Now in its second decade, D Lan Galleries flagship annual exhibition opens simultaneously across all three galleries, offering collectors rare access to historic and museum-quality paintings and sculpture by Australia’s most celebrated First Nations artists.

At the foundation of this year’s exhibition is a selection of early Papunya paintings from the seminal 1971–72 period, including works by Kaapa Mbitjana Tjampitjinpa, Johnny Warangula Tjupurrula and Uta Uta Tjangala. A second highlight is Djorra 2014–15, a large-scale installation of 45 drawings and paintings by Nyapanyapa Yunupiŋu — the centrepiece of the artist’s 2020 survey at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory.

Also on view: historic works by Rover Thomas, Queenie McKenzie, Albert Namatjira, Emily Kam Kngwarray, Shorty Lungkata Tjungurrayi, Sally Gabori and Nonggirrnga Marawili.

Image: Shorty Lungkata Tjungurrayi, Man Dreaming, 1971 – 1972. Synthetic polymer paint on composition board, 55 × 56cm.