Ancestors, Artefacts, Empire: Indigenous Australia in British and Irish Museum Valentines Day explores his deepening engagement with

explores his deepening engagement with Maori culture and environmental issues

Wombat and Koala as they help find a home for their new friend

opened up new possibilities for the younger generation of painters and influenced a new direction in Australian art

but has particularly enriched the Gallery’s holdings of Indigenous Australian art and works by women artists

sparking imaginations and encouraging the storytellers in readers of all ages

Ancestors, Artefacts, Empire: Indigenous Australia in British and Irish Museum Valentines Day explores his deepening engagement withMuseums across the United Kingdom and Ireland hold over 39,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artworks and artefacts. Gifted, sold, exchanged and bartered by Indigenous people, and accepted, bought and taken by explorers, travellers and colonial collectors and these rare objects date from 1770 to the present day, representing all regions of the vast Australian continent. Dispersed and distanced from their origins, 160 objects are gathered