The Antoni and Belinda Cipa Collection

7 October – 7 November 2026 · Newstead Art, Bondi Beach, NSW

The Antoni and Belinda Cipa Collection represents a love affair with the Australian desert, its people, and its powerful artistic expressions. Driven by a desire to truly experience the Outback, Tony and Belinda Cipa spent every holiday over several decades exploring Australia’s northern and western expanses. From their home in country Victoria, they traversed the continent’s most legendary and rugged routes, navigating the Nullarbor Plain, the Stuart Highway, the Oodnadatta, Birdsville, and Tanami Tracks, and the French Line across the Simpson Desert. Regular supply stops in Alice Springs led to friendship with Steve and Amy Ariston at their Palya Proper Fine Art Gallery, whose passionate support of local creators inspired their own collecting philosophy. Belinda’s affinity for the land—inherited from her mother, the gifted watercolorist Patricia Winnett, drew her to the rich textures, animal tracks, and vibrant ochre, pink, and orange sands of the wilderness. This deep connection led them to further their travels - along WA's Canning Stock Route through the Great Sandy, Gibson, and Little Sandy Deserts - where they visited remote Art Centres to appreciate the daily lives of the artists. Individually, and as a whole, the lovely works they collected capture a unique sense of space and time, emitting the profound energy, silent respect, and deep knowledge of culture. Now, following a move to Far North Queensland, it is reluctantly time to disband their treasured collection. Explore the collection today and bring the profound spirit of the desert into your own home. — Adrian Newstead

Works in this exhibition28

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Country: Eastern Desert

Minnie Pwerle

Bush Melon / Body Paint Design, 2005

synthetic polymer paint on canvas

128 x 111 cm

$9,000

Minnie Pwerle

Awelye (body paint), 2008

synthetic polymer paint on canvas

123 x 110.5 cm

$9,000

Minnie Pwerle

Bush Melon / Body Paint Design, 2005

synthetic polymer paint on canvas

124 x 105 cm

$9,000

Charmaine Pwerle

Awelye, 2013

synthetic polymer paint on linen

150 x 250 cm

$10,000

Charmaine Pwerle

Awelye, c.2014

synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen

120 x 180 cm

$8,000

Charmaine Pwerle

Awelye, 2016

synthetic polymer paint on linen

150 x 90 cm

$5,500

Emily Kame Kngwarreye

My Country, 1993

synthetic polymer paint on canvas

151 x 90 cm

SOLD

Gloria Tamerre Petyarre

Bush Medicine Leaves, 2015

synthetic polymer paint on canvas

153 x 91.5 cm

$4,500

Kudditji Kngwarreye

My Country, 2013

synthetic polymer paint on linen

280 x 200 cm

$16,000

Kudditji Kngwarreye

My Country, 2009

synthetic polymer paint on linen

120 x 90 cm

$6,000

Country: Tanami Desert

Dorothy Robinson Napangardi

Salt on Mina Mina, 2013

synthetic polymer paint on linen

152 x 122 cm

$18,000

Ida Nangala Granites

Tali, c.2012

synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen

120 x 90 cm

$4,500

Country: Western Desert

Lorna Ward Napanangka

Tali My Country, c.2012

synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen

155 x 120 cm

$6,500

Country: APY Lands

Yannima Tommy Watson

Pukara, 2013

synthetic polymer paint on linen

122 x 183.5 cm

$45,000

Yannima Tommy Watson

Pukara, 2012

synthetic polymer paint on linen

120 x 90 cm

$22,000

Three paintings from the Cipa collection hanging at Newstead Art. — Installation view at Newstead Art, with works from the Cipa collection.

Country: Western Desert

Makinti Napanangka

Hair String Skirt, 2007

synthetic polymer paint on linen

204.5 x 281 cm

$20,000

Walangkura Napanangka

My Country, 2007

synthetic polymer paint on linen

62 x 122 cm

$3,000

Yinarupa Gibson Nangala

Women's Ceremony / My Country, 2014

synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen

180 x 120 cm

$8,000

Ray James Tjangala

Tingari, 2015

synthetic polymer paint on linen

180 x 120 cm

$8,000

Patrick Olodoodi Tjungurrayi

Tingari, 2016

synthetic polymer paint on linen

120 x 90 cm

SOLD

George (Hairbrush) Tjungurrayi

Untitled, c.2012

synthetic polymer paint on linen

204.5 x 281 cm

$15,000

Yukultji Napangarti

Sand Hills, 2012

synthetic polymer paint on linen

122.5 x 153.5 cm

$8,000

George (Hairbrush) Tjungurrayi

Tingari Cycle, 2014

synthetic polymer paint on linen

120 x 90 cm

$7,000

Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri

Tingari Cycle, 2014

synthetic polymer paint on linen

120 x 90 cm

$12,000

Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri

Tingari Cycle, 2014

synthetic polymer paint on linen

120 x 90 cm

$12,000

Country: Daly River

Helen McCarthy Tyalmuty

Marrawuk – Dry Season, 2016

synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen

181 x 120 cm

$12,000

Helen McCarthy Tyalmuty

Mugulbi Sticks, 2015

synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen

180 x 120 cm

$12,000

Country: Kimberley

Rammey Ramsey

Untitled, 2019

natural earth pigments on canvas

100 x 150 cm

$12,000