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'Significant' at D Lan Galleries, Melbourne on 14 May–27 Jun 2026

D Lan Galleries is presenting 'Significant', a major exhibition of secondary-market Australian First Nations art, running from 14 May to 27 June 2026 across its spaces in Melbourne, Sydney, and New York. The show features the Carey Lyon and Jo Crosby Collection, including rare early Papunya paintings from 1971–1972, such as Shorty Lungkata Tjungurrayi's 'Man Dreaming 1972' and Kaapa Mbitjana Tjampitjinpa's 'Honey Ant Travelling Dreaming 1971', alongside later works by Emily Kam Kngwarray, Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori, and Nyapanyapa Yunupiŋu.

The Big Review | 65,000 Years: A Short History of Australian Art at the Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne ★★★★★

The article reviews the exhibition "65,000 Years: A Short History of Australian Art" at the Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne. The show features over 400 works, including 194 loans from 78 lenders, spanning 11 rooms and a decade of planning. It highlights rarely seen bark masterpieces from Arnhem Land, such as Woŋgu Munuŋgurr's "Djapu’ miny’tji" (1942), and juxtaposes colonial depictions with Indigenous perspectives, including works by William Barak and John Glover. The exhibition is on track to become the most visited in the museum's history.