IDAIA’s Director was at the Australian Launch of Lena Nyadbi’s major art installation at the musée du quai Branly, and joined the artist, the art centre’s representatives, and all the Australian and French parties involved to celebrate this promising, spectacular project.
Indeed, the acclaimed musée du quai Branly in Paris is home to a dynamic new installation by leading Aboriginal Australian artist Lena Nyadbi: a major commission specifically designed for the Paris museum’s rooftop to be officially revealed on 6 June 2013. At almost 700 square metres, the large scale art installation has been designed to be viewed from the Eiffel Tower and by Google Earth users, making it one of the largest artworks made by an Australian artist and an important new addition to the world renowned museum dedicated to the arts and cultures of Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas.
Australia celebrated with a special ceremony hosted by the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra on 29 April 2013, in presence of the artist and her original painting, with speakers and guests including: the Minister for the Arts The Hon Tony Burke MP; Australia Council Chair, Mr Rupert Myer; Ms. Lee-Ann Buckskin, Chair of the Australia Council Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Board; Mr. Harold Mitchell AC, Chairman of the Harold Mitchell Foundation; President of the musée du quai Branly, Mr Stéphane Martin; Ambassador of France to Australia H.E. Mr. Stéphane Romatet and Mr. Paul House, of the Ngambri people, presenting the Welcome to Country.