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Irrititja Kuwarri Tjungu Cover
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Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection Launches Book and Virtual Portal With Australian Ambassador

Much of Kluge-Ruhe’s collection of 2200 objects has never been published. In November of 2021, Kluge-Ruhe launched a comprehensive catalog and virtual resource to accompany the exhibition Irrititja Kuwarri Tjungu (Past & Present Together): Fifty Years of Papunya Tula Artists, which is on view at Kluge-Ruhe through February 2023. Ambassador Sinodinos and University of Virginia President Jim Ryan released the publication during a reception at the museum.

UVA Arts Magazine

https://magazine.arts.virginia.edu/stories/kluge-ruhe-aboriginal-art-collection-launches-book-and-virtual-portal-with-australian-ambassador

Henry F. Skerritt, Curator of the Indigenous Arts of Australia at Kluge-Ruhe.
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Mellon Grant Revolutionizes Indigenous Studies at the University of Virginia

In 2016, UVA Art History Professor Francesca Fiorani, then also serving as Associate Dean for the Arts and Humanities, led an effort to revolutionize indigenous studies at the University of Virginia, spearheading a successful grant proposal that would ultimately bring in $815,000 from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

UVA Arts Magazine

https://magazine.arts.virginia.edu/stories/mellon-grant-revolutionizes-indigenous-studies-at-the-university-of-virginia