Join us for dinner in the upstairs galleries at BAMM …

With special guests Sinclair Hill, Robert Bleakely, Jane Raffan, Djon Mindune and ? in conversation …

Collected by Robert Bleakley during his tenure as Head of Tribal Art at Sotheby’s in the 1970s, this significant collection of Aboriginal objects offers a rare opportunity to engage with the material culture of First Nations communities from across Australia. Comprising carved tools, ceremonial objects and early examples of cultural exchange, many of the objects were originally taken to Britain by colonial travellers as 'souvenirs'.  The collection invites critical reflection on histories of collection, displacement and the enduring cultural knowledge embodied in each object.