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in 2024. Inspired by
Djambawa Marawili and seven years in the making, it is the first major exhibition of bark painting to tour the United States. It is curated entirely by Yolŋu artists and knowledge holders from Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka, and is being exhibited around the country from 4 February 2024 to
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The Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre, formerly Buku-Larrŋgay Arts and also known as the Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Art Centre and Museum, is a world-renowned art centre in
Yirrkala. It is often referred to as Buku for short. It is one of many Indigenous art centres across Australia, which support their
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Australian invention. As of 2024, Buku-Larrnggay continues to be supported by the Commonwealth Government's Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support programme.
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centres across
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studio were built, and in 2007, The Mulka
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As of 2015 it represented more than 300 artists from around the homelands, and exhibitions of work by the artists were being shown across
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in 1935, and started selling local artworks. Evidence suggests that
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designs. They were discarded by the church in 1974, but were salvaged by Buku-Larrnggay in 1978. On 27 February 1998 they were unveiled by then prime minister
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has been collecting bark paintings by Buku artists since around 2000, which are included in its significant collection of work by Yolŋu women artists.
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There is a stage called the Roy Marika Stage at the centre, which is used for the annual
Yarrapay Festival. In June 2021, the festival was directed by
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As of 2020, the centre, greatly expanded, comprises two divisions: the
Yirrkala Art Centre, which represents the artists exhibiting and selling
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was curator from 1990 until 1996. From 1998 Buku-Larrnggay has been supported by the
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The inspiration for the gallery arose in the 1960s, when
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