Curated By: Djambawa Marawili, W. Wanambi, Yinimala Gumana, Wäka Munuŋgurr, Henry Skerritt and Kade McDonald. Organized by the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia in partnership with the Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre in Australia.
The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia showcases Indigenous art in Maḏayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala and an exhibition of slit drums of New Guinea.
One of the most significant touring exhibitions of Aboriginal Australian art ever staged returns to the city where it was first envisioned. The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia presents “Maḏayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala” from Feb. 3-July 14, 2024. The exhibition features more than 50 masterpieces of ochre painting on eucalyptus bark, many of which have never been on view outside of Australia.