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Ever Present: a lesson on comparative histories

What can be learnt when First Peoples' art from Australia and Southeast Asia are placed in conjunction?

5 Aug 2022 11:56

Celina Lei

Visual Arts

Australia and Southeast Asia share more than geographical ties. Image: First Nations works presented at the National Gallery of Singapore as part of Ever Present, supplied.

Heralded as Asia’s largest exhibition of First Nations art from Australia, Ever Present: First Peoples Art of Australia at National Gallery Singapore is an extensive survey drawing on the National Gallery of Australia and The Wesfarmers Collection of Australian Art.

Capturing over 170 works by 150 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, the works dates back to 1890 and across a breadth of contemporary practices.

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Celina Lei

Celina Lei is the Diversity and Inclusion Editor at ArtsHub. She acquired her M.A in Art, Law and Business in New York with a B.A. in Art History and Philosophy from the University of Melbourne. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Most recently, Celina was one of three Australian participants in DFAT’s the Future of Leadership program. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne. Instagram @lleizy_