Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, Charlottesville, VA Videos

The Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair (DAAF) is coming up on August 11-13! Experience the most contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander art, design and culture and purchase something for your own collection! Shop from over 75 Indigenous Art Centers from across the most remote regions of Australia. DAAF is FREE to attend, and 100% of all sales made go directly back to the Art Centres, supporting the artists and their communities. To register for early online access: https://confirmsubscription.com/h/r/DD70315502E10FAD2540EF23F30FEDED and be emailed your exclusive DAAF Online entry link from 5pm ACST, 10 August!

Just two more weeks to see Maḏayin at American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center! Here's the second of four videos about the amazingly talented artists featured in the exhibition, highlighting the one and only Djambawa Marawili! You can also view it on our YouTube Channel here: https://youtu.be/xpLWQAMLfqM A big thanks to The Mulka Project and Aris & Grimes for their fantastic work on these films.

In these final few weeks of Maḏayin at American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, we're excited to release videos about four of the amazingly talented artists featured! Here's the first, an artist profile of the incredible innovator Gunybi Ganambarr from Buku-Larrnggay Mulka! A big thanks to The Mulka Project and Aris & Grimes for their fantastic work on these films.

MADAYIN opens this Saturday at American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center and will be on view through May 14! Join us at the opening on Saturday from 6-9 pm. This exhibition is a MUST-SEE if you are in the area and worth a drive up from Cville.

Artist Buwathay Munyarryun and his painting "Wirrmu ga Djurrpun | The Moon and Evening Star" from the exhibition MADAYIN: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala

Buwathay Munyarryun and his painting Wirrmu ga Djurrpun | The Moon and Evening Star
It is less than three weeks until MADAYIN: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala opens at American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center. The exhibition celebrates one of Australia's most unique contributions to contemporary art history as told by the people who shaped it. . MAḎAYIN: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala is presented by the Kluge-Ruhe in partnership with Buku-Larrnggay Mulka. It is supported by National Endowment for the Humanities, Mellon Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Fondation OPALE, The Jefferson Trust, Australia in the United States, Australian Consulate-General New York, Agency, National Endowment for the Arts, UVA Arts, Australia Council for the Arts, Crozier Fine Arts, UVA Parents Fund and Australian Capital Equity Pty Limited, Kerry Stokes Collection.

Buwathay Munyarryun and his painting Wirrmu ga Djurrpun | The Moon and Evening Star
It is less than three weeks until MADAYIN: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala opens at American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center. The exhibition celebrates one of Australia's most unique contributions to contemporary art history as told by the people who shaped it. . MAḎAYIN: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala is presented by the Kluge-Ruhe in partnership with Buku-Larrnggay Mulka. It is supported by National Endowment for the Humanities, Mellon Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Fondation OPALE, The Jefferson Trust, Australia in the United States, Australian Consulate-General New York, Agency, National Endowment for the Arts, UVA Arts, Australia Council for the Arts, Crozier Fine Arts, UVA Parents Fund and Australian Capital Equity Pty Limited, Kerry Stokes Collection.

Buwathay Munyarryun and his painting Wirrmu ga Djurrpun | The Moon and Evening Star
It is less than three weeks until MADAYIN: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala opens at American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center. The exhibition celebrates one of Australia's most unique contributions to contemporary art history as told by the people who shaped it. . MAḎAYIN: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala is presented by the Kluge-Ruhe in partnership with Buku-Larrnggay Mulka. It is supported by National Endowment for the Humanities, Mellon Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Fondation OPALE, The Jefferson Trust, Australia in the United States, Australian Consulate-General New York, Agency, National Endowment for the Arts, UVA Arts, Australia Council for the Arts, Crozier Fine Arts, UVA Parents Fund and Australian Capital Equity Pty Limited, Kerry Stokes Collection.

Buwathay Munyarryun and his painting Wirrmu ga Djurrpun | The Moon and Evening Star
It is less than three weeks until MADAYIN: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala opens at American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center. The exhibition celebrates one of Australia's most unique contributions to contemporary art history as told by the people who shaped it. . MAḎAYIN: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala is presented by the Kluge-Ruhe in partnership with Buku-Larrnggay Mulka. It is supported by National Endowment for the Humanities, Mellon Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Fondation OPALE, The Jefferson Trust, Australia in the United States, Australian Consulate-General New York, Agency, National Endowment for the Arts, UVA Arts, Australia Council for the Arts, Crozier Fine Arts, UVA Parents Fund and Australian Capital Equity Pty Limited, Kerry Stokes Collection.

We’re counting down the next 20 DAYS until MAḎAYIN! Follow along to learn more about the artists, bark paintings, history, and exhibition process as we get closer to September 3. . IN JUST 20 DAYS, American audiences will be able to admire the work of these renowned contemporary Yolngu artists in the exhibition MAḎAYIN: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala, which will be launched at the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth. Opening celebrations will be held on September 23 at the Hood Museum. MAḎAYIN will then travel to Washington, DC; Los Angeles, CA; Charlottesville, VA; and New York, NY. It promises to be the most important touring exhibition of Indigenous Australian art staged in the USA! MAḎAYIN is presented by the Kluge-Ruhe in partnership with Buku-Larrnggay Mulka. It is supported by National Endowment for the Humanities, Mellon Foundation, Australian Government Office for the Arts; The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Fondation OPALE, The Jefferson Trust, Australia in the United States, Australian Consulate-General New York, Agency, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, UVA Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, Australian Cultural Fund, Australia Council for the Arts, Crozier Fine Arts, and UVA Parents Fund.

We’re counting down the next 40 DAYS until MAḎAYIN! Follow along to learn more about the artists, bark paintings, history, and exhibition process as we get closer to September 3. . IN JUST 40 DAYS, American audiences will be able to admire the work of these renowned contemporary Yolngu artists in the exhibition MAḎAYIN: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala, which will be launched at the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth. Opening celebrations will be held on September 23 at the Hood Museum. MAḎAYIN will then travel to Washington, DC; Los Angeles, CA; Charlottesville, VA; and New York, NY. It promises to be the most important touring exhibition of Indigenous Australian art staged in the USA! MAḎAYIN is presented by the Kluge-Ruhe in partnership with Buku-Larrnggay Mulka. It is supported by National Endowment for the Humanities , Mellon Foundation , Australian Government Office for the Arts; The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Fondation OPALE , The Jefferson Trust , Australia in the United States , Australian Consulate-General New York , Agency, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery , UVA Arts , National Endowment for the Arts , Australian Cultural Fund, Australia Council for the Arts, Crozier Fine Arts, and UVA Parents Fund.

Starting today, we’re counting down the next 50 DAYS until MAḎAYIN! Follow along to learn more about the artists, bark paintings, history, and process behind the exhibition as we get closer to September 3. . IN JUST 50 DAYS, American audiences will be able to admire the work of renowned contemporary Yolngu artists in the exhibition MAḎAYIN: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala, which will be launched at the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth. Opening celebrations will be held on September 23 at the Hood Museum. MAḎAYIN will travel to Washington, DC; Los Angeles, CA; Charlottesville, VA; and New York, NY. It promises to be the most important touring exhibition of Indigenous Australian art staged in the USA! MAḎAYIN is presented by the Kluge-Ruhe in partnership with the Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre. It is supported by National Endowment for the Humanities, Mellon Foundation, Australian Government Office for the Arts; The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Fondation OPALE, The Jefferson Trust, Australia in the United States, Australian Consulate-General New York, Agency, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, UVA Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, Australian Cultural Fund, Australia Council for the Arts, Crozier Fine Arts, and UVA Parents Fund.

Madayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkalal

Monday's can be tough... so take a minute to enjoy a sneak peak of one of the masterpieces traveling from Australia for "MAḎAYIN: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Art from Yirrkala." This work is by the great Yaŋgarriny Wunuŋmurra and was commissioned by Dr. Stuart Scougall for the Art Gallery of New South Wales . Depicting the creative actions of the ancestral beings Barama and Lany'tjuŋ it is, without doubt, one of the most epic paintings ever made in Australia. MAḎAYIN will be the first time that this masterpiece has been shown outside of Australia. MAḎAYIN opens at the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth on September 3, 2022. Organized by Kluge-Ruhe in collaboration with Buku-Larrnggay Mulka, it promises to be one of the most important exhibitions of Australian art ever staged in the United States. Caption: Yaŋgarriny Wunuŋmurra, c. 1932–2003. Dhaḻwaŋu clan. Barama ga Lany’tjuŋ: Yirritja Waŋarr Dhäwu | Barama and Lany’tjuŋ: Yirritja Creation Story, c. 1963 Yolŋuwu miny’tji ṉuwayakŋur | Natural pigments on eucalyptus bark. 108 1/2 × 31 13/6 in. (275.6 × 80.8 cm). Art Gallery of New South Wales. Gift of Dr. Stuart Scougall 1964. IA1.1964. MADAYIN is a partnership between Kluge-Ruhe and Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre, Yirrkala. It is supported by the Australian Government through the Office of the Arts and Minister Paul Fletcher; National Endowment for the Humanities; The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; Australia Council for the Arts; The Jefferson Trust; Australian Embassy - Washington DC; UVA Arts; Agency; UVA Parents Fund; University of Virginia; and the National Endowment for the Arts. It will be accompanied by a 352-page, bilingual catalog edited by Wukun Wanambi, Henry Skerritt and Kade McDonald, distributed internationally through Delmonico | Artbook / D.A.P.

In January, we began work on our new brand anthem. The result is this short video that shares who we are and what we do! Watch it below! #2021wrapped

We are so excited to launch our new brand anthem, which so well describes the treasure that Indigenous Australian art is and a little bit about how we bring that to people like you! Check it out and share liberally!!

We are so excited to announce that our virtual exhibition of Dub Leffler: DARKISH will be opening on Friday! You'll be able to access it on our website and we'll share it on Facebook as well. Many thanks to V21 Artspace for their expertise in creating this!

Behold this masterpiece by the great John Mawurndjul AM titled "Ngalyod" from 1999 - newly on view at Kluge-Ruhe and on loan from the collection of Steve Martin and Anne Stringfield.

Flat Chat Tour: Ai Baud with Fenella

The Beyond Dreamings Symposium is here! Watch the Keynote now:“Aboriginal Art over the Last Thirty Years” with Bandjalung curator Djon Mundine.