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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.

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

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

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

27/05/2026

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

Rendered in turtiyanginari (locally sourced natural pigments), much of Timothy Cook’s practice is defined by circles, concentric rings and dots, which articulate the Kulama ceremony – a three day initiation ceremony practiced during the late wet season, Jamutakari, when a concentric ring can be seen around the moon alongside the harvest of the kulama (yam) which shares its name.

Timothy Cook: Parlingarri Jilamara is presented at Level 3, 50 Market Street, Melbourne 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

26/05/2026

VALE | MS D YUNUPIŊU (1949 – 2026)

Beverly and Anthony Knight, Adriana Del Medico and the team at Alcaston Gallery sadly mourn the passing of Ms D Yunupiŋu, a highly respected senior Yolŋu artist and elder who leaves such an immense artistic and cultural legacy.

An artist of great significance, who emanated strength, courage and resilience, which radiates through the unique artistic gift that she offered to the world. Her art was loved and appreciated by collectors, curators and art lovers alike and her presence as a truly singular artist and woman will be missed by all. In this difficult time we are comforted now by the incredible legacy left by the Yunupiŋu sisters and brothers.

We offer our deepest condolences to the Family and Extended Family of Ms D Yunupiŋu and the Artists, Directors and Staff at Buku Larrŋgay Mulka, who offered her unwavering love and support throughout her life and career.

24/05/2026

Timothy Cook: Parlingarri Jilamara opens this week at Alcaston Gallery Viewing Rooms, presented from 27 May – 19 June.

Painted from 2003 – 2007, this exceptional Private Collection of historical significance and provenance exemplifies a moment in time when the collector focused on Timothy Cook’s career development at Jilamara Arts and Crafts in Milikapiti on the Melville Island, north of Darwin in the Arafura Sea.

Cook’s art practice is now celebrated worldwide by his distinctive and highly contemporary interpretations of parlingarri jilamara (‘old Tiwi designs’). He was the winner of the prestigious National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (MAGNT) in 2012, and is an eight-time finalist in the awards; he was also named a finalist in the Wynne Prize and Sulman Prize (AGNSW) in 2020 and 2023 respectively.

Visit this exhibition at Level 3, 50 Market Street, Melbourne, Monday to Friday 10 AM – 5PM. To request a catalogue preview, please email [email protected]

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

22/05/2026

ARTWORK FOCUS
MARRNYULA MUNUNGGURR | DREAMTIME AT THE G

A screenprint by master printmaker Marrnyula Mununggurr published in 2010, this work exemplifies the Yolŋu’s people love of AFL football, articulating the artist’s knowledge of the game and her fond memories visiting the MCG in Melbourne, capturing the essence of the Dreamtime at the G game between Essendon and Richmond played each year since 1995.

“AFL is good sport for bukmak (everybody) because it keeps the young men strong and fit. Training, exercise, running and breathing is good for their body and minds. I like to watch footy on TV and the Dreamtime match.” – Marrnyula Mununggurr

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

Marrnyula Mununggurr, Dreamtime at the G, PNT739 (2010), screenprint, 68 x 81.5 cm (framed), Edition of 40

© The Artist, Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka and Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne

20/05/2026

OPENING NEXT WEEK
TIMOTHY COOK
PARLINGARRI JILAMARA

Alcaston Gallery is proud to present a significant Private Collection of exceptional and insightful paintings from 2003 – 2007 by esteemed Tiwi artist Timothy Cook, presented at Alcaston Gallery Viewing Rooms from 27 May – 19 June.

This collection of historical significance and provenance exemplifies a moment in time when the collector focused on the emerging artist and his career development at Jilamara Arts and Crafts in Milikapiti on the Melville Island, north of Darwin in the Arafura Sea.

Timothy Cook’s art practice is now celebrated worldwide by his distinctive and highly contemporary interpretations of parlingarri jilamara (‘old Tiwi designs’).

Timothy Cook: Parlingarri Jilamara will be presented at Level 3, 50 Market Street, Naarm/Melbourne. To request a catalogue preview, please email [email protected]

Image: Timothy Cook, Kulama, 2005 (AK12051), locally sourced natural ochres on linen, 79 x 78 cm
© The Artist, Jilamara Arts and Crafts and Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne

18/05/2026

FINAL DAYS
VANESSA RUSS

It is the final week of Vanessa Russ’ breathtaking solo exhibition, presented at Alcaston Gallery Viewing Rooms until 22 May.

A Ngaryinyin/Gija artist and highly accomplished academic from the Kimberley Region of Western Australia, Russ’ work is recognised for its atmospheric recollections of her Country and its climate, inspired by her regular visits to her home in the Kimberley. Her exquisite and monochromatic paintings of Indian ink on paper recalls resonance to the shifting and limitless climate of her Country.

Visit the exhibition at Level 3, 50 Market Street, Melbourne from Monday to Friday 10AM-5PM, or online: https://www.alcastongallery.com.au/melbourne-gallery/current/2208-vanessa-russ?gallery=gallery

Installation photography by Simon Strong
© The Artist and Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne

17/05/2026

ARTWORK FOCUS
RENE SUNDOWN | NGURA TALI – SAND DUNE COUNTRY

Rene Sundown paints her memories of the Ngura Tali, sand dune Country, the landscapes near Erldunda in the Northern Territory where she was raised. In fields of cream and gold, Sundown’s painting blends memory and place, evoking the cracked earth, shifting dunes and sun-warmed grasses of the central desert landscapes, intersected with bold linear compositional markers delineating sites of cultural significance.

“These are the paintings I have been doing. This is my thinking and painting (sand dune) memories. Memories of what I saw, sand dunes that we played on. When I’m painting my feelings became strong, and all my memories come back. I’m thinking of those sand dunes and then painting them. This is the sand dunes and spinifex grass. Sand dune Country was our home.”– Rene Sundown

This major painting is available for viewing at the Alcaston Gallery Viewing Rooms & Head Office, Level 3, 50 Market Street Melbourne

To enquire about or make an appointment to view this artwork, please email [email protected]

Rene Sundown, Ngura Tali – Sand Dune Country, 2023 (AK23338), synthetic polymer paint on linen, 198 x 167 cm
© The Artist, Iwantja Arts and Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne

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3000

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Tuesday	10am - 5pm
Wednesday	10am - 5pm
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Friday	10am - 5pm

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