timothy Cook: Parlingarri Jilamara is currently presented at Alcaston Gallery Viewing Rooms until 19 June. Visit this exquisite exhibition Monday to Friday 10AM-5PM, or online: https://www.alcastongallery.com.au/ovr/timothy-cook-parlingarri-jilamara

© The Artist, Jilamara Arts and Crafts, and Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne

The major international exhibition Rising Voices: Contemporary Art from Asia, Australia and the Pacific is now open at t...
02/06/2026

The major international exhibition Rising Voices: Contemporary Art from Asia, Australia and the Pacific is now open at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

A landmark collaboration between the V&A and the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, this significant exhibition spotlights the dynamic contemporary art landscape of the Asia Pacific, features Alcaston Gallery represented artist Shirley Macnamara amongst the best creative practitioners of the region assembled in the region.

Installation photography courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
© The Artist, V&A Museum and QAGoMA

Alcaston Gallery has officially relocated our exhibition program to our beautiful Viewing Rooms at Level 3, 50 Market St...
31/05/2026

Alcaston Gallery has officially relocated our exhibition program to our beautiful Viewing Rooms at Level 3, 50 Market Street, Melbourne!

Visit from Monday to Friday 10AM-5PM and immerse yourself in the current presentation of major works from our diverse and exceptional stable of established and emerging First Nations Artists.

Access our Online Viewing Room for a glimpse into both our current exhibition Timothy Cook: Parlingarri Jilamara, and selected works from our extensive stockroom here: https://www.alcastongallery.com.au/ovr

ARTWORK FOCUSADRIAN JURRA TJUNGURRAYI | YUNALAAdrian Jurra Tjungurrayi paints Yunala, a significant site and tjukurrpa (...
29/05/2026

ARTWORK FOCUS
ADRIAN JURRA TJUNGURRAYI | YUNALA

Adrian Jurra Tjungurrayi paints Yunala, a significant site and tjukurrpa (ancestral stories) connected to a rockhole site located west of the Kiwirkurra in the tali (sandhill) Country of the Gibson Desert.

Recalled from his mind’s eye, Adrian Jurra paints Yunala in experimental geometric tessellating forms and refined, subtle tonal shifts that vividly conjure the shimmering salt lakes that characterise this Country. Upon the canvas, sinuous lines oscillate on with visceral energy, tracing the interlaced root systems of the native flora that share the Yunala name, and whose tubers can be identified by detecting similar patterning in the sand. The artist’s signature finger-like patterns depict the distinctive spiralling stem at the top of the plant.

To enquire about this artwork, please email [email protected]
Adrian Jurra Tjungurrayi, Yunala, 2025 (AK23777), synthetic polymer paint on linen, 183 x 153 cm

© The Artist, Papunya Tula Artists and Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne

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