On the 24th of April 2026, Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art Australia inaugurates an exuberant new wall painting in its Circular Quay entrance. This annual temporary Commission is John Prince Siddon’s work, a Walmajarri man who uses the traditional craft of boba nut carving. He bends desert iconography, personal narrative and ancestral creation stories with imagery inspired by global current affairs.
His art challenges conventional ideals of Indigenous paintings commenting on issues including climate change, endangered species, war, politics, and the destruction of sacred sites.
The 2026 Commission will be a 15-metre-long psychedelic tableau, Siddon’s largest work to date.
