Sacred Sites:

Sacred Sites are spirit centres for aboriginal people as well as animals and plants. Concentric circles are often used to represent a sacred site in mythology. More....

Anwekety (Conkerberry)

Some of our artists paint the 'Anwekety' or 'Conkerberry' story. Find out more about the conkerberry from our Utopia Art website.

Initiation:

Initiation permits a person to knowledge of the past, such as mythology and Dreamtime stories, and to share in the embodiment of the ancestors. Find out more....

Kngwarreye or Kngwarrey -

Have you ever wondered what the difference in spelling means or did you just think it may be a mistake?? Well, it's not a mistake!  The people in the Utopia region come from two language groups - Anmatyerre and Alyawarr.  Linguists are continually striving to get a uniform spelling for these Aboriginal languages that is as close as possible to the words being spoken. In the meantime it has become acceptable to add an 'e' at the end of words for the Anmatyerre people and drop the 'e' for those associated with Alyawarr. So throughout our website you will find artists with names such as Petyarre or Petyarr, Pwerle or Pwerl, and other words such as awelye or awely.

Our very own blog!!

Visit www.mbantua.blogspot.com to learn many interesting things. Did you ever wonder why Tim bought Emily Kngwarreye's Earth's Creation? Visit the blog to find out...

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Mbantua Aboriginal Art Gallery and Cultural Museum
Opening Hours:
Mon-Fri 9am-6pm
Sat 9.30am-5pm
Sun 12.00pm-4pm

Mbantua Fine Art Gallery - Darwin
Opening Hours:
Mon-Fri 9am-6pm
Sat 10am-5pm
or by appointment:
Dragica Hosking - Manager
0419 830 934

Australian Aboriginal Art Paintings & Symbols

Welcome to Mbantua Aboriginal Art Gallery and Cultural Museum. We are situated in Alice Springs, NT in the heart of Central Australia. If you are planning a visit to Alice Springs drop into the Gallery and have a look around one of the biggest Aboriginal art galleries in Australia!

Mbantua Australian Aboriginal Art Gallery is home to a large collection of aboriginal artwork including dot paintings, symbols, aboriginal drawings and indigenous sculpture from the Central Desert region of Australia. We are situated in Alice Springs in the heart of Central Australia. Specialising in aboriginal art from the Utopia Region we offer a wide and diverse range of genuine Utopian dreamtime aboriginal artwork. 

With a history spanning back to 1987 Mbantua Aboriginal Art Gallery showcases paintings from over 250 aboriginal artists at our premises in Alice Springs. These include the famous Emily Kngwarreye, Minnie Pwerle, Gloria Petyarre, Janelle Stockman and Barbara Weir.  A large amount of our aboriginal art is now online for you to view. We hope you enjoy!! You’ll always find a piece of aboriginal artwork you love at Mbantua Gallery!

Also online you’ll find a selection of watercolour or landscape paintings by other central Australian indigenous artists such as Therese Ryder, Desmond Ebatarinja and Johannes Katakarinja.

Mbantua Aboriginal Art Gallery and Cultural Museum is a privately owned company located at 71 Gregory Terrace in Alice Springs, NT, Australia.  In May 2007 we officially opened our second Gallery, the Mbantua Fine Art Gallery, which is located in the Holiday Inn Esplanade, 93 Mitchell St, Darwin. We have an established finance department, field and research department, framing department, photographic unit, artist workshop and our very own Cultural Museum which opened in 2005. All of these elements enable us to learn from and document our findings on the Aboriginal people of Utopia.  It’s with their support that we are able to educate and share their unique culture, dreamtime, art and beliefs with the greater world.