Modern Indigenous Australian art is a contemporary art form that draws on the rich traditions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Since the 1970s, artists have used modern media such as acrylic paint on canvas to visually convey ancient stories, symbols and spiritual knowledge from the “Dreamtime”.

This art is often strongly connected to land, identity and culture, and is characterised by techniques such as dot painting, line patterns and ritual motifs.

Modern Indigenous art has gained global recognition as a powerful expression of cultural continuity, resistance and re-evaluation of Indigenous perspectives within the contemporary art world.

Highlights of Modern Indigenous Australian art include lots 6868, 6897 and 6904