Aboriginal Art in America

About Aboriginal Art in America

Each week we spend a few minutes getting to know a work by an Indigenous Australian artist. We'll talk about medium, style, the evolution of Aboriginal art over its 50,000+ years, and the ways these works and artists transcend and translate the issues of the day from the other side of the world. Aboriginal Art in America is made by The Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, the only museum outside of Australia dedicated to the exhibition and study of Indigenous Australian art, and The Virginia Audio Collective.

Publisher

Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection and The Virginia Audio Collective

Category

arts · education · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

25 May 2021

Latest episode

20 May 2026

Latest episodes

32 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   20 May 2026

   Ngiya Murrakupupuni amintiya Jilamara (My Country and Art)

   This week, Emmy Monaghan sat down with Tiwi artist Michelle Pulatuwayu Woody Minnapinni, artist Colin Heenan-Puruntatameri, and Jilamara Arts & Crafts Association Art Center Manager Hannah Raisin to talk about the exhibition Ngiya Murrakupupuni amintiya Jilamara (My Country and Art). Learn more about the exhibition at: kluge-ruhe.org (https://kluge-ruhe.org/all-exhibitions/ngiya-murrakupupuni-amintiya-jilamara-my-country-and-art/)

2. 

   5 Jan 2026

   Tjukurpa | Handle it: Robert Fielding

   This week, Nicki Cumpston, director of the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, sits down with Robert Fielding to talk about his recent exhibition Tjukurpa | Handle It, and his time as the 2025 artist-in-residence at Kluge-Ruhe. Learn more about the exhibition at: https://kluge-ruhe.org/all-exhibitions/tjukurpa-handle-it-robert-fielding/ (https://kluge-ruhe.org/all-exhibitions/tjukurpa-handle-it-robert-fielding/)

3. 

   3 Apr 2025

   In the Beginning: Paintings by Senior Artists of the Spinifex Arts Project

   Curator Katina Davidson discusses the Spinifex Arts Project and its art exhibition at the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, highlighting the artists' legal battle to reclaim their land in this interview.

Who has been a guest on Aboriginal Art in America

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Katina Davidson
• Dora Griffiths
• Jan Griffiths
• Mary Garner McGehee
• Djambawa Marawili

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 31 / 100

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Quality

50

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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