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Turtle-shell masks are held in museum collections across the world.

City of Newcastle Works of art never before seen outside of the Torres Strait will be displayed in Newcastle as part of a landmark exhibition focusing on the artistic traditions of the Torres Strait Islander culture. The Torres Strait Island flag was raised at City Hall today for the first time in the building’s 92-year history to coincide with the Newcastle Art Gallery exhibition. It will be flown at City Hall permanently as a mark of respect for the local Torres Strait community. Four years in the making, WARWAR: The Art of Torres Strait was developed by Newcastle Art Gallery in collabora...

19 February 2021 Australia’s first major survey of contemporary Indigenous textiles and fashion Bendigo Art Gallery’s spectacular exhibition of contemporary Indigenous fashion will open at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra on 19 February 2021 as part of a national tour. Featuring the work of Indigenous artists and designers from the inner city to remote desert art centres, Piinpi: Contemporary Indigenous Fashion celebrates Australia’s leading First Nations creatives. The exhibition comes as part of a long-standing collaboration between the Alastair Swayn Foundation and the Na...