Asia Society

Maḏayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala

Yäma Munuŋgirritj, ca. 1920–1987. Yarrwiḏi-Gumatj clan. Gurruŋawuy, 1961. Natural pigments on bark. H. 28 x W. 15 in. (71.1 x 38.1 cm). Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of ...
The New York Times

A Ravishing Show of Aboriginal Art, Some in the U.S. for the First Time

The tension between sacred mysteries that must be shielded from outsiders and those that can be revealed animates an exhibition at the Asia Society. By Arthur Lubow The Aboriginal art of northeast ...
Observer

Yasufumi Nakamori On Aboriginal Art Coming to the Asia Society Museum

On September 17, the Asia Society in New York will open a unique exhibition showcasing the rich history of Aboriginal Australian bark painting. “Maḏayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark ...
Wall Street Journal

‘Madayin’ Review: Sacred Patterns, Celestial Images

‘MADAYIN: EIGHT DECADES of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting From Yirrkala” presents artworks that are largely unknown in the U.S. While recent decades have cast light on the “dot paintings” made by ...
Hyperallergic

Traveling Show of Aboriginal Bark Paintings Arrives in New York City

If you’re not looking for it, you might miss a small illustration of the Statue of Liberty in Yolŋu leader and artist Djambawa Marawili’s 2019 eucalyptus bark painting “Americalili Marrtji (Journey to ...
Phys.org

Bark painting mystery gives artist important place in family tree

A fascinating quest to discover the identity of a prolific early-20th-century Indigenous painter has led a Griffith directed research team to the top and bottom of Australia—and to Paris—and has ...
Hyperallergic

British Museum's Display of Aboriginal Artifacts Prompts New Demands for Their Return

There are only a handful of bark art examples from the Dja Dja Wurrung in Australia, and they’re leagues away from their place of origin. A new exhibition of indigenous art of Australia at the British ...
National Review

Aboriginal Bark Painting from Australia at New York’s Asia Society

From Concertos to Cage Matches, America Can Do It All End the Dad Slander A Tale of Two Shows in Philly for America’s 250th My Unlikely Friendship with Bill Rusher From stories about Pompeii last week ...
The Conversation

Paddy Compass Namadbara: for the first time, we can name an artist who created bark paintings in Arnhem Land in the 1910s

The bark painting depicting a barramundi that Namadbara created for Spencer at Oenpelli in 1912 and that he identified in the interview with Lance Bennett in 1967, now in Museums Victoria ...
The Conversation

Returning a name to an artist: the work of Majumbu, a previously unknown Australian painter

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names and images of deceased people. Arnhem Land rock and bark paintings have fascinated people across the world since ...
Asia Society

Asia Society Museum presents Maḏayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala

Asia Society Museum presents Maḏayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala, the first major exhibition of Aboriginal Australian bark paintings to tour the United States.