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ART, ARTISTS, CULTURE and a glimpse of everyday life on a tiny remote Aboriginal Community in North East Arnhem Land, Australia WELCOME!!

The Milingimbi Art and Culture Aboriginal Corporation is a community owned Art Centre that maintains an important position in the national art and cultural arena. Milingimbi Art and Culture has a long history of producing works steeped in active cultural practice such as barks, ceremonial poles, carvings and weavings. Works from Milingimbi are integral to important collections in many National and International institutions.

06/10/2026

Recent works by Joe Dhamanydji and Matthew Djipurrtun are made of Rom (Law), ceremony and songlines, of the past, a long time ago.

Still in gallery Matt Ward and Paul Johnstone

02/10/2026

Biyal, Leon Milmurru, is of one of our star team members holding up our art centre. Sharing his expert craftmanship Biyal’s hands on knowledge and fine skills in harvesting and preparing barks, strapping, timber work and arts making inspires everyone in the community: including the kids who receive his guidance and learning in country.

Also a talented artist, Biyal makes both traditional and contemporary work including Yidaki (didgeridoo), Bilma (Clapping sticks), ochre miny’tji (paintings) and playful designs depicting community life in Milingimbi.

Biyal loves riding his bike to work in the morning which he celebrates with humour in his print “I love my bike. So I go to work everyday”. Available as both a t-shirt and a bag through our online shop. Arnhem Northern & Kimberley Artists Aboriginal Corporation Office for the Arts

18/09/2026

Celebrating Helen Ganalmirriwuy Garrawura's incredible work 'Lipa'lipa ga dhomala' (Dugout canoe and woven sail)', now showing as part of Connections: MCA x Tate, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia in Sydney.

"This is a lipa'lipa, a wooden dugout canoe. I learnt this from my father who was a hunter and a sailor. He learned from my grandfather, who learned from Maŋgathara people [Makassan traders]. My daughter's boys, my grandsons, helped me to chop the tree to make the canoe — a big tall tree in the bush where the long grasses are.

My sister, Margaret Rarru, and my mother taught me how to weave. I wove the sail.

These are my colours [the colours on the canoe and the sail]. They are the colours of our big Ancestors, the Djan'kawu sisters."

04/09/2026

Legacy is never held by one person alone…..
Through Margaret Rarru Garrawurra legacy lives on Country, in the places walked, the materials gathered, and the knowledge held within land, sea and sky. It is kept alive through everyday practice and carried in the hands of each generation.
Today she lives on her mother’s country of Laŋarra. Rarru lives on her mother’s country of Laŋarra off the coast of North East Arnhem Land on Yolŋu Country.

23/08/2026

If you are on Gadigal Country please take a look at Chau Chak Wing Museum
Chau Chak Wing Museum!
‘Fibre Optics: First Nations women in fibre’ celebrates the ingenuity, technical mastery and enduring depth of women’s knowledge woven into fibre works in all their forms.
Curator Marika Duczynski (Gamilaraay/Mandandanji) & Rebecca Conway recently visited us on Yurrwi to research the collections and talk with senior Yolŋu weavers about the technical processes involved in the making of these vibrant pieces. Helen Ganalmirriwuy and Roslyn Markapuy dropped in to view the finishing touches on the exhibition. Thank you for having us Marika.

The artworks selected to be featured in ‘Fibre Optics’ will span three distinct regions: Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Zenadth Kes (Torres Strait), Queensland, and Boggabilla, New South Wales, brought together for the first time.

Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

18/08/2026

Last few days to see 'Baman'ŋuwuy - From a Long Time Ago' at Tactile Arts in Darwin. A small but important and powerful show, in case you missed it.

Discussing their works, Joe Dhamanydji and Matthew Djipurrtjun both speak about the importance of looking at the Milingimbi's strong artistic history to keep Yolŋu culture and law strong. Both artists advocate for listening and learning carefully, following elders and keeping stories straight for younger generations. Their work brings Country to live, almost flickering with movement.

Open until Thurs 20th August
10am-4pm Tactile Arts (right next to MAGNT)

Exhibition by Matt Ward and Paul Johnstone

13/08/2026

Helen Ganalmirriwuy-Ḻiyagawumirr Garrawurra featuring with
Two of the world’s great art institutions. Seven years of collaboration. One Australian premiere.
Welcome to Connections: MCA x Tate.
Date: Friday 14 August, 6–8pm
Program: 6pm – Doors open 6.20pm – Formalities 8pm – Close
Location: Loti Smorgon Sculpture Terrace Museum of Contemporary Art Australia Tallawoladah, Gadigal Country 140 George St, The Rocks

*Free Mob Tix available for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Community
Thank you Rebecca Ray 🌴 🌺
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia

10/08/2026

And that’s a wrap. Thank you to all who visited, supported, yarned, assisted 🙏🏾 Happy 20 years Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair supporting remote artists and art centres

Arnhem Northern & Kimberley Artists Aboriginal Corporation Indigenous Art Code
Office for the Arts

05/08/2026

Harvested from the lands of Yurrwi on Yolŋu Country
Milingimbi Art and Culture r coming to Garramilla on Larrakia Country & online to share stories & celebrate the many Art Centre’s across remote and regional communities CELEBRATING 20 YEARS!! here we come.
August 6-9th
Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair

20/07/2026

Watch These Hands 4 July – 25 October 2026 Heide Modern and InPlace (Eugene Howard guest curator) presents new commissions from 12 artists whose creative practices are deeply rooted in custodianship, connection to Country, community, and intergenerational knowledge.

Image: 1. Helen Ganalmirriwuy
Garrawurra Djirriḏiḏi
Gapu Milminydjarrk Gärriyakŋur
Djirriḏiḏi Ŋärra miny’tjimirr
Image: 2. Jennifer Dikarr
War Plane

Heide Museum of Modern Art
InPlace Eugene Howard

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Milingimbi Community
Milingimbi, NT
0822

Website

http://www.milingimbiart.com/

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