Exhibit Image Details:
Tiger Palpatja (Pitjantjatjara), Wati Wanampi Tjukurpa, 2010, synthetic polymer paint on canvas, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Purchased in memory of Graeme Marshall with funds donated by Harriet and Richard England and Anne and Ian McLean, 2011. © Tiger Palpatja / Copyright Agency, 2024. Photo: Jeremy Dillon / NGV

“The Stars We Do Not See”

An In-person Tour of Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Art
Led by Nathalie Ryan '97, Senior Educator, National Gallery of Art

Australian Indigenous art is a visual thread connecting more than 250 nations across 65,000 years. Explore its breadth and brilliance through nearly 200 works from the late 1800s to today. The exhibition represents the largest collection of Australian Indigenous art ever shown in North America.

You’ll find ochre paintings made on bark, maps of the Central and Western deserts (so-called “dot paintings”), groundbreaking works in neon, video, and photography, and more. And you’ll meet iconic artists who maintain and reinvigorate Ancestral traditions—revealing the rich, living history of creativity behind the world’s longest continuous culture.

The exhibition is drawn exclusively from the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne. Join Nathalie Ryan ’97, as she again opens the door to the arts for DC Obies.

Space is limited. Please register only if you are fairly certain you can attend.

ABOUT OUR TOUR GUIDE:
Nathalie Ryan ’97 is a Senior Educator at the National Gallery of Art, where she has led programs since 2002. Nathalie is an educational advocate, author, mindfulness meditation instructor, harpist, and maker of hand-made books. Her first museum job was at the Allen Art Museum in the Print Study Room. Nathalie has regularly and generously conducted gallery tours for members of our DC Oberlin community.