Join Yolngu artists and knowledge holders for a tour of Madayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Art from Yirrkala and experience one of the world’s greatest artistic traditions from the perspective of those who shaped it. Organized by the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the...

Celebrate the opening of Madayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala during a First Friday Reception at The Fralin Museum of Art. Be sure to arrive at 5 pm to meet the Yolngu delegation and experience a performance of manikay (sacred song accompanied by clap sticks...

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...

Join us at Second Street Gallery on Saturday, February 3, from 10 to 11:30AM for a hands-on workshop and artist demonstration that explores the materiality of bark painting from Yirrkala. Drawn from techniques used for thousands of years and materials sustainably harvested from the string bark...

Madayin: Land and Lineage Mayatili Marika will deliver the W. Wanambi Distinguished Lecture in the Dome Room of the Rotunda on Feb 3 at 4 pm, followed by a reception in the Upper West Oval Room. Marika is a Rirratjingu Traditional Owner and Yolŋu woman based in northeast Arnhem Land. Part of a new...

Join us for First Friday on February 2, 5:30 - 7:30PM, as Second Street Gallery celebrates the opening of two new exhibitions! Both shows will be on view February 2 - March 22, 2024. Second Street Gallery is pleased and honored to present First Nation Australia: Contemporary Artists from Buku...

Opening with the Artists: Saturday, February 3rd from 1-3pm Alongside the Fralin Museum of Art, the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, the University of Virginia, and Second Street Gallery, Les Yeux du Monde is pleased to participate in Charlottesville’s 2024 Indigenous Art Takeover. In...

Celebrate the opening of close to the wind: Lisa Waup and welcome artists and knowledge holders from Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre, Yirrkala, and Moa, Badu and Erub Islands in the Torres Strait to Charlottesville during this reception at Kluge-Ruhe. Artists are visiting to participate in multiple...