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Fea­tur­ing a curat­ed selec­tion of works from hun­dreds of artists across 32 art cen­tres, the exhi­bi­tion is an unmiss­able oppor­tu­ni­ty to view and eth­i­cal­ly pur­chase art­works, by emerg­ing and estab­lished artists from some of Australia’s most remote Abo­rig­i­nal com­mu­ni­ties. The exhi­bi­tion presents almost 200 incred­i­ble new works across many medi­ums includ­ing paint­ing, works on paper, ceram­ics, weav­ing, sculp­ture, punu and wood carv­ing. Join artists for the offi­cial open­ing of the Desert Mob 2024 Exhi­bi­tion from 5PM, Thurs­day 5 Sep­tem­ber. This is an exclu­sive oppor­tu­ni­ty to acquire works pri­or to the exhi­bi­tion going live online at www​.desert​mob​.com/​e​x​h​i​b​i​tion/ from 9am, Fri­day 6 Sep­tem­ber (all times ACST). This event is free to attend and all works will be avail­able to pur­chase. Fol­low­ing the open­ing night, the exhi­bi­tion is open 10AM — 4PM (ACST) dai­ly at the Aralu­en Arts Cen­tre Gal­leries with free entry over the open­ing week­end. For more infor­ma­tion, head to www​.desert​mob​.com. Desert Mob is proud­ly pre­sent­ed by Desart in Mparn­twe, on Arrernte Coun­try. The exhi­bi­tion is one of many events that makes up Desert Mob, one of the nation’s most sig­nif­i­cant Abo­rig­i­nal art events. 

Desert Mob is an unmiss­able cel­e­bra­tion of the art, sto­ries, cul­tur­al con­nec­tion and vital­i­ty of hun­dreds of artists from 35 Art Cen­tres across cen­tral desert Coun­try. I

mage: Hubert Pareroult­ja and Mervyn Rubun­t­ja, of Ilt­ja Ntjar­ra (Many Hands) Art Cen­tre, at the Desert Mob Artists Pre­view 2023. Pho­to by Rhett Hammerton.