Get an exclusive first-look and engage in enriching discussions at our special exhibition preview of First Nation Australia: Contemporary Artists from Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre, Yirrkala, featuring visiting artists from the distinguished Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre. Delve into a fascinating exploration behind their art before the exhibition opens to the public. This special event promises guests an intimate exchange with the artists that is not to be missed. 

Join us at Second Street Gallery on Friday, February 2, from 10 to 11:30AM for this artist talk moderated by Kade McDonald of Agency Projects, Melbourne. Coffee and light breakfast will be served. RSVP is required; register here. 

In partnership with Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre and Agency Projects, Second Street Gallery is honored to present: First Nation Australia: Contemporary Artists from Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre, Yirrkala. The exhibition is part of Charlottesville's 2024 Indigenous Art Takeover, which features world class Indigenous art from Australia and Oceania at the University of Virginia’s Fralin Museum of Art, the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, the Upper West Oval Room of the Rotunda, as well as Les Yeux du Monde Gallery. 

First Nation Australia illuminates the vibrant evolution of bark painting, a tradition fearlessly propelled into the present by the skilled hands and visionary minds of Buku-Larrŋgay artists. These remarkable artists continue the time-honored practice of ancient mark making, blending centuries old traditions with their infectious passion and creative vitality.