Waterhole Art

22/11/2024

The generosity of donors and philanthropists in creating this wonderful exhibition

14/05/2024

The wonderful Tony Cragg, what a location!

01/10/2023

The International Art Fair recognition that Emily so richly deserves. Congratulations D’Lan !

We are thrilled to be the first Australian gallery to participate in Frieze Masters and proud to be presenting nine significant paintings by Australia’s most critically acclaimed and celebrated contemporary artist – Emily Kam Kngwarray – to a global audience of artists, gallerists, collectors, and art lovers.

No other Australian First Nations artist has captivated the local and international imagination like Emily Kam Kngwarray.

An elderly Indigenous Australian woman who rarely left the boundaries of her ancestral Country in the arid Western Desert, Emily was indifferent to Western art traditions and political or social issues. Yet, from 1989 to her death in 1996, Emily was an outstanding abstract painter who had critics question the relationship between Modernism and Central Desert painting.

Emily’s work was first shown internationally at the 47th Biennale di Venezia in 1997 and has since gained tremendous critical stature within the greater context of global contemporary painting.

In recent years, her work has been exhibited in survey exhibitions in Australia and Japan and, in association with D’Lan Contemporary, at Gagosian Los Angeles, Hong Kong and Paris.

Now, in 2023, with a solo exhibition at Frieze Masters and an upcoming major retrospective of her work at the National Gallery of Australia, Anmatyerre woman, Emily Kam Kngwarray rightfully takes her place alongside the greatest masters of international modern and contemporary art.

EMILY KAM KNGWARRAY: EVERYTHING
11-15 October, Frieze Masters 2023 | Stand B10 | The Regent’s Park, London.
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Photograph: Emily Kam Kngwarray portrait © Greg Weight / Copyright Agency, 2023.
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11/07/2023

The legendary Maringka Burton with her powerful new work, which is part of ‘Uwankara Kutjutu – All Together’ opening this weekend at
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This group show displays the strength and breadth of Iwantja Arts with knock-out works from Betty Chimney; Vicki Yatjiki Cullinan; Emily Cullinan; Nellie Coulthard; Maringka Burton; Rosalind Tjanyari, Priscilla Singer; Raylene Walatinna; Eric Barney and Alec Baker.
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11/07/2023

NAIDOC Week and who better than elder Betty Muffler?

For Our Elders, NAIDOC Week 2023 🙌🏾

Betty Muffler was born on Country near Watarru and grew up at the Ernabella Mission. Betty experienced the devastating displacement and deaths of family members in the aftermath of the British nuclear testing at Maralinga and Emu Field. These experiences motivate a recurring depiction of healing sites and her powerful connection to Country through her artwork. Betty is a minyma (woman) of the Pitjantjara language and cultural group and now lives in Indulkana community.

Betty is a prominent ngangkari (traditional healer) whose practise was passed down to her by aunties on her father’s side. She has worked for many years with NPY Women’s Council, with various medical practitioners and independently to support Anangu through difficult times and ill health. Betty has worked in hospitals in Adelaide, Coober Pedy, Whyalla and Alice Springs.

Betty is a highly respected senior woman and an exceptionally talented artist, with her practise spanning across painting, drawing, printmaking and weaving. Betty paints with Iwantja Arts, exhibiting nationally and internationally. In 2017 Betty's painting Ngangkari Ngura (Healing Country) won the Emerging Artist Award at the Telstra NATSIAA Awards, and in 2021 her work featured on the cover of Vogue Australia! Betty's Tjanpi baskets emulate the painterly look of a canvas, with intuitive colour choices, disappearing lines, movement and strength. Betty weaves with tiny stitches, slowly building her forms over long periods of time. Her fibre artwork is eye-catching and unique, highlighting her natural and remarkable ability to work with colour and creative form in spectacular ways.

Image: Betty Muffler with her woven fibre art in Indulkana, taken by Emma Franklin.

11/07/2023

Dorothy will reign over The High Line

Rachel Feinstein has been nominated to submit a proposal for the High Line Plinth in New York. The proposals are for the fifth and sixth Plinth commissions, which will be installed in 2026 and 2027.

Feinstein—whose proposals include “Dorothy," shown here—was nominated by an international advisory committee of artists, curators, and arts professionals convened by High Line Art. The curatorial team will consider community feedback in their selection process so the public is encouraged to share comments on the High Line website by August 25. Visit our website to learn more: https://on.gagosian.com/43niyhg
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Rachel Feinstein, Rendering of 22-foot-tall cast aluminum sculpture "Dorothy" for the High Line Plinth

10/07/2023

Monumental in scale and genius

25/05/2023

An opportunity! Magnificent works

IMITJALA CURLEY ❤️

We are thrilled to have two magnificent works by Imitjala ~ showing in our Pink Is Punk Exhibition & our stockroom 💕

Please contact us at [email protected] for details on these marvellous pieces!

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