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The River

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Ngura Puḻka – Epic Country at the National Gallery of Australia

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Ngura Puḻka – Epic Country at the National Gallery of Australia

‘Ngura Puḻka – Epic Country’, is now open at the National Gallery of Australia and features works by Betty Muffler, Zaachariaha Fielding, Iluwanti Ken and Sylvia Kanytjupai Ken. This exhibition brings together works by senior First Nations artists and collectives from the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands, Coober Pedy and...

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COMING SOON - Ben Quilty ’The River’

Ben Quilty’s paintings have long moved between portraiture and landscape, holding space for questions of identity, place, and the weight of experience. In this new body of work, the landscape comes into sharper focus, not as a backdrop, but as something active, shifting and charged.

“Late in the afternoon and early in the morning, sunlight cuts across a vast rock shelf, illuminating the valley with a kind of theatrical precision. The space reveals itself as a stage, expansive, immersive, and strangely composed. It is this sense of both accident and intention that seems to hold Quilty’s attention, as though the landscape itself is performing.

Quilty’s ongoing enquiry into masculinity finds a new articulation here, as men enter the scene not as passive observers, but as agents of disruption. Holding axes, they hack into the very environment that surrounds them.”

’The River’ will be showing in the gallery from 13 May - 6 June.

Please contact the gallery for more information.

Video: Sahlan Hayes @sahlan.hayes

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A big congratulations to our 2026 Sulman Prize finalists Lucy Culliton and David Griggs.

The winner will be announced 8 May, congratulations and best of luck!

Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes 2026
Art Gallery of New South Wales
9 May - 16 August

For more information, please follow the link in bio

Image credit:
1. Lucy Culliton, Toolah, artist model, 2026, oil on canvas, 137.6 x 137.1 cm
2. David Griggs, Exchanging culture for lavender (autumn), 2026, oil on canvas,189.0 x 149.5 cm

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Congratulations to Iluwanti Ken and Keith Burt who are finalists in the 2026 Wynne Prize.

The winner will be announced 8 May.

Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes 2026
Art Gallery of New South Wales
9 May - 16 August

For more information, please follow the link in bio.

Image credit:
1. Iluwanti Ken (in collaboration with LeShaye Swan and Justine Anderson), ‘Nguntju Walawuruku manngu palapai ngura tjanampa (Mother Eagle makes a nest and home)’, 2026, clay, fibre, emu feathers, wood, 145.0 x 160.0 x 175.0 cm
2. Keith Burt, ‘Horseman’, 2026, plaster, acrylic, oil paint, 35.0 x 30.0 x 30.0 cm

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A big congratulations to our 2026 Archibald Prize finalists, Richard Lewer, Natasha Bieniek and Guido Maestri.

The winner will be announced 8 May.

Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes 2026
Art Gallery of New South Wales
9 May - 16 August

For more information, please follow the link in bio.

Image details:
Richard Lewer, ‘Iluwanti Ken’, 2026, acrylic on linen, 200.0 x 200.0 cm
(ii) Guido Maestri, ‘Self portrait, inside out (head in the clouds)’, 2024-2026, oil on linen, 212.0 x 200.0 cm
(iii) Natasha Bieniek, ‘Self-portrait’, 2026, oil on wood panel, 25.0 x 20.0 cm

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COMING SOON - Zaachariaha Fielding ‘Nintirigu’

We are excited to present new works by acclaimed Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands artist Zaachariaha Fielding.

Well known in Australia and abroad as one half of music duo Electric Fields, Fielding’s paintings are an extension of his performances and musical output. These energetic and visceral works are embedded with iconography that draws on Inma – a living practice of traditional ceremonial song and dance that honours and pays respect to Anangu culture and ancestors.

To request a preview of ‘Nintirigu’ please contact the gallery.

Image details:
(i) Zaachariaha Fielding, Untitled (295-26), 2026, acrylic on linen,150.0 x 148.0 cm
(ii) Zaachariaha Fielding, Untitled (290-26), 2026,acrylic on linen, 198.0 x 198.0 cm
(iii) Zaachariaha Fielding, Untitled (286-26), 2026, acrylic on linen, 195.0 x 180.0 cm
(iv) Zaachariaha Fielding, Untitled (435-26), 2026, acrylic on cardboard, 115.0 x 115.0 cm, framed

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Ngura Puḻka – Epic Country is an artist-led project bringing together major works by senior First Nations artists and collectives from the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands, Coober Pedy and Tarntanya/Adelaide, South Australia.

Working at an ambitious scale, these paintings depict Country while honouring the enduring power of Tjukurpa (Aṉangu law/cultural stories) that shapes and sustains community life.

Through distinctive visual languages, at times vibrant and expansive, at others quiet and restrained, artists and collectives translate Tjukurpa onto canvas, reinforcing deep connections to Country and the ongoing transmission of cultural knowledge across generations.

Ngura Puḻka – Epic Country is now open at the National Gallery of Australia.
11 Apr - 23 Aug 2026

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Image credits:
Iluwanti Ken, Sylvia Ken and Tuppy Goodwin at the Ngura Puḻka – Epic Country community opening. Images courtesy of APYACC.

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COMING SOON - Zaachariaha Fielding ‘Nintirigu’

Born and raised in Mimili, on desert country in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands, Zaachariaha Fielding comes from a long line of multidisciplinary artists, including his father Robert Fielding, a renowned senior artist and mentor. The exhibition title Nintirigu, which roughly translates to “I learnt,” reflects a strong connection to family, culture, and Country, as well as the passing down of cultural knowledge.

Well known in Australia and abroad as one half of the electronic music duo Electric Fields, Fielding’s paintings are an extension of his performances and musical output. These energetic and visceral works are embedded with iconography that draws on Inma – a living practice of traditional ceremonial song and dance that honours and pays respect to Anangu culture and ancestors.

“All of my works look like they sound like something, and that something is a memory cherished within me from Mimili. Everything I do as a visual artist has a musical component. The works are living versions of the sounds and ceremonies of my Mimili community in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjatjara (APY) Lands.” – Zaachariaha Fielding, 2026

‘Nintirigu’ will be showing in the gallery from 15 April - 9 May. Please contact the gallery to request a preview.

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We are taking a short break for Easter with the gallery closed from Friday 3 April and reopening Wednesday 8 April. Our current exhibitions by Victoria Reichelt and Lincoln Austin will continue in the gallery until 11 April or you can view them online via the link in bio.

We wish you a safe and happy Easter and look forward to seeing you soon.

Image credit: Victoria Reichelt, Overflow, 2025, oil on linen, 51.0 x 51.0 cm.

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