Sydney Morning Herald

‘Like nothing you have seen before’: Meet the artists entrancing New York

Yirrkala is a small settlement on the lip of the Gulf of Carpentaria boasting a post office, a school, childcare centre, stores and cafe serving a population of 800 people. The cultural influence of ...
The Art Newspaper

‘Our pattern, our document’: this Indigenous Australian community is using design to assert its rights

The senior Yolŋu elder and artist Yalmakany Marawili with her work in the Yolŋu power: the art of Yirrkala exhibition © Art Gallery of New South Wales, Diana ...
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.
The Conversation

Review: Yirrkala Drawings bring luminous revelations

This exhibition is not just about art, it is about us: the land, the sea, our ancestors. Those words were spoken by Waka Munungurr, ceremonial leader and senior custodian, Djapu clan, at a preview ...
The Daily Telegraph

‘Working with both families involved’: Police continue to investigate death of Yirrkala teenager

Multiple crime scenes have been set up in the community of Yirrkala as police begin to piece together the moments that led to a 16-year-old being stabbed to death on ­Wednesday. NT Police Assistant ...
The Guardian

Yolngu power: how a small Indigenous community in the Top End came to dominate Australian art

A new exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales celebrates the many artists of Yirrkala, across almost 300 works spanning bark paintings to neon lights Get our weekend culture and lifestyle ...