The Potter Museum of Art (The Potter) has now reopened after an extensive redevelopment with the landmark exhibition 65,000 Years: A Short History of Australian Art, featuring works by Mabel Juli and Julie Dowling. The exhibition is curated by Associate Provost and Distinguished Professor Marcia Langton AO, Senior Curator Judith Ryan AM, and Associate Curator Shanysa McConville—in consultation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists and custodians of art traditions.

65,000 Years: A Short History of Australian Art celebrates the significance and brilliance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art created from time immemorial and throughout Australia’s colonial history and beyond into the twenty-first century. The artistic and design traditions that began 65,000 years ago and thrived despite the disasters that befell the first peoples after 1788 remain the distinctive and unique creations of this country.

65,000 Years: A Short History of Australian Art
The Potter Museum of Art (The Potter), The University of Melbourne, Parkville
until 22 November 2025