From April 18 to August 30, the Musée de Lodève invites you to discover “Art Aborigène – Le Temps du Rêve”. The exhibition presents over a hundred paintings and sculptures created by First Nations artists from different regions of Australia between 1990 and 2020.
Nonggirnga Marawili, Water and Rocks!, 2016, natural pigments on recycled cardboard, 122 × 122 cm (detail), © ArtKelch, Freiburg
The Dreamtime refers to the foundational mythological narrative of Aboriginal peoples. It tells of the time when ancestral beings shaped the world and established the laws that are still in force today.
Gordon Inkatji, Wedgetail Eagle Man, 2008, acrylic on canvas, 76 × 76 cm (detail), © blitz + pixel, Nussdorf © ADAGP, Paris 2026
Hollow logs painted by Samuel Namunjdja (2004), John Mawurndjul (2004), and Ivan Namirrikki (2025), natural pigments on wood, height 122 to 143 cm (detail), © blitz + pixel, Nussdorf
This exhibition is organized in partnership with the Institute for Cultural Exchange in Tübingen and the Alison and Peter W. Klein Collection (Eberdingen, Germany).
