O TEMPO DOS SONHOS
Out of the Dreaming
The Australian Indigenous art exhibition O Tempo Dos Sonhos - Out of the Dreaming visited 9 host venues in Brazil, Mexico, and Uruguay (2016-2021) since it was first mounted for DFAT's Australia Now Festival in Sao Paolo. More than 500,000 people visited the exhibition, and Media coverage was extensive.
The Exhibition was organised and administered in Australia by Adrian Newstead, who worked closely with the Exhibition Curator - Djon Mundine OAM (formerly the Indigenous art curator of the QAG, AGNSW and Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art) and the South American Art Consultant - Clay D'Paula.
Originally curated for the Department of Foreign Affairs 'Australia Now Festival' in Sao Paolo in the lead up to the Rio Olympic Games, the exhibition subsequently toured to Rio De Janeiro, Forteleza, Curatiba, NBello Horezonte, Recife, Salvadore and Brazillia. Between 2016 and 2018. Key sponsors were Caixa Bank, Fiat and the Council for Australian Latin American Relations (COALAR) with in-kind support provided by several additional Australian and Brazilian companies involved in trade and education. Symposia were attended by arts professionals, academics and collectors, along with workshops for young people.
