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IRRIṮITJA KUWARRI TJUNGU

Contemporary Aboriginal Painting from the Australian Desert

July 18 - December 6, 2025

In 1971, the world was introduced to an art movement that was both new and old. In the settlement of Papunya in the Australian Desert, Aboriginal artists from communities across the Western Desert drew upon Indigenous mark-making traditions to create artworks in new media. Over the next 50 years, the Papunya Tula Artists became a global phenomenon that took the world by storm.

In Irrititja Kuwarri Tjungu, presented in partnership with Papunya Tula Artists and organized by the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia, you will witness five decades of artworks that bring "past and present together" in an stunning array of color and memory. The exhibition will be on display here at the BYU Museum of Art from July 18 to December 6, 2025.

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Current Exhibitions

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Crossing the Divide

American Art from the Permanent Collection
Open through 2029
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Plexus No. 29

Ongoing
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From the Vault

Envisioning the Early Latter Days
Open through December 2025
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